14:00
HearMed Your Health, Your Hearing Joe McGrath Handicap (Premier Handicap)
5f, Flat, 3yo+, 11 runners
Winning time 1m 2.49s
- Going
- Yielding To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Chris Hayes
M C Grassick
Held up towards the back early - shaken up to move through the field approaching 2f out and hit the front 1f out - driven out to assert inside the final 150 yards for the win
Colin Keane
Miss Kate McGivern
Sprang forward smartly at the start - settled in the pack through the middle stages - driven into the picture inside the final 2f to sit 3rd - moved up to 2nd close home and stayed on strongly to finish second
Declan McDonogh
Edward Lynam
Sat close to front group early - third at halfway - pushed along to hit the front inside two furlongs - overtaken with a furlong left - held safe in third and finished third under sustained effort
J M Sheridan
Denis Gerard Hogan
Slow to break - settled midfield then asked for effort 2f out into 4th - stayed on same tempo to finish 4th
W J Lee
Edward Lynam
Held up at the back - urged into contention two out and 8th with a furlong left - stayed on inside final furlong to finish 5th beaten 3.75 lengths
Patrick McGettigan (7)
J P Murtagh
Sat close to pace early - up to 2nd by halfway - pressed for effort 2f out and slipped to 5th with a furlong left - unable to find more late and finished 6th
James Ryan
Jack W Davison
Sat close to the pace early - 4th at halfway before slipping to 6th and pushed along with a furlong left - couldn't find extra late and finished 7th
Wesley Joyce (3)
P J F Murphy
Went straight to the front - drifted off a straight line early and drifted further right to run isolated on the outside rail into the final 2f - overtaken soon after - held on same pace inside the closing furlong to finish 8th beaten 5 1/4 lengths
Wayne Hassett (3)
Denis Gerard Hogan
Held up at the back - driven with 2f left and 9th approaching final furlong - stayed on same gait to finish 9th beaten 6.25 lengths
Jamie Powell (3)
Stephen Thorne
Settled in the pack - pressed for effort with 2f left but found nothing more - held no chance from a furlong out - eventually beaten well
Ben Coen
Martin Hassett
Sat close to the pace early - 5th at halfway - driven and dropped away with 2f left then held no more in reserve to finish 11th
Non-runners: Greek Flower (stone bruise), Red Evolution (unsuitable ground), Stag Night (withdrawn; broke out of stalls)
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.