11:43
Colm Quinn BMW Risk Of Thunder Chase
3m90y, Chase, 5yo+, 15 runners
Winning time 6m 56.20s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 21 fences 4 omitted
Result
Ricky Doyle
Martin Brassil
Shared control early - dropped to third after 6th then briefly second by 19th - hit front three out - pulled clear two out - going strongly to seize command before last - stayed on strongly to the line - comfortable winner
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
Settled with the pack early - small error 6th and back in 7th at halfway - moved into 4th after 3 out - pushed into 3rd 2 out - into 2nd before the last - unable to trouble winner on run-in and held for second
Sean Flanagan
Gavin Cromwell
Settled in the pack early - improved into 4th by halfway then dropped to 5th after the 15th - moved back up into 3rd approaching three out - down to 4th two out - couldn't close the gap in 3rd before the last - stayed on at one gear to finish 3rd
Jordan Gainford
Denis Paul Murphy
Handy early - slipped back to 8th by halfway - improved into 6th after three out - unable to threaten leaders and stayed on steadily to finish 4th
J J Slevin
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Shared front-running spot early - lost command after 6th and settled second - third by the 19th - slipped to fifth approaching four out - unable to close from two out to the last
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Shared front-running duties early - edged in charge past the 6th - bumped mildly by a loose horse before the 8th - pushed clear again by the 19th - pegged back and passed approaching three out - slipped to 4th and lost momentum before the last
Aidan Kelly (3)
Padraig Roche
Held up at the back - improved into 14th after being 15th before two out - unable to quicken and held before the last
Sean O'Keeffe
Peter Maher
Settled with the pack early - 5th at halfway - 6th soon after - improved into 4th around 19th - lost places to run 7th and asked for effort approaching three out - faded before two out to finish well beaten
Mr J M Halford (7)
E Bolger
Held up towards the back - still 12th after the 15th - nudged into contention approaching two out before fading before the last
Mr L P Shanahan (7)
Ross O'Sullivan
Held up towards the back - still in mid-order after 15th - lost touch after 2 out - well beaten in the end
Mr Teddy Davies (7)
Peter Maher
Settled handy early - slipped to 9th by halfway - unable to make headway two out and eased back through the field late
Ben Harvey
Gavin Cromwell
Held up at the back of the pack - still down in 10th after the 15th - lost touch before 2 out - well held at the finish
Kevin Sexton
Padraig Roche
Held up at back of field - still 13th after 15th - lost touch after three out - well held at the finish
Darragh O'Keeffe
R P O'Keeffe
Settled handy early - 6th at halfway - moved into 4th after the 15th - dropped away again after the 18th - faded before three out and pulled up after two out
Conor Smithers (7)
Denis Paul Murphy
Settled around midfield - blundered and lost jockey at the 4th
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.