16:35
Great National South Court Hotel Handicap
1m50y, Flat, 4yo+, 16 runners
Winning time 1m 57.11s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
Result
No. 3, stall 9
4yo, 9-12, OR 88
J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Settled just behind pace early - moved to front soon after - challenged hard inside final furlong but stayed on strongest to prevail
Colin Keane
Ms Sheila Lavery
Settled with the pack early - 5th at halfway - improved into contention approaching 2f out - pressed the front-runner inside the final furlong but couldn't get past
Ronan Whelan
Emmet Mullins
Held up towards the back - slipped further behind with 3f left - made progress from 2f out - closed to third in the last furlong - held on without threatening the front two
W J Lee
Ms Joanna Morgan
Handy early - slipped back to 9th by halfway - found room to advance approaching final 2f - finished strongly to take 4th
Chris Hayes
Kieran P Cotter
Held up towards the back - still 11th with 3 1/2f left - moved into contention 2f out - improved to 6th inside final furlong then edged up to finish 5th
Jack Kearney (5)
Stephen Thorne
Sat close to the front early - 3rd at halfway - pushed along inside final furlong then slipped back to finish 6th
James Ryan (3)
Jack W Davison
Set off in front early - quickly relinquished advantage while staying handy in 4th at halfway - asked for effort with 1 1/2f left - dropped away soon after - stayed one-dimensional through the closing stages to finish 7th
Nathan Crosse
Richard John O'Brien
Settled around midfield - still 8th at halfway and unable to close late - kept a steady gallop through the last furlong to finish 8th
Rory Mulligan (7)
John M Harney
Handy early - disputing second at halfway - dropped away in final two furlongs to finish ninth
Alan Casey (10)
John J Nallen
Settled towards the back of the pack early - moved into contention approaching halfway to sit sixth - dropped back and driven along with two furlongs left - unable to find more late on finishing well beaten
Gary Carroll
Richard John O'Brien
Towards the back - drifted a little further adrift 3f out - started to respond from 2f out and closed some ground into the final furlong - one-paced throughout and always too far back to challenge
Leigh Roche
William Durkan
Slow to break - settled at back of field - still there passing 3f out - unable to close 2f out - held to the line
Shane Foley
Gerard O'Leary
Settled with the pack early - 7th at halfway - dropped back and squeezed for effort with a furlong and a half left before fading late to finish well held
Declan McDonogh
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Held up midfield early - 10th with 3 1/2f left and unable to close - dropped away inside final furlong
Ben Coen
Ciaran Murphy
Slow to begin - settled towards the back - lost touch with the field approaching the 3f marker - unable to make headway from 2f out - dropped away late and well held
Keithen Kennedy (5)
Mark Fahey
Poor start - settled at the back of the field - lost touch with rivals passing 3f out - unable to make an impression finishing well beaten
Non-runners: Killeaney Bear (reserve), No More Porter (unsuitable ground), Tokenomics (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.