19:05
McEnery Cup Handicap
1m4f100y, Flat, 3yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 2m 38.94s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Declan McDonogh
J S Bolger
Held up early - improved on the outside to move into second before halfway - hit the front 2f out and driven out to prevail readily
Ben Coen
Noel Meade
Sat just off the pace - 5th at halfway - moved to the left and asked for effort early in the straight - up to 4th 2f out then finished strongly to snatch second late
No. 6, stall 7
4yo, 9-0, OR 82
J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Sat behind the pace - 4th at halfway - driven approaching straight and up to 2nd with 2f left - asked for more inside final furlong but unable to gain and eased back to 3rd near the line
Shane Foley
Mrs John Harrington
Set the pace early - driven when overtaken with 2f remaining and slipped to 4th - held no more under pressure and allowed to coast home last furlong
Colin Keane
Gerard Keane
Sat close to the front early - third at halfway then driven early in the straight and down to fifth 2f out - unable to threaten and allowed to finish in own time
Nicola Burns (7)
James M Barrett
Held up towards the back of the pack - still 6th at halfway and pressed for effort with little response approaching 2f out - couldn't find more inside the final furlong to finish sixth
Robbie Colgan
Karl Thornton
Hesitant start and settled at the back - urged into a gap on own by 4f out - unable to find more in the straight - dropped away and finished a distant last
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.