18:43
SuperValu Co. Roscommon Ladies Day Novice Hurdle
1m7f204y, Hurdle, 5yo+, 5 runners
Winning time 3m 47.90s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Paul Townend
W P Mullins
Handy early - moved to front 2f in - pulled well ahead from 3 out for a comfortable success
Philip Byrnes
William Durkan
Handy early in 3rd - moved into 2nd before straight - driven on turning for home - urged again after 3 out - stayed on same tempo from the following fence - unable to threaten winner in the end
Jack G Gilligan (5)
Paul John Gilligan
Held up early in the pack - driven into 4th after 4 out then into 3rd approaching the last - stayed on at same effort up the run-in to finish 3rd
Mark Walsh
Gordon Elliott
Sat handy behind pace - improved into 3rd approaching 5 out - asked for effort after 3 out but found little more - slipped back to 4th before the last - allowed to finish in own time
Sean Cleary-Farrell (7)
W P Mullins
Tracked the pace early - clipped a fence around the 5th - slipped back to third before 5 out - unable to threaten from there and beaten up before 2 out
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.