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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle
2m2f200y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 11 runners
Winning time 4m 57.30s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Conor Brassil
Martin Brassil
Set off in front - opened a gap after 2nd - drifted right at 3rd and again the following fence - advantage stretched to 8 lengths by halfway - came under stronger driving into and beyond 2f out - kept responding to the last - held on strongly to the line
Charlie O'Dwyer
Conor O'Dwyer
Settled just behind the front group early - upsides the front-runner after 2nd - back in mid-division around halfway - given encouragement approaching 5th - still fairly detached 2f out with no real threat - stayed on at same rate - grabbed second late
Eoin Staples (2)
Gavin Cromwell
Up with the front group early - pressed the prominent runner after the 2nd - 5th and struggling at halfway - pushed along into 2nd 2f out and unable to make any inroads - plugged on at one tempo to take 3rd near the line
Benjamin P Kennedy (4)
Seamus Fahey
Up with the front group early - moved to 2nd behind the long-time front-runner after the 2nd - drifted right at the 3rd - small error at the 5th - veered right and another minor mistake at the last before the straight - pushed along in a distant 3rd 2f out - failed to make any inroad - plugged on at one tempo to finish 4th
Paddy Cody (4)
R P Cody
Settled in the pack early - around 7th at halfway - hit a flat spot in 5th - pushed along inside final two furlongs but unable to close - held on for 5th
Aidan Kelly
Ian Patrick Donoghue
Settled in the pack fighting for control early - up to 4th at halfway - into 3rd approaching 2 out - unable to threaten leaders straightening up - dropped away to finish sixth
Carl Millar (2)
Gordon Elliott
Sat close up early in 3rd - went after the front-runner past the 2nd - small error 5th and held that spot into the straight approach - into 4th under pressure 2 out with little to show for it - faltered after another mistake at the last and dropped away well beaten
Brian Barry (4)
C A McBratney
Settled in the pack early - unbalanced at the 1st and clipped the 3rd - down in ninth by halfway under encouragement - asked for effort turning into the straight - had nothing left in the run to finish - well held in 8th
Adam Leahy (4)
Anthony Mullins
Held up towards the back - down in eighth by halfway - clipped the last hurdle before entering the straight - pushed along but couldn't find more and well held at the finish
Philip Donovan
Gary McGill
Held up towards the back - under pressure with no headway by halfway - dropped away before being pulled up before the 5th
Patrick M O'Brien (2)
Liam Lennon
Held up towards the back - urged forward with a slap after the 2nd - lost touch with the field soon after - dropped away after the 4th and pulled up before the following fence
Non-runners: Boston Bobby (withdrawn), Couldntmakeitup (unsuitable ground), Gangster Granny (off feed), Survivors Sister (unsuitable ground)
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.