15:00
Summerhill Meath Senior Football Champions 2025 Handicap Hurdle
2m4f110y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 20 runners
Winning time 5m 28.80s
- Going
- Yielding To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Tiernan Power Roche (3)
P J Rothwell
Handy early - went in front after the first - pushed on approaching two out - opened a big advantage at the last - stayed on strongly up the run-in - allowed to idle near the line unchallenged
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
Settled midfield early - moved into 6th before four out - found space entering straight - up to 2nd two out - unable to reel in the front-runner - stayed on to hold second
Caragh Monaghan (7)
Ian Patrick Donoghue
Handy early - drifted back to 6th then 5th - improved into 3rd 3 out - unable to close on front-runner before last - stayed on for third
Eoin Staples (7)
Gavin Cromwell
Settled with the field early - dropped back to 9th before four out - found extra energy approaching two out - moved up to 4th by the last - held that position to the line finishing 4th
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Held a midfield position early - down in 11th approaching 4 out - moved left and finished with steady progress from 2 out - unable to close further and finished 5th
Conor Stone-Walsh
Cian Collins
Set the pace before yielding front spot after the 1st - clipped by a riderless horse after the 2nd - improved into second by the 5th - dropped away 2 out - unable to find more late and finished 6th
James Smith (5)
Ian Patrick Donoghue
Held up in the pack early - improved into 8th before 4 out - moved up to challenge into 4th by 2 out - unable to find more thereafter finishing 7th
Richard Deegan
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Held up towards the back - still 15th approaching 4 out - found some late headway after 2 out - stayed on into the finish but well held
Anna McGuinness (7)
Richard John O'Brien
Held a forward spot early - still in touch around midfield through the middle stages - dropped away entering the straight - held no chance from 2 out and beaten well into 9th
Ivan Ryan (7)
Conor David Maxwell
Held up towards the back of the pack - down in 13th before 4 out - bumped a touch after 2 out and unable to close - finished well held in 10th
Mike O'Connor
Henry De Bromhead
Settled among the pack early - hampered before the 4th then up to 5th after the 5th - down in seventh with four to go - dropped away and struggled before 2 out with an untidy jump - well held at the finish
E Walsh
Edward Cawley
Racing up with the pace early - checked before the 4th and third from the 5th - fourth 3 out - dropped away and faded before 2 out after an untidy jump
Sean Flanagan
John Joseph Murphy
Held up towards the back - down in 14th approaching 4 out with nothing in hand - dropped away before 2 out to finish well beaten
Mark Walsh
John E & Thomas Kiely
Settled with the pack early - clipped the first fence - hampered soon after and brought down
Donagh Meyler
F G Hand
Handy early - down at the opening fence
Patrick M O'Brien (5)
Dermot A McLoughlin
Held up towards the back - improved into 10th before 4 out - moved into 7th 2 out but blundered and fell
Benjamin P Kennedy (7)
Paul W Flynn
Held up at the back - still 17th approaching 4 out - lost touch and hit the deck 2 out then pulled up before the final fence
Cian Quirke
Timothy Doyle
Held up at the back - still 18th approaching 4 out - made no headway 2 out having lost fluency and taken a knock - lost touch and ballooned last before being pulled up on the run-in
Simon Torrens
Ciaran Murphy
Settled with the pack early - suffered a heavy knock after the 1st and dropped back - struggled for fluency at the 2nd and slipped towards the tail - 12th spot before four out - made no headway approaching two out - hit hard again after that and eventually pulled up before the last
Phillip Enright
Oliver McKiernan
Held up at the back - still 16th approaching four out and unable to make headway - lost touch after 2 out - pulled up before the final fence
Non-runners: Da Capo Glory (stone bruise), Good Time Jonny (coughing)
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.