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Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle
2m, Hurdle, 4yo, 7 runners
Winning time 4m 21.80s
- Going
- Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Kevin Healy (7)
Cian Collins
Held up towards the back - moved into 4th 4 out - pushed forward to share top spot on the inner 2 out and going easily - hit the front turning in - forged away at the last and kept on strongly run-in
J J Slevin
Ross O'Sullivan
Sat close behind the pace - pushed along into 3rd two out then moved up into 2nd before the last - stayed on but couldn't collar the winner up the run-in to finish 2nd
Ricky Doyle
J G Coogan
Held up towards the back - improved into 5th with three furlongs left - pressed for effort - up into 3rd by the last and stayed on at a steady gear to finish third
Dylan O'Connor (7)
John Joseph Hanlon
Went straight to front - lost that spot soon after - shared advantage from 5th - back in charge 3 out - pressed and lost command entering straight - slipped to fourth before the last with no further threat
Phillip Enright
Kevin Thomas Coleman
Held up towards the back of the pack - clipped the 2nd fence - pushed along in 6th two out but unable to close - finished 5th
Michael Kenneally (7)
Denis Gerard Hogan
Sat second early before going in front - blundered and slipped back to fifth - blundered again and lost the lead 3 out - pressed for effort soon after and faded out of it
Hugh Horgan (5)
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Sat close to the pace early - clipped heels at the 2nd - fifth of the field at halfway - pushed along before 3 out and soon lost touch - eased and pulled up before the 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.