20:20
John Walsh (Mainstown) Memorial Flat Race
2m159y, NH Flat, 4yo+, 10 runners
Winning time 4m 2.40s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Mr D Allen (7)
Terence O'Brien
Set the pace and quickly opened daylight - margin narrowed past the 5f mark - drifted wide rounding the turn before halfway - kicked on again with 2f left - finished strongly to score
Mr J L Gleeson
Henry De Bromhead
Sat behind the front-runner early - slipped back to 5th by halfway - up into 4th with 4f left - improved into contention over 2f out - pushed into 2nd inside the final furlong - held no threat to winner and stayed on at one gait to finish 2nd
Mr A P Ryan (5)
Mrs Julie Cashin
Settled with the pack early - slipped back to 7th by halfway - improved to 5th approaching 4f out - made ground into 3rd over 2f out - stayed on at one effort to finish third
Mr O McGill (5)
John Patrick Ryan
Held up in the pack - 9th at halfway - began to make ground 3½f out - up to 4th with 1½f left - unable to close on the front pack and found nothing more inside the final furlong
Mr M J McGrath (7)
Colin Motherway
Held up towards the back - crept into contention after 6f and up to 3rd by halfway - briefly took 2nd spot with 4 1/2f left - dropped away and outpaced 2f out - could not find more and finished 5th
Miss A B O'Connor
Anthony McCann
Sat close behind the front-runner early - slipped back to fourth by halfway - pushed hard into sixth then eighth as the pace quickened - unable to find more in the closing stages and finished sixth
Mr S Cavanagh (7)
David M O'Brien
Held up towards the back - improved into 3rd approaching the straight - dropped away and edged 2f out - faded steadily to finish well beaten
Mr F P Murphy (7)
N Dooly
Held up at the back - still 10th at halfway - shaped up with a move 3 1/2f from home - unable to threaten and faded final furlong
Mr E J Sheehan (7)
Martin Paul Fitzgerald
Held up early - 8th at halfway - lost touch four out - fell away with two left - beaten a long way at the finish
Mr P Breen (7)
P J Breen
Settled midfield early - briefly improved to second after 5f - faded from there and slipped backward beyond halfway - well beaten from 4f out - finished last of the group
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.