17:10
Final Furlong Podcast With 1xbet.ie Handicap
1m, Flat, 3yo+, 18 runners
Winning time 1m 44.37s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Nathan Crosse
Daniel McLoughlin
Held up towards the back - made ground over 2f out - moved through to hit the front approaching the final furlong - drifted left inside the last 150 yards - challenged hard late - drifted right but rallied to prevail
Patrick McGettigan (7)
P Sweeney
Settled midpack early - moved into contention approaching 2f out - up to 3rd inside the final furlong - fought hard for the lead in the closing stages - stayed on well but denied by a short margin
Sadhbh Tormey (10)
T G McCourt
Settled with the pack - mid-division 3f out - made ground into 2nd 2f out - hit the front briefly inside final 2f - overtaken with a furlong left - slipped to 3rd in the closing stages - held no more in reserve
Ronan Whelan
Jarlath P Fahey
Handy early - 3rd with 3f left - slipped to 4th inside final furlong - unable to find more and finished well held
W J Lee
W McCreery
Held up towards the back - still 9th with 3f left - drifted left and made progress inside the final furlong - up to 6th then one-paced in 5th at the finish
Ben Coen
J P Murtagh
Held up towards back - made ground from 2f out to move up into 7th inside final furlong - stayed on same speed to finish sixth
Sam Coen (7)
Patrick Magee
Went straight to front early - overtaken after two and a half furlongs - regained command approaching 3f out - relinquished advantage inside final two furlongs - dropped away and faded to finish seventh
Robbie Colgan
Chris Timmons
Slow to break - settled in the pack - unable to find extra late and beaten into eighth
Nicola Burns (7)
R P Burns
Held up towards the back - pushed along and made headway over 2f out but found little inside the final two - faded to finish well beaten
Gary Carroll
Gavin Cromwell
Held up towards the back - moved into contention a furlong and a half out and edged right - unable to quicken final furlong - finished 10th
Andrew Slattery
Noel C Kelly
Held up towards the back - nudged into it inside the final furlong - unable to quicken through the closing stages - finished 11th
Chris Hayes
Eddie & Patrick Harty
Handy in the early running - up in 4th with 3f left - dropped back approaching the final 2f and asked for effort - faded in the closing furlong to finish well held
Terry Casey (10)
Liam McAteer
Handy early - dropped back and driven along 2f out - faded before the final furlong to finish 13th
Wayne Hassett (3)
Martin Hassett
Raced handy - 6th with 3f left - dropped back 2f out - faded from over a furlong out to finish 14th
Reese Holohan (10)
Mark Fahey
Held up towards the back - dropped away and pushed along with 2f left - faded 1 1/2f out - well beaten in 15th
Wesley Joyce (3)
Anthony Mullins
Settled early close up - moved into second early on - feeling the strain in 5th with 3f left - dropped away approaching final 2f and held on well beaten in the closing stages
Luke McAteer
David Marnane
Held up towards the back - still there entering the last three furlongs - lost touch with the field two out - dropped away well held at the finish
Leigh Roche
Matthew J Smith
Settled just behind pace early - hit front approaching 3f - overtaken shortly after - driven to keep second spot but slipped back over 2f out - dropped away tamely towards the line
Non-runners: Cannonball Queen (unsuitable ground), Cooley's Mist (unsuitable ground), Sonoma Sunset (unsuitable ground), Spanish Princess (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.