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O'Hare's Bar Maiden Hurdle
2m1f89y, Hurdle, 4-5yo, 13 runners
Winning time 4m 11.40s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Kieren Buckley
Gavin Cromwell
Settled just behind the front pack - jumped awkwardly 4th - made headway from 2 out to challenge before the last - hit the front and driven out - stayed on strongly up the run-in to score
E Walsh
Ciaran Murphy
Handy in 3rd at halfway - slipped back to 5th before the last then edged into 2nd early in the straight under pressure - stayed on to go down by a short head
Mr T A Halford (7)
C W J Farrell
Settled midpack early - clipped the second-last then found a strong turn of foot to reach the front approaching the final fence - overtaken soon after and pushed along - slipped to third early in the straight - held on gamely without finding more finished third
Conor Stone-Walsh
Gavin Cromwell
Held up towards the back of the pack - jumping a little untidy and needed encouragement - improved with a couple to jump - drifted wide after the last then flattened out to take 4th
Liam Quinlan
Stephen Ryan
Sharing the front early - lost advantage after the 1st and settled in second though edgy - jumped untidily at the 4th - forged to the front before 3 out and in front before 2 out - collared before the last - soon under pressure and faded to finish 5th
Mark Walsh
E McNamara
Settled in the pack early and untidy over jumps - clipped fence 4th - moved smoothly into contention wide before 2 out with a shout approaching last - found nothing after and dropped away
J J Slevin
S R B Crawford
Settled in the pack - jumping was untidy on occasions and lost ground from 2 out - moved widest and picked up ground approaching the last where another error checked momentum - no response on the run-in and finished 7th
Tiernan Power Roche (5)
P J Rothwell
Held up at the back - crept into the pack after the second-last - hit the last flat then finished 8th
Donagh Meyler
Ross O'Sullivan
Settled in the pack - pressed for effort three out - dropped away before the last - eventually well held in 9th
Danny Gilligan
Paul John Gilligan
Held up towards the back - drifted left occasionally and bumped lightly at the 4th - asked for effort 2 out - no real gain but stayed on at one tempo to finish 10th
Jordan Gainford
Gordon Elliott
Settled in the pack early - hampered for a stride after the first - hit the 3rd - urged on from two out but made no headway and dropped away before the last - finished well beaten in 11th
Oakley Brown (5)
Riceal Dunne
Shared front spot early - went clear after the first - challenged approaching 3 out then lost command before the following fence - pushed along and faded from there
Phillip Enright
Miss Hilary McLoughlin
Towards the back throughout and drifted left at fences - errors at the 3rd and 4th - driven and had nothing more to give from 2 out
Non-runners: Bhean Saibhre (ran the day before), Moneysharvin (lame), The Grey Poet (stone bruise), Where Are You Now (reserve), Zam Bobbler (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.