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Bet With Tote Dan & Joan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
Grade 3, 2m1f30y, Chase, 5yo+, 12 runners
Winning time 4m 26.50s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 fences
Result
Brian Hayes
W P Mullins
Held up at the back early - made progress before the 8th - up into 5th before four out - pushed into 6th after three out - kept on into 3rd two out - moved left after two out - into 2nd before the last - hit the front late and finished going away
Sean Cleary-Farrell (7)
W P Mullins
Handy early - improved to sit second by the 6th - edged in front approaching the final two furlongs and pushed clear at the last - overtaken in the run-in - unable to threaten the winner late on
James Smith (5)
Gordon Elliott
Sat close up early - hit the front after 1st and stretched clear at the 2nd - margin shortened by the 6th - overtaken 2 out and slipped to third with little left before the last - stayed on one gear to finish third
Eoin Staples (5)
Gavin Cromwell
Started towards the back - mistake in 11th before improving to 8th - pushed into contention around 3 out and 7th - stayed on into 4th before last but held for 4th
Mark Walsh
Henry De Bromhead
Settled with the pack early - moved into 3rd after the 7th before easing back to 4th by 4 out - regained 3rd after 3 out then dropped to 4th 2 out - couldn't find more from there - finished 5th
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
Settled with leaders early - stumbled first - up to 3rd approaching four out - down to 4th after next - dropped away and one-dimensional from two out - eventually well held in 6th
Sean Flanagan
Gavin Cromwell
Held up early - mid-division by the 8th - clipped 2 out - improved late but stayed one speed to the line
Michael Kenneally (7)
John Patrick Ryan
Held up towards the back - shuffled between 5th and 8th through the pack - moved into 5th approaching 3 out - dropped away 2 out - faded to finish well beaten
Danny Mullins
W P Mullins
Settled midpack early - slipped toward rear before edging forward past four out - pushed along in 8th after three out - lost touch approaching two out to finish well beaten
Kieren Buckley
Gavin Cromwell
Held up at the back - improved from twelfth to eighth without threatening leaders - lost ground before two out - well held at the finish
Conor Stone-Walsh
Gavin Cromwell
Settled in the pack early - slipped back through the field before fading further after 3 out with an untidy jump - lost touch before 2 out and held on late for 11th
Paul Townend
W P Mullins
Went straight to the front - overtaken soon after the first - slipped back through the pack by the 6th - still there by the 8th - beaten off towards the tail 3 out - faded further before being pulled up
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.