Club Orange Beginners Chase

1st

Court Canyon (IRE) ^t

No. 3

6yo, 11-12, OR –

J: P J O'Hanlon · T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

6 11-12 –

P J O'Hanlon

Ian Patrick Donoghue

4:39.60

Held up handy early and shared front spot after 1st - hit the front from 3rd and set the pace - scratchy over 3 out - asked for effort soon after - driven clear approaching last two - kept finding to the line

2nd

Scalpnagoon (IRE) ^t

No. 6

6yo, 11-5, OR 124

J: Kevin Healy (7) · T: Gordon Elliott

6 11-5 124

Kevin Healy (7)

Gordon Elliott

7

Sat behind the front group early - disputing 2nd at halfway - drifted left with a minor error three out - urged on after a bigger blunder at the following fence - unable to close before the last and stayed on at the same rate for 2nd

3rd

Takenasred (IRE) ^h

No. 8

8yo, 11-12, OR –

J: John Shinnick · T: S R B Crawford

8 11-12 –

John Shinnick

S R B Crawford

20

Settled at the back and pulled hard early - untidy at the third-last and making no progress into third before an error at the second-last - left at the final fence and faded to finish a well-beaten third

4th

Sampoet (IRE) ^p

No. 5

9yo, 11-12, OR 94

J: Ben Harvey · T: D M Christie

9 11-12 94

Ben Harvey

D M Christie

1¾

Sat close to the pace early - stumbled at the first and jockey had a moment with a stirrup - not accurate at the third - fourth at the midway point - pushed along into fifth after three out and unable to find more

5th

Astley (IRE)

No. 1

6yo, 11-5, OR –

J: Eoghan Finegan (7) · T: Paul Traynor

6 11-5 –

Eoghan Finegan (7)

Paul Traynor

6

Settled off the pace early - still 5th at halfway - asked for effort 3 out but flattened out to finish 5th

6th

Staffordshire Knot (IRE) ^b

No. 7

8yo, 11-7, OR –

J: James Smith (5) · T: Gordon Elliott

8 11-7 –

James Smith (5)

Gordon Elliott

5½

Nudged into contention early and soon up with the pace - shared the front 1st - drifted right - error and lost the advantage 3rd - untidy at the fences thereafter - blundered 6th and quickly back to 3rd - driven and fell away to the back 3 out - well held in 6th