20:20
Campbell's Bar Ballinlough Handicap
1m4f46y, Flat, 4yo+, 12 runners
Winning time 2m 39.01s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
James Ryan
Conor David Maxwell
Drifted right leaving stalls - settled midfield and 6th at the halfway point - driven forward with headway into 4th approaching 2f out - shifted left and asked for effort in 3rd inside final furlong - wandered inside the last but stayed on well to hit the front late and win
Nicola Burns (7)
Philip M Byrne
Set the pace early - challenged from 3f out - driven on and asked for effort 2f out - drifted left then right in the closing stages - caught right on the line for second
Gavin Ryan
H Rogers
Bumped a touch leaving the stalls - settled behind the pace on the rail then moved wide from 3f out to press the front pair 2f out - pushed along inside the final furlong and eased back to third - unable to find more late
Robbie Colgan
Ms Sheila Lavery
Sat close behind the front pack - up to 2nd by halfway - asked for effort before 3f out to press forward - urged over 2f out then slipped to 3rd - lacked further response late and eased back to 4th - finished on one level through the closing stages
Chris Hayes
Thomas Coyle
Sluggish start settling near the back - pushed along around 9th two furlongs out and found room to move up inside - stayed on late but couldn't quite reach the frame - finished 5th
Julian Pietropaolo (7)
Patrick Magee
Sluggish start and towards the back - improved position from halfway - driven and drifted right over 2f out with modest gains - stayed on at one speed from the final furlong to finish sixth
Patrick McGettigan (7)
P Sweeney
Sat close to the front and 5th at halfway - driven approaching 2f out and dropped back - stayed on at one gallop to finish 7th beaten 12.5 lengths
Rory Cleary
M Flannery
Sluggish start and urged forward - held around midfield for most of the way - urged again in 10th from 3f out with no real threat under pressure - late gain of minor ground but well held
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Paul W Flynn
Settled in the pack - pushed along wide of rivals over 2f out - unable to close - allowed to drop away inside final furlong - finished well held in 9th
Shane Foley
Mrs John Harrington
Hesitant leaving the gate and driven up early - held towards the back and clipped the running rail with 3f left - unable to find more and allowed to drop away well held in 10th
Rory Mulligan (7)
Peter Lawlor
Hampered start - sat close to the front pack and 4th at halfway - urged on from 3f out then faded from 2f out to finish 11th
Andrew Slattery
Karl Thornton
Slow to break from the stalls - settled at the back of the field - urged into effort with 3f left - driven approaching straight but found nothing more - finished well beaten in 12th
Non-runners: Art Of Silence (self certificate), Celtic Druid (self certificate)
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.