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PRL Group Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)
2m20y, Hurdle, 4yo, 18 runners
Winning time 4m 16.80s
- Going
- Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Settled just behind the front pack - 3rd at halfway - moved through smoothly to join the pace 2 out - hit the front soon after and driven clear before the last - stayed on strongly to score
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Handy early - hit front after 1st - urged along and wobbled at second last - overtaken soon after - held on for second without finding more
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
Settled midfield - error at 5th - moved into 3rd turning for home - small blunder and pressed 2 out - couldn't find more and finished one-paced - minor stumble at last
Paddy Cody (7)
P F McEnery
Held up towards back - stumbled and drifted left early on - another minor error mid-race - pressed for effort 3 out - improved into contention 2 out - fourth turning for home and stayed on same speed to finish 4th
Sean Flanagan
Barry Connell
Settled in the pack - error at 1st - pushed along with no headway 3 out - held fifth passing last and stayed on same rate to finish
Aidan Kelly (3)
E Bolger
Settled midfield - drifted left early then pushed along without gaining ground 3 out - stayed on same speed from the last to finish sixth
Jack O'Neill (7)
Philip Fenton
Settled midpack early - up with the front group from the 3rd and 5th at halfway - pushed along but couldn't quicken from 2 out finishing well held
Danny Mullins
Ms Margaret Mullins
Handy in behind early - 6th at halfway - hit 3 out then pressed for effort - found nothing and drifted left 2 out to finish well held
Dylan Robinson
P J Rothwell
Held up in the pack - pushed along with little to show 3 out - stayed on at same speed from before the last - finished 9th
Ricky Doyle
Martin Brassil
Tucked in off the pace early - up to 7th by halfway then into 5th 3 out - pushed along but couldn't find more from 2 out finishing well held
Donagh Meyler
J P Dempsey
Held up towards the back for most of the way - bumped lightly 2nd - pushed along but making no headway 3 out - well held at the finish
Phillip Enright
Donal Hassett
Went in front early on - settled just behind the pace then 4th at halfway - pushed along and unable to quicken from 3 out home
Brian Hayes
Gerard Edmund O'Leary
Held up in the pack - hampered 2nd and erred 3rd - moved into 6th with a minor error 4 out - under pressure entering the straight and had no more to give
Mark Walsh
Robert Tyner
Sat close to pace early - small errors at the first two fences then dropped to the middle of the pack - pushed along and unable to find more from 3 out
Conor Stone-Walsh
Paul Nolan
Settled in the pack early - clipped fences 2nd and 3rd - pushed along and dropped towards the back before 3 out - unable to find more late on
Jordan Gainford
Daniel G Murphy
Held up at the back - never a factor - well beaten in 16th
Cian Quirke
W J Lanigan
Sat close behind the front group early - drifted left over one fence but held second at halfway - hit the fence hard at the fifth then dropped back through the field - pushed along but couldn't find more three out - faded from there - finished well beaten in 17th
Kieren Buckley
Gavin Cromwell
Fell at 1st
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.