16:02
Munster Suite At Limerick Handicap (Div 2)
1m50y, Flat, 3yo+, 12 runners
Winning time 1m 55.64s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Ross Coakley
D P Coakley
Settled with the pack early - improved into third by halfway - edged in front turning into the straight - challenged hard inside the final furlong - dug deep to prevail by the slimmest of margins
Nicola Burns (7)
M C Grassick
Held up towards back - still 12th at halfway - improved into contention on the outer turning in - narrowed the gap with 1f left - pressed the front-runner inside the last - stayed on to be edged out
Sean Davis
Sean Davis
Held up towards the back - still down in 10th at halfway - boxed in with little space over a furlong and a half out - eased left to find a gap and made progress inside the final furlong - kept on under pressure to take third but never a threat to the front two
Andrew Slattery
Andrew Slattery
Sprinted to the front at the outset - overtaken after 3f and sat second at halfway - slipped to third inside the last furlong - held no more late on to finish fourth
No. 10, stall 10
11yo, 8-12, OR 62
J: Shay Wallace (10) · T: Nigel Thomas Slevin
Shay Wallace (10)
Nigel Thomas Slevin
Handy early - held 5th at halfway - unable to threaten leaders inside final furlong and only plain going late
Ben Coen
P J F Murphy
Settled in the pack early - still 6th at halfway - pushed along with a furlong left and unable to find more - finished sixth beaten 7 lengths
Wayne Lordan
Miss Natalia Lupini
Handy early - nudged in front just after three furlongs - overtaken turning into the straight - dropped away and faded through the closing stages
Ronan Whelan
Mark Fahey
Slow to break - settled towards the back - 11th at halfway - driven with 1 1/2f left but unable to close - finished well held in 8th
Darragh O'Sullivan (7)
Gillian Scott
Slow to break - settled towards the back - moved into 4th by halfway - dropped away in the straight and faded late to finish well held
Seamie Heffernan
P Sweeney
Held up early - down the back markers by halfway - slipped towards the back straightening up - faded inside final furlong to finish 10th
Alan Casey (10)
Denis Gerard Hogan
Settled towards the back of the pack - still 8th at the midpoint - lost ground into the last two furlongs and had nothing left approaching the final furlong
Jack Kearney (5)
Richard John O'Brien
Sat just behind the pace early - slipped to 7th by halfway - faded from there and beaten a long way by the finish
Non-runners: Finsceal Annie (unsuitable ground), Rising Sky (unsuitable ground), Tofino (unsuitable ground), Vega's Muse (unsuitable ground), Zipster (reserve)
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.