17:20
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Connacht Oaks Fillies Handicap
1m2f129y, Flat, 3yo+, F & M, 6 runners
Winning time 2m 22.50s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Colin Keane
R P Cody
Held up at back - driven wide to move into 4th turning for home - sent to the front inside final furlong and stayed on strongly
Rory Cleary
Kevin Thomas Coleman
Settled in midfield - 5th at halfway - hampered for space entering the straight before angling wide - driven into 2nd inside final furlong - stayed on but unable to challenge the winner
Wesley Joyce (3)
Michael Mulvany
Sat close behind front group early - still 3rd at halfway - asked for effort turning in and found little more - stayed on same gear from the final furlong marker to finish 3rd
No. 9, stall 7
3yo, 8-11, OR 80
J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Tracked the front-runner early - still second at halfway - urged on turning into the straight - asked for more a furlong out but had nothing left - slipped to fourth soon after and stayed on at one speed to finish fourth
Robert Whearty (3)
Paul W Flynn
Set the pace early - driven turning into the straight before losing top spot inside the final two furlongs - had nothing left to offer and dropped away close home
Chris Hayes
G A Kingston
Slow to break - held up towards the back early - improved into midfield by halfway - driven approaching last two furlongs then urged on the rail inside final furlong - held no more in reserve and finished one-paced to be well held
Non-runners: La Dame Blanche (temperature), Lady In Paris (non respiratory infection), Shaool (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.