18:15
KilbegganRaces.com Handicap Hurdle
2m2f50y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 14 runners
Winning time 4m 33.90s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Philip Donovan (5)
Darren Collins
Settled midfield early - improved into 5th after halfway - moved into contention approaching 4 out - up to 3rd by 2 out - hit front before the last - kept on strongly to win
Sean O'Keeffe
Brian M McMahon
Held up towards the back - still 12th after the 5th - made progress past two out - up to 4th by the last - stayed on into 2nd late to go closest at the line
Hugh Morgan
Eamonn O'Connell
Held up towards the back - still 13th after 5th - began to make progress after 2 out - up to 6th by the last - stayed on into 3rd late but too far back to threaten
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Settled with the pack early - clumsy at the opening fence - up to 7th by the 5th - closed ground two out - unable to threaten the front-runner and finished 3rd - stayed on at one level to the line
Conor Stone-Walsh (3)
Gavin Cromwell
Held up at the back - moved into contention approaching the final fence - stayed on into 5th but never posed a danger on the run-in
Paddy Hanlon (7)
John Joseph Hanlon
Held up at the back - 10th after fifth then closed ground before the last - stayed on late finishing sixth beaten 6.5 lengths
Niall Moore (5)
Philip Fenton
Sat just off the pace early - moved into third and up into contention by the second - lost momentum briefly there - improved to hit the front after two out - stumbled slightly before the last and surrendered the advantage - dropped away rapidly over the final stretch
John Shinnick (5)
John Patrick Ryan
Handy early - fourth then fifth before being ridden along and blundering approaching the last - lost ground on the run to the line
Tom Kelly (7)
Thomas Cooper
Sat close up early - moved into second at the second fence - made ground into contention after the fourth from home - hit the front before three out - overtaken after the next - dropped away soon after and faded before the last
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
Settled with the pack early - 6th soon after in 5th - dropped away after two out and faded into the straight
Tiernan Power Roche (5)
P J Rothwell
Went straight to front - opened up clear after the 1st - margin cut at the 2nd - overtaken before 3 out - dropped away through the last two furlongs
Shane O'Callaghan (5)
Eoin Doyle
Held up towards the back - drifted left over the opening fence - down in 14th by the 5th - lost touch two out and finished well held
Ross Berry (7)
Martin Hassett
Settled in the pack - lost touch and pushed along before 3 out - faded from 2 out home to finish 13th
Philip Byrnes
W J O'Doherty
Held up towards the back - 11th after the 5th - dropped away before 2 out and finished well beaten
Non-runners: Bobbysingindablues (unsuitable ground), Circus Act (reserve), One And Only (unsuitable ground), Warm In Gorey (unsuitable ground)
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.