15:52
Electric Galway Irish EBF Mares Flat Race
2m1f, NH Flat, 4yo+, M, 18 runners
Winning time 3m 55.50s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Mr D L Queally
Declan Queally
Settled midpack early - improved into contention entering straight to sit third then second with a furlong to travel under pressure - hit the front inside the final 100 yards - stayed on strongly to score
Mr P W Mullins
W P Mullins
Sat behind the pace early - second at halfway and closing on the front by the straight - shaken up to hit the front over a furlong out - drifted right under pressure - overtaken inside the final 100 yards - unable to reel in winner late
Mr H C Swan
Denis Gerard Hogan
Sat handy behind the front group - 4th at halfway then pushed along early in the straight without threatening - stayed on steadily to finish 3rd
Mr Finian Maguire
Jonathan Fogarty
Sent to the front early - opened a big gap by mid-race before edging shorter into the straight - overtaken with over a furlong to go despite urging - unable to find more and beaten into 4th
Mr J Dunne (7)
Simon Cavanagh
Settled in the pack - 5th turning for home and pressed without gaining ground inside the last furlong - stayed on same effort late to finish 5th
Mr O McGill (5)
Terence O'Brien
Held up towards the back - improved into 8th turning for home - into 6th and pushed along a furlong out then stayed on same gait to finish sixth
Mr S Cotter (7)
A D Leahy
Held up towards the back - improved into 6th turning for home over 2f out - asked for effort but couldn't threaten leaders and stayed on same rate to finish 7th beaten 15½ lengths
Miss T Quail (7)
Miss Evanna McCutcheon
Held up towards the back - shaped to improve approaching the final quarter mile and 8th turning in - unable to find more and finished at a steady one-speed effort in 8th
Ms K M Ryan (7)
John Joseph Hanlon
Held up towards the back - still down the field turning into the straight - stayed on steadily without threatening
Mr D McGill (7)
Ciaran Murphy
Sat close to the front pack early - third at halfway before dropping back entering the straight under pressure - unable to find more and well held at the finish
Mr B T Stone (7)
Patrick Magee
Held up towards the back - lost touch with rivals with 4f left - unable to find more late on and beaten a long way
Mr L P Shanahan (7)
Andrew McNamara
Settled at the back of the field - lacked involvement from 3f out - well beaten in 12th
Mr Derek O'Connor
S G Carey
Settled in the pack - driven with no headway 4f out - unable to find more thereafter - well beaten in 13th
Ms N M Bradley (7)
Eoin Griffin
Settled in the middle of the pack - stumbled 5f out and dropped away sharply - finished a remote 14th
Ms S North (7)
S Curling
Held up at the back - lost touch with the field 6f out - unable to find more from there - well beaten at the finish
Miss J Townend
W P Mullins
Held up towards the back - made no impression through the contest - eased and pulled up 7f out
Mr A P Ryan (5)
Peter Fahey
Sat close to the front group early - 7th at halfway - eased and taken out of the contest soon after
Miss A L Fitzgibbon (7)
C Byrnes
Sat close to the pace early - 5th at halfway - faded rapidly turning into the straight and eased down before the final furlong
Non-runners: Aodha's Arrow, Back In Favour, Tanga Mugi
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.