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Holden Fleet Handicap Hurdle
2m4f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 5m 50.10s
- Going
- Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Danny Gilligan
Ross O'Sullivan
Settled in the pack early - moved up to 4th approaching 3 out - closer in 3rd 2 out - edged to the front before the last - held on strongly to the line
J J Slevin
Seamus Neville
Back in the pack early - still 9th turning out of the back - made ground after 4 out - moved into 4th on the run-in and plugged on into 2nd - unable to peg back the winner
Mr Alan O'Sullivan (7)
Patrick T Foley
Held up towards the back - lost more ground into mid-race after 6th - made strong progress into the straight - moved right approaching 3rd last with a minor error - up into 2nd on the run-in - eased back to finish 3rd unable to threaten the front pair
Kevin Healy (7)
Cian Collins
Held up towards back of the pack - moved into contention before 6th then dropped to 8th - renewed challenge after 2 out - sixth at the last - stayed on at one gallop to finish fourth
Donagh Meyler
Eoin Doyle
Sat close up early - 3rd approaching 6th - dropped back after error 2 out - stayed on at one speed to finish 5th
Kevin A Murphy (7)
L J Archdeacon
Started towards the back - still 11th after the 6th - error 3 out then found some late headway - clumsy again 2 out - unable to threaten in 8th at the last - stayed on at one speed to finish 6th
Sean O'Keeffe
Sean Aherne
Settled with the pack early - improved into contention after 4th and again after 6th - made ground into 2nd approaching 3 out - edged in front just past 2 out - overtaken and dropped away before the last - well held at the finish
Michael Kenneally (5)
Martin Paul Fitzgerald
Held up in the pack - still down the field after 6th - crept into contention before 4 out - unable to threaten the leaders and found nothing final furlongs
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Settled with the pack early - held sixth into the straight - dropped back before two out - faded before the last to finish ninth
Tiernan Power Roche (3)
P J Rothwell
Settled close to the pace early - dropped through the field before 2 out - faded from there to finish well beaten
Phillip Enright
Oliver McKiernan
Held up towards the back - still down in 12th after the 6th - blundered 4 out - lost touch before 2 out and beaten out of contention
Daniel King
John Patrick Ryan
Went straight to the front - clouted the 8th and yielded advantage after four out - dropped away rapidly from three out to finish tailed off
Darragh O'Keeffe
J P Flavin
Sat just behind the pace early - moved into second after the 6th - hit the front approaching four out - overtaken two out - clipped the last fence - dropped away in the finishing straight - pulled up and unseated near the line with injury
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.