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BOYLE Sports Home Of The Early Payout Handicap Hurdle
2m1½f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 10 runners
Winning time 4m 15.60s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
J J Slevin
John Patrick Ryan
Settled in the pack out wide and pulling hard - 4th at halfway - blundered at 2 out and dropped back a place - made ground on the outside to press the front-runner before the last - driven into the front in the run-in - stayed on gamely near the finish
Alan O'Sullivan (5)
Donal Commins
Settled in the pack - 6th at halfway - moved left and made ground on the outside before the last - driven to press in the run-in and denied by a whisker on the final strides
Mark Walsh
Cian Collins
Held up at the back - made steady ground on the outside to edge in front by a whisker before the last - overtaken under driving and found nothing more near the finish
Sam Coen (5)
Andrew Slattery
Close up early - 2nd at halfway - shaken up and slipped to 4th before the last then held a single gear in the run-in
Conor Smithers (7)
Aidan Melia
Set the pace early - blundered at the 1st - driven and overtaken before the last then faded fast with nothing more to give
Michael Kenneally (5)
Edward F Power
Settled in the pack - 7th at halfway - shaken up after 2 out - made a little late ground on the outside before the last - faded with nothing more to give in the run-in without threatening
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Close up early - 3rd at halfway - made ground at the skipped 2 out - driven and faded before the last then allowed to finish steadily in the run-in
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
Sat close behind the front-runner early but untidy over the first few obstacles - 5th at halfway - scratchy again and needed driving 3 out - drifted left and faded before the last without threatening
Cian Quirke
Thomas Mullins
Settled towards the back - 8th at halfway - faded and shaken up at the skipped 2 out - took no real part and finished well beaten
Simon Torrens
P J Rothwell
Settled towards the back - came down hard at the 3rd
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.