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6f, Flat, 3yo+, 15 runners
Winning time 1m 15.21s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Sam Coen (7)
T G McCourt
Set the pace from the off - drifted slightly left with a furlong and a half left before coming under pressure - stayed strong to hold on at the finish
Alan Persse (7)
Patrick J Flynn
Sat close to the pace early - third at halfway - moved into second with 2f left - pressed the front-runner inside the final furlong - stayed on but narrowly denied
No. 4, stall 10
7yo, 9-7, OR 66
J: Wesley Joyce (3) · T: Joseph Anthony Murray
Wesley Joyce (3)
Joseph Anthony Murray
Settled handy early - 5th at halfway - moved into contention over a furlong out - up to 4th soon after - stayed on for 3rd late but couldn't reach the front two
Adam Grant (10)
John C McConnell
Handy early - slipped back to 9th at halfway - improved position approaching 2f out but couldn't threaten those in front - eased back to 4th and one-toned through the finish
N G McCullagh
Charles Weld
Settled towards the back of the pack early - improved into 6th by halfway - pushed into 5th with a furlong left - stayed on but unable to close late
Gary Carroll
Richard Brabazon
Settled around midfield early - down in 10th by halfway - found some late headway inside the final furlong - flattened out without threatening late on
Sadhbh Tormey (10)
Paul Stafford
Settled in the pack - still 7th at halfway then pushed along with a furlong and a half left - stayed on same speed to finish
Luke McAteer
P Sweeney
Slow to break - settled towards the back - 11th at halfway - moved through late but flattened out inside final furlong
Wayne Hassett (3)
Timothy Doyle
Handy early - 4th at halfway - up to 3rd with 2f left - dropped back and asked for effort soon after - back in 6th a furlong out and unable to find more - held on for ninth
Seamie Heffernan
John James Feane
Held up towards the back - still 13th at halfway - shaken up to close late but flattened out inside the final furlong
Chris Hayes
G A Kingston
Settled early - up to 2nd by halfway before slipping back to 4th and driven 2f out - faded 1 1/2f out for eventual 11th
Declan McDonogh
J S Bolger
Held up towards the back of the pack - still 8th at the halfway stage - dropped away over a furlong and a half out and faded to finish well beaten
Ben Coen
T M Walsh
Held up early - still down the field at halfway in 14th - unable to make headway - dropped away inside final furlong
Shane Foley
William Harvey
Held up at the back - still down in 12th at halfway - unable to make headway - dropped away inside final furlong
J M Sheridan
Denis Gerard Hogan
Held up at the back - still 15th at halfway with little improvement - lost more ground inside final furlong - well beaten at the finish
Non-runners: Eruption (unsuitable ground), Haughty (unsuitable ground), Salah Belle (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.