17:55
Tom Lynam Memorial Handicap Hurdle
2m2f200y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 10 runners
Winning time 4m 34.30s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Held up at back - still 9th after fifth - began to close ground after two out - up into 4th entering straight - edged in front close home and kept up the pressure to the line
Kieren Buckley
Edward Buckley
Settled around midfield early - improved into third after three out - made ground approaching the finish - stayed on into second but couldn't peg back the winner
Darragh O'Keeffe
Miss Ellmarie Holden
Held up early towards the back - improved into 7th then 5th - moved up into 4th approaching 2 out - fighting for a place in 5th before the last - kept plugging away in the final furlong and a half to take 3rd - could not close further
Calum Hogan (7)
P J Rothwell
Settled with the pack early - stumbled at the second while third - slipped to 4th with 3 to go and 5th with 2 left - fought back onto the bit before the last after being outpaced in 6th - rallied late to finish 4th
Sean Flanagan
Adrian Murray
Went straight to front - drifted a touch left over the opening fence - scrappy over the 5th and again 4 out - overtaken at the final fence and awkward there too - gave way quickly on the run-in to finish fifth
Eoin Staples (7)
Cian Collins
Sat close up in second early - clipped the fence three out then slipped back to fourth and blundered again approaching the last - lost ground in the closing stages to finish sixth
Donagh Meyler
Ross O'Sullivan
Held up towards the back - bumped a touch after the 1st - lost more ground before long - still last and awkward at the 4th - found some headway to 6th after the 5th - chased leaders but one-paced from 7th after 2 out - couldn't threaten and clumsy at the last - faded away out of it in 7th
Danny Mullins
John Patrick Ryan
Held up at the back - still down in 10th after the 5th - lost touch two out and clipped it - rallied before the last but got in close there again before fading up the run-in to finish 8th
P J O'Hanlon
Dermot A McLoughlin
Held up towards the back of the pack - jumped awkwardly early and ran 3rd then 5th - slipped back through the order after 2 out - lost touch before the last and faded into 9th
Phillip Enright
Mark Michael McNiff
Settled in the pack early - stumbled at the 1st and again at the 3rd dropping back - down in 8th by the 5th - 9th with two to jump - soon dropped away and beaten well home
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.