19:05
Cooke's Bar And Restaurant Caragh Beginners Chase
2m4f90y, Chase, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 5m 6.90s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 fences 3 omitted
Result
Kevin Sexton
Declan Queally
Settled handy in the pack - fifth early then fourth - improved into fourth two out - edged to the front on the run-in and held on strongly to the finish
Jordan Gainford
Gordon Elliott
Held up towards the back - still 9th at the 4th - moved into contention approaching the last - up to 3rd on the run-in - stayed on well for 2nd without threatening the winner
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
Shared front-running early - hit the front 2nd then lost it before 3rd - settled second after 4th - back in charge after 4 out - slightly awkward at the last - overtaken on the run-in - eased back to third and unable to find more late on
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Held up early - moved through pack after 4th - improved again beyond last - up to 5th on run-in - stayed on for 4th without threatening the front
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
Handy early - improved into third - dropped back approaching finish - held no more in fifth at the end
G B Noonan (5)
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Shared front rank early - edged narrowly ahead before 3rd after a small drift left when moving up at the 2nd - blundered 4 out and dropped back - faded away over the closing stages to finish sixth
James Smith (5)
Ms Claire O'Connell
Held up at the back - still 11th after the 4th - found some late headway after the last - stayed on through the closing stages without threatening the front pair
Ben Harvey
Cian Collins
Held up towards the back - 12th early after four furlongs - edged closer past the last then continued steady to the line finishing 8th
Tiernan Power Roche (5)
P J Rothwell
Held up towards the back - pulled marginally - moved into 6th after the 4th - blundered 4 out and untidy 2 out - dropped away entering the straight and faded to finish 9th
Eoin G Kelly (7)
Adrian Murray
Settled around the pack early - slipped towards the rear after the 4th - unable to land a challenge and lost touch turning into the straight - finished well beaten in 10th
Simon Torrens
P J Rothwell
Settled with the pack early - 7th early on before the fourth - dropped back after the last - beaten well into 11th
Charlie O'Dwyer (5)
Seamus Neville
Handy in the pack - fourth of four - blundered four out - dropped back and driven along before two out then faded from there to finish 12th
Mike O'Connor
Thomas Gibney
Held up at the back - fumbled second obstacle and needed a nudge along - lost touch soon after and fell further adrift beyond four out - dropped away and pulled up before two out
Non-runners: Ahead Of The Posse (reserve), Boston Rover (reserve), On Lovers Walk (allergies), Presenting Max (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.