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Farm And Industrial Spares Mallow Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)
2m3f50y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 15 runners
Winning time 4m 45.00s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Phillip Enright
Oliver McKiernan
Settled in the pack early - improved into 4th by halfway - moved into 2nd approaching 3 out - hit the front at the last flight - drew away impressively to score
Eoghan Finegan (7)
Hugh Paul Finegan
Went straight to front and opened huge gap by halfway - margin shrank from four out - needed urging after the following fence - lost the lead two out under pressure - unable to quicken again and stayed on same speed from the last
Philip Byrnes
C Byrnes
Sat close to the front group early - asked for effort after 3 out and moved into third soon after - couldn't find more and stayed on at one speed from the last to finish third
John Shinnick
Rodger Sweeney
Held up at back of field - still 10th at halfway - moved up outside to reach main group turning in - hampered three out - driven into 5th after a stumble - stayed on late to move into 4th on the run-in
Michael Kenneally (5)
Terence O'Brien
Held up in the pack early - improved into 4th after 5 out - moved into 3rd 3 out - slipped back before the final fence - one-paced after the last and edged back to 5th on the run-in
Daniel King
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Held up towards the back - still 11th at halfway before closing on the front group but hampered 3 out - couldn't quicken again and stayed on at one speed to finish sixth
Alan O'Sullivan (7)
Miss Hilary McLoughlin
Held up towards the back - improved into the pack turning into the straight - checked in run three out then unable to quicken and stayed on steadily to finish seventh
Sean Flanagan
Gerard Edmund O'Leary
Sat behind front group early - 3rd at halfway then driven on turning for home - lost touch and dropped away from 3 out
P J O'Hanlon
Dermot A McLoughlin
Sat close to front group early - 8th at halfway then asked for effort after 4 out - couldn't quicken and finished one-paced
Sam Ewing
Peter Fahey
Held up at the back - no impression made - well held throughout
James Smith (5)
Anthony McCann
Settled in the pack early - still 7th at halfway - driven approaching four out but unable to close and well held late
Tiernan Power Roche
P J Rothwell
Sat close to the pace - 5th at halfway - driven approaching 4 out but unable to close
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Held up towards the back - still 9th at halfway - moved into contention approaching the leading group - fell 3 out
G B Noonan
E McNamara
Sat behind the pace early - second at halfway - asked for effort on the rail into the straight but found little from three out - eased and pulled up before the following fence
Anna McGuinness (7)
Mrs Lorna Fowler
Settled just behind the front group - slipped to the back by halfway and made no headway from four out - pulled up before the following fence
Non-runners: Brave Crogha (reserve), Speakasyoufind (reserve), Swelltime (coughing)
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.