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Ladbrokes Maiden Hurdle
3m, Hurdle, 4yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 6m 10.90s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 hurdles
Result
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
Settled just behind the pace in 2nd - hit a flat spot 5th - made ground into 7th - edged in front after 4 out - pulled clear approaching the last - driven out to hold on
Keith Donoghue
Ross O'Sullivan
Settled towards the back early - up to 4th after the 7th - moved into contention after the 9th - into 3rd before 2 out - into 2nd approaching the last - unable to challenge the winner - stayed on to finish second
Paul Townend
W P Mullins
Settled with the pack early - moved into 3rd after 7th then pushed forward to challenge before 2 out - edged into 2nd briefly - lost momentum before the last and hit it awkwardly - lost ground on the run-in to finish 3rd
James Smith (5)
Thomas Gibney
Held up early - still adrift in mid-division past halfway - pushed along two out but jumped awkwardly - up into fourth entering the straight - soon lost touch
Mike O'Connor
M F Morris
Went straight to front - margin cut by the 7th after a small left-hand deviation - overtaken after 4 out - back to fourth before 2 out - lost momentum from there and slipped to fifth turning in - well held at the finish
Cian Cullinan (7)
Tom McGuinness
Held up early - stumbled 2nd and 3rd - errors continued into the 4th - given a nudge along after the 5th - lost touch and driven along 6th - eased out of contention before the 7th
Sean Flanagan
Liz Doyle
Settled in the pack - 5th soon after the 7th before dropping away - pulled up after the 8th
Non-runners: Captains Speech (withdrawn; unsuitable ground), Nopresentliketime (allergies), That's It Paddy (ran yesterday), Union Boy (coughing)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.