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GUY Clothing & KODE Clothing & Footwear Handicap Chase
2m4f80y, Chase, 4yo+, 9 runners
Winning time 5m 4.20s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 fences
Result
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
Sat just off the pace early - held mid-pack through the middle stages - improved into second before 3 out - pressed the front-runner approaching the last - went ahead on the run-in - stayed on strongest to prevail
Daniel King
John Patrick Ryan
Went straight to front - advantage grew through the early stages - well in command by the 4th - edge narrowed approaching three out after an untidy jump - challenger arrived in the closing stages - overtaken on the run to the line - battled on but unable to reassert and beaten into 2nd
Paul Townend
W P Mullins
Settled in the pack early - held a middling spot through the second and third stages - improved into 4th three out then 3rd approaching two out - held on at a steady effort up the run-in - finished third beaten 3 lengths
Danny Mullins
W J Lanigan
Sat close up early - held second down the back - improved into third before 3 out - blundered 2 out to slip to fourth - flat over the last few strides for fourth
Shaun Greene (7)
Henry De Bromhead
Held up early in mid-division - improved into 6th before 4 out - closed to 6th 3 out - into 5th 2 out - held that spot to finish 5th unable to quicken
Kieran Callaghan (5)
James M Barcoe
Held towards the back of the pack early - improved slightly into 6th before staying there past 4 out - edged into contention in 7th 3 out - unable to make further gains 2 out - dropped away before the last
Sean O'Keeffe
John Patrick Ryan
Held up towards the back - eighth early on before stumbling at the 4th - unable to make headway approaching two out - dropped away before the last to finish seventh
Tiernan Power Roche (5)
P J Rothwell
Settled among the pack early - slipped back through the order after the 3rd - continued to lose ground from the 7th - faded approaching four out - pulled up before three out
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Settled towards the back early - crept into contention with headway from 7th - into 5th before three out - dropped away quickly after two out - pulled up before the final fence
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.