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EASYFIX Equine Novice Chase
3m175y, Chase, 5yo+, 6 runners
Winning time 6m 40.90s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 16 fences
Result
Donagh Meyler
Mark Fahey
Sat handy early - awkward jump 6th - up to 3rd by halfway - into 2nd moving strongly before 2 out - driven on after that - hit front at the last - kept responding to get up and win
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Took the lead - leapt right at the 3rd and lost ground there - matched at 5 out - forged back in front entering the straight and soon pressed - driven after 2 out - leapt right and surrendered the advantage at the last - finished second unable to close the gap
Darragh O'Keeffe
M F Morris
Sat second early - shared front spot after clipping a fence 5 out - driven up and lost front spot entering straight - dropped to third before 2 out - unable to close and finished one-paced in 3rd
James Smith (5)
Gordon Elliott
Sat behind front pack early - stumbled at the 6th and held 4th at halfway - needed urging after an awkward leap 3 out - driven from there but unable to find more and finished well held
Michael Kenneally (7)
Adrian Sexton
Restrained in rear - jumped sketchily at the 5th - 5th at halfway - blundered 10th and erred again soon after - pecked badly 3 out under pressure and found nothing more - jumped poorly 2 out - dropped away to finish fifth
Harry Sexton (7)
Thomas Gibney
Struggled to keep tabs from the off - well off the pace at the 7th - stumbled at the 11th without troubling those ahead - blundered three out - lost ground steadily - finished a distant last
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.