15:32
John B. Keane Beginners Chase
2m3f, Chase, 4yo+, 6 runners
Winning time 5m 9.50s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 14 fences
Result
Phillip Enright
Brendan Maurice Walsh
Shared front spot then went clear after 5th - asked for effort before final two furlongs and stayed on strongly up the run-in - edge narrowed near the line but held on
No. 6
9yo, 10-12, OR 92
J: Mr J W Hendrick (7) · T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Mr J W Hendrick (7)
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Sat handy behind the front group - 3rd at halfway before dropping to 4th with 5 to go - asked for effort approaching the straight - improved into 2nd after the last two - driven out and stayed on strongly to the line - narrowly denied in 2nd
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Sat just behind the front group early - lost fluency 5th - up to 4th by halfway - into 3rd before 5 out - pushed into 2nd before 2 out but unable to close - eased back to 3rd and held in the closing stages
Philip Byrnes
Charles Coakley
Shared the front spot early - lost command after the 5th - second at halfway - dropped to third and driven approaching two out - fourth and unable to close before the last - held that spot with nothing more to offer
Alan O'Sullivan (7)
Eugene M O'Sullivan
Held up towards the back - clumsy over the first two - lost touch with the field after four out - stayed on steadily from two out but no real threat
Darragh O'Keeffe
Paul O'Flynn
Held 5th - driven after 3 out with no headway into the straight - unable to find more from 2 out and beaten into 6th
Non-runners: Derby Rock (unsuitable ground)
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.