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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle
2m, Hurdle, 4yo+, 15 runners
Winning time 4m 15.80s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
Sat just behind the front pack - 4th at halfway - shared 2nd spot with a small stumble two out then given a couple of taps - moving strongly to join the front before the last - pushed on to hit the front approaching the final fence - lost footing and clipped the last - stayed on strongly to prevail
Patrick M O'Brien (5)
F G Hand
Handy up with the front pack - 3rd at the halfway point - pushed along after 2 out - went for it before the last - held second place and stayed on at one gait to the line
Simon Torrens
P J Rothwell
Shared front spot early - moved clear after 3rd - driven along and pegged back before last - lost front spot near line - held on at one effort in 3rd
Phillip Enright
Mark Michael McNiff
Sat close to the pace early - 5th at halfway - pushed along into 4th two out - unable to threaten in front and held for the rest
Philip Donovan (3)
Edward Cawley
Settled in the pack early - up to 6th at halfway then into 5th 3 out - pushed along but couldn't threaten the pace after 2 out - stayed one paced and clipped the last
E Walsh
Ciaran Murphy
Tracked front group early - through midfield around halfway - pushed along before 2 out but unable to close and faded late to finish 6th
Sean Flanagan
David M O'Brien
Settled in the pack - blundered and pushed along two out - soon found nothing more - finished seventh
Darragh O'Keeffe
Andrew McNamara
Settled in the pack early - hint of a stumble at the 4th before dropping towards the back - pushed along but made no headway 2 out - could find nothing more late and finished well beaten
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Settled towards the back - pushed along with no headway 2 out - unable to find more late - finished 9th
Aidan Kelly (3)
Padraig Roche
Settled midfield early - small error four out - pressed for effort but couldn't find more from two out - well beaten in 10th
Danny Gilligan
J A Nash
Shared the front spot early - sat second from the third and held that spot to halfway - pushed along but couldn't quicken approaching 2 out - dropped away to finish well held
Sean O'Keeffe
W R Crawford
Settled towards the back - came down at the 5th
Philip Byrnes
C Byrnes
Settled towards rear - came down at 5th
Shane O'Callaghan (5)
David O'Sullivan
Stumbled at 1st - held up in the pack throughout - suffered a heavy blow at 5th - no response under pressure and pulled up before the last
Eoin Staples (7)
T G McCourt
Held up at back - blundered and lost jockey at the 5th
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.