16:00
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Ahonoora Handicap
7f, Flat, 3yo+, 14 runners
Winning time 1m 27.05s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
W J Lee
Miss Natalia Lupini
Went straight to front - pushed along with a furlong and a half left before edging clear inside the final furlong - stayed on strongly to the line
Terry Casey (7)
Daniel James Murphy
Settled just behind the front runner early - still in second at halfway - pushed along with a furlong and a half left - unable to close inside the final furlong and held on for second
Ronan Whelan
Charlie Fellowes
Sat close behind front group early - 6th at halfway - pressed for effort over a furlong and a half out - improved to 5th inside the final furlong and stayed on to finish 3rd
Adam Caffrey
Adrian McGuinness
Settled just off the pace - 5th at halfway - pushed along 2f out and unable to close in 4th - stayed on late to finish 4th beaten 2 1/4 lengths
Gary Carroll
Joseph G Murphy
Settled in the pack - pushed along with no headway 2f out - stayed on same gait inside final furlong - finished 5th beaten 4 lengths
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Stephen Thorne
Settled towards the back - pushed along and made headway 2f out then 7th passing the furlong marker - stayed on at one speed to finish 6th beaten 4.25 lengths
James Ryan
Adrian McGuinness
Held up in the pack - pressed for effort with 2f left - stayed on same gait late to finish 7th
Chris Hayes
Brian Ellison
Went forward early - settled just behind the front group - third at halfway - pressed for effort with 2f left - unable to close and held on same pace to the line - finished 8th
Nicola Burns (5)
Gerard O'Leary
Held a midfield spot early - pushed along and towards the back with 2f left - stayed on at one speed in the closing stages - finished 9th
Jack Kearney (3)
Stephen Thorne
Settled in the pack early - improved into 6th 3f out then pushed up to 4th 2f out - dropped back to 6th and driven with a furlong left - held on for 10th at the finish
Robbie Colgan
A J Martin
Settled at the back early - pushed along with 2f remaining - unable to threaten leaders 1.5f out - kept on despite being denied room inside final furlong then allowed to finish in own time
J M Sheridan
Adrian McGuinness
Held up in the pack early - pressed for effort with 2f left but unable to close - well held at the finish
Wayne Lordan
A P O'Brien
Settled around midfield early and up with the pace after 2f - 4th at halfway - pressed for effort but couldn't quicken 2f out - well held at the finish
Leigh Roche
Gerard Keane
Settled in the pack - pushed along inside final 2f - unable to quicken - held on late for 14th
Non-runners: Greydreambeliever, Bold Style, Far From Dandy, Glory To Be
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.