15:08
BOYLE Sports Cheltenham Bank Builder Jackpot Handicap Hurdle
2m50y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 11 runners
Winning time 4m 30.10s
- Going
- Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Donagh Meyler
Mrs Gillian Callaghan
Held up at back early - made progress before 3 out and was 6th - going well 2 out - hit front approaching last - slightly awkward there - pushed on well to the finish
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Settled handy in the pack early - down in 5th around the 4th - began to make headway before 3 out and up to 3rd soon after - into 2nd at the last but hampered by a mistake there - unable to peg back winner in the run to the line finishing second
Gavin Brouder
Charles O'Brien
Settled in the pack early - upped tempo to third approaching 3 out but blundered there - slipped back to fourth then fifth before 2 out - little threat rounding the last - finished strongly to snatch third late
Daniel King
Gearoid O'Loughlin
Held up towards the back - made ground three out to lie fifth - continued to run on after two out - moved into third at the last but hit it - matched rivals through the finish before slipping back to fourth near the line
Mr Alan O'Sullivan (7)
Patrick T Foley
Handy early - mid-pack by the 4th - moved into 2nd approaching 3 out - faded before the last - unable to threaten in 4th and slipped to 5th late
Michael Kenneally (5)
John Patrick Ryan
Sat close up early - went in front after the 1st - a touch untidy 3rd - opened up a big margin - gap narrowed approaching 3 out - overtaken after 2 out - dropped away quickly and finished well beaten in 6th
Mr J L Gleeson
John E & Thomas Kiely
Handy early - dropped away before 4 out - never a factor from there and faded steadily to finish 7th
Danny Gilligan
Ross O'Sullivan
Held up towards the back - pushed to keep tabs in 8th after three out - lost touch and dropped away before two out
Tiernan Power Roche (3)
P J Rothwell
Went straight to front - overtaken before 1st and settled in second by 4th - dropped away rapidly before 3 out and beaten a long way
Jack G Gilligan (5)
Oliver McKiernan
Held up at back of field - lost touch after 3 out - eased and pulled up before 2 out
Simon Torrens
P J Rothwell
Held up towards the back - made no headway on the field - dropped away in 10th nearing the straight - stopped and was pulled up before 2 out
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.