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O'Flynn Motors Mallow Mares Maiden Hurdle
2m3f, Hurdle, 4yo+, M, 14 runners
Winning time 4m 48.90s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Philip Donovan (3)
Maike Magnussen
Settled midpack early - moved closer after the 3rd then edged into contention approaching 3 out to hit the front - pushed out before the last and stayed on strongly to win
Josh Williamson (5)
Gordon Elliott
Settled in the pack early - improved into contention before 6 out and pressed the leader from 3 out with a shake-up soon after - stayed on to the line but unable to reel in the winner finishing second
Ethan O'Sullivan (7)
Gordon Elliott
Held up towards the back and scrappy over the third - improved into contention before six out despite another mistake - untidy once more heading into the pack from three out under pressure - unable to threaten the leading pair - stayed on into third from two out
E Walsh
John M Burke
Held up early with a mistake at the 1st - edged into midfield around 6 out despite another error 4 out - pressed forward from 3 out into 8th - clipped the fence again in 7th 2 out - kept coming late to take 4th
Jordan Gainford
James William Kenny
Went straight to front - lost command 3 out then pushed along and dropped away - blundered 2 out to finish well held
Tiernan Power Roche
Paul Stephen Kiely
Up with the front group - some jumping errors and fell back to the middle of the pack after the 3rd - made up ground from 4 out before being driven and hampered before the following fence - no more to give
Harry Cobden
W P Mullins
Sat close to pace early - edged up to share advantage from 3 out before being pressed and outrun - held third but stopped finding more and blundered at 2 out - faded from there to finish seventh
Thomas O'Connor (7)
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Held up in midfield - untidy at the 2nd - driven in 7th approaching 3 out and found nil - plugged on at one tempo to finish 8th
Liam Quinlan
Ms M Flynn
Held up towards the back - drifted left 5 out and driven with no headway in 10th before 3 out - stayed on at one gait to finish 9th
Phillip Enright
Oliver McKiernan
Settled in the pack early - hit the fifth-last awkwardly - driven for effort but couldn't respond - held ninth from 3f out - finished well held in 10th
Shane Fitzgerald
Eamonn O'Connell
Held up early - scratchy over 2nd and briefly bumped 3rd - untidy 4 out and asked for effort - weakening near 11th before 3 out - finished well beaten in 11th
Aidan Kelly (3)
Gearoid O'Loughlin
Settled in the pack early - clipped a fence 4th before slipping backwards approaching 6 out - clipped another 4 out - pushed along with nothing left to give - finished well behind in 12th
Eoin Staples (5)
Colin Motherway
Settled towards the back early and untidy over the obstacles - drifted away from the pack from the 5th - well beaten through to the finish - eventually came home last
Richard Deegan
W J Lanigan
Settled behind the front group early - dropped away and faded into the back markers before 6 out - stumbled there - hampered by another mistake 5 out at the tail and shortly 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.