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Sweeney Oil Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)
2m6f41y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 16 runners
Winning time 5m 36.80s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 hurdles
Result
Mr D McGill (7)
Noel C Kelly
Sat behind pace early - moved to front approaching 2 out - opened a 5-length advantage before last - stretched away up the run-in for a comfortable win
Ricky Doyle
Gearoid O'Loughlin
Settled midpack early - crept into contention 3 out - clipped the following fence and needed urging - moved into 3rd approaching last after a further shove - couldn't threaten the clear leader from a furlong out - stayed on to snatch 2nd near the line
Jordan Gainford
Paul John Gilligan
Sat with the front group early - faded into the pack and hit trouble at the 3rd and 4th - found headway under pressure from two out - moved up to second approaching the last and driven out on the run-in - couldn't get to the winner - slipped back to third near the line
Benjamin P Kennedy (7)
I Madden
Held up towards the back - stayed on strongly from 2 out - into 4th after the last - maintained that position to the line
Mr D Doyle (7)
Timothy Doyle
Held up towards the back - crept into contention before the last - driven out on the run-in to grab 5th late but no closer than that
James Smith (5)
Brian M McMahon
Settled midfield early - unbalanced at first fence and squeezed for space approaching two out - found room from the last and stayed on to finish sixth
Cian Quirke
Andrew Slattery
Sat handy behind the front group - stayed within touch 3 out then briefly moved up to second after a mistake - dropped back before the last - faded on the run to the line finishing 7th
Charlie O'Dwyer (5)
Conor O'Dwyer
Sat close to the pace early - slipped back through the field before edging into 4th approaching the last two - lost momentum under pressure through the closing stages
E Walsh
A J Martin
Sat behind the front group early - dropped away and blundered approaching two out then driven with no response and erred again at the last - stayed on at one speed to finish ninth
Mark McDonagh
Michael J McDonagh
Held up towards the back wide - improved into the middle order after halfway - asked for effort two out but made no headway and finished without change over the last furlong
Sean O'Keeffe
S R B Crawford
Held up early - stumbled second and unsettled again at third and sixth - slipped to the back before two out with nothing left to give - fifteenth and drifting left at the last - crept past tired rivals late to finish 11th
Sam Ewing
Peter Fahey
Held a midfield position early - bumped a little at the first before nudging into a better spot approaching two out - unable to find more and dropped away before the last to finish well beaten in 12th
Darragh O'Keeffe
Gerard Kyne
Held a midfield spot on the rail - stumbled at the 4th and 6th - faded before 2 out and erred there - fell towards the back then rallied late to pass a few tired rivals
Phillip Enright
Laura Hourigan
Held up towards the back - urged forward after the second-last - unable to close and finished off unchanged in effort from before the final flight - well held at the finish
Philip Byrnes
Conor David Maxwell
Settled midpack early - jumped awkwardly 2nd then moved up to sit behind pace by halfway - driven approaching final 2 furlongs - found nothing more and dropped away
G B Noonan (5)
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Went straight to front - clipped one three from home before losing fluency - lost command approaching the second last - faded from there and blundered at the final fence - trailed in well beaten
Non-runners: Kingkong Ciergues (reserve), Miss Laura (reserve), Sights Unseen (unsuitable ground)
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.