16:00
Tesla Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)
2m4f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 4m 48.50s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
No. 17
7yo, 9-12, OR 89
J: Mr Alan O'Sullivan (7) · T: Eugene M O'Sullivan
Mr Alan O'Sullivan (7)
Eugene M O'Sullivan
Sat close to the pace early - dropped to 5th after 6th before making headway to 3rd by the 8th - moved into 2nd after 4 out - hit the front approaching 2 out - responded well to driving and held on gamely to the line
Mr T E O'Connor (7)
Mark Fahey
Settled in the pack early - improved into 6th - moved up into 4th by the 8th - into 3rd after 4 out - made further progress before 2 out - stayed on well up the run-in - narrowly denied
Sam Ewing
Paul Mulligan
Held up towards the back - awkward mid-pack in 13th at the 6th - began advancing after 4 out - moved right around 3 out - up into 4th by the last - stayed on in 3rd to finish clear-headed at the line
Donagh Meyler
Noel Meade
Went straight to the front - lost the advantage then regained it before the second - shaky jump 4 out - erred at 2 out and lost top spot - slipped to third before the last - held on for fourth without further progress
Tom Harney (7)
Ross O'Sullivan
Held up towards the back - still down in 10th after the 6th - moved into contention 3 out but hit the fence there - couldn't find a way through in 7th before the last - stayed on down the run-in to finish 5th
Simon Torrens
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Held up at the back - still 11th after the 6th - made progress after four out - unable to close in 5th before the last then held no more in 6th
Danny Gilligan
A J Martin
Held up towards the back - slipped further away after the 6th - made progress from 4 out - unable to threaten in 6th before the last and could not find more up the run-in
Shane Fitzgerald
Eamonn Francis Gallagher
Held up towards the back of the pack - upset in rhythm three out - dropped away two out to finish well beaten
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Settled towards the back early - improved into 8th around the 6th - moved into contention to 4th by 4 out - dropped away before 2 out - faded from there to finish 9th
Tom Kelly (7)
Thomas Cooper
Close up early - hit front briefly then lost lead before 2nd - up to 3rd after 6th - back to 2nd before 7th - slipped to 5th after 4 out - soon pushed along - faded before 3 out
Mark McDonagh
Sean O O'Brien
Handy early and 4th after the 6th - dropped away after 4 out - dropped right out entering the straight to finish well beaten
Sean Flanagan
Kieran Purcell
Race up handy early despite a couple of untidy jumps - held second spot until mistake at the 7th saw ground slip away into the pack - another error 4 out compounded the trouble - soon came away from the action
Darragh O'Keeffe
Brendan Maurice Walsh
Settled with the pack early - slipped back to 9th past the 6th - faded steadily approaching four out - well beaten by the finish
Non-runners: General Clermont (stone bruise), Kingkong Ciergues (reserve), The Nagger Reidy (unsuitable ground), Way Down South (stone bruise)
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.