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EASYFIX Equine Handicap Hurdle
2m6f198y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 6m 46.30s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 14 hurdles
Result
Ricky Doyle
Eoin Griffin
Settled in the pack - moved up strongly from 3 out and hit the front before the penultimate - challenged and edged out approaching the last - stick gone but rallied on the run-in - wore down the opposition to prevail on the line
Carl Millar (5)
Eamon Courtney
Settled in the pack early - moved into contention from 3 out to lie second under pressure - shifted to the rail before the last then edged in front - caught right on the line to be beaten a whisker
Philip Donovan (3)
Jonathan Sweeney
Held up towards the back - hit one of the fences early - moved through to 6th two out then 4th approaching last - stayed on well to take 3rd near the line
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Sat close behind the front group and holding 3rd at halfway - urged on and slipped to 5th before the second-last where drifted right - driven out and rallied to finish 4th
J J Slevin
Seamus Neville
Set the pace early - dropped to second when overtaken - dropped back approaching the straight and slipped to 9th two out - rallied late to finish 5th
Michael Kenneally (5)
T Hogan
Settled towards the back - jumping errors including 4th - dropped to 12th after 7th - improved into 3rd from three out - unable to threaten leaders and lost ground on the run-in
Darragh O'Keeffe
Paul O'Flynn
Held up in the pack - jumped poorly 3 out and dropped away - one-paced from 2 out to finish 7th
Mr B M Coonan (7)
Gavin Cromwell
Settled in midfield towards inner rail - urged forward nearing straight and soon under pressure - couldn't find more and stayed on at one gear from 2 out - finished eighth
Sean Flanagan
Barry Connell
Held a forward spot early - hit front after 2nd and opened a big gap - urged on and margin shrank into the straight - lost the lead before 2 out and had nothing left to give
Calum Hogan (5)
E McNamara
Held a midfield position early - hit the fourth-last and slipped back under pressure - lost more ground from three out and finished well behind
Tiernan Power Roche (3)
P J Rothwell
Held up early - lost place after a mistake around the 7th - fell away from the pack with 5 to jump - eased and pulled up before the following fence
Phillip Enright
Edward F Power
Settled in the middle of the pack - mistakes at both the fifth and fourth from home saw a slide towards the back - pressed for effort but found nothing more three out - retired from the contest before reaching two out
Thomas O'Connor (7)
Mark Fahey
Sat behind the front group early - 4th at halfway - dropped back and faded 3 out - blundered 2 out in 10th and pulled up before the last
Non-runners: Money Heist (lame)
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.