20:30
Rockshore Cider Handicap
1m5½f, Flat, 4yo+, Rated 0-60, 14 runners
Winning time 3m 6.06s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Jimmy Dalton (7)
Sean Davis
Sat handy in 5th early - up to 4th with 4f remaining - improved into 2nd over 2f out - pressed for advantage approaching the straight - hit the front a furlong out and stayed on strongly to score
Sadhbh Tormey (7)
T G McCourt
Sat second early - moved to front 3f out - overtaken close home - stayed on for second
James Ryan
T G McCourt
Held up at the back - began to make headway 3f out - up to 6th and pushed along entering straight - 4th and driven inside final 2f - stayed on but couldn't get to those in front
Joseph Harnett (7)
Mark Fahey
Held up at back - moved into contention 3f out - 7th and driven turning into straight - stayed on well from the final furlong to finish closest but well held in 4th
Patrick McGettigan (5)
S M Duffy
Held a spot behind the front group early - moved up to 2nd approaching 3f out then dropped back to 3rd and pushed along with 2f left - unable to close the gap in the closing stages and finished 5th
Robbie Colgan
Cian Hughes
Settled behind the front group early - up to 4th and pushed along before the straight - unable to make further headway inside the final furlong finishing sixth
Nathan Crosse
T J O'Mara
Held towards the back of the pack early - closed into 5th and pushed along entering the straight - unable to find more inside the final furlong and finished 7th
Nicola Burns (5)
S M Duffy
Settled around midpack early - dropped towards rear by halfway and still there approaching straight with little to show - held on for eighth beaten just under six lengths
Wesley Joyce (5)
P A Fahy
Settled towards the back early - pushed along with 4f left but unable to close - held no chance in the closing stages
Adam Grant (7)
Richard John O'Brien
Held up in the pack from the off - made no headway approaching the straight - well held at the finish
Adam Browne-Souza (7)
David Kenneth Budds
Keen to go forward early - settled in the pack - 7th at halfway - dropped away with 2f and a half left to run - unable to threaten leaders and faded through the straight
Rory Mulligan (5)
Patrick Magee
Went straight to front - overtaken 3f out and quickly slipped back through the field - dropped away entering the straight - never a threat late on finishing well beaten
No. 6, stall 3
4yo, 9-3, OR 54
J: Reese Holohan (7) · T: Thomas Patrick McGettigan
Reese Holohan (7)
Thomas Patrick McGettigan
Held up towards the back - 9th at halfway - dropped away 4f out - struggling and outpaced into the straight - faded late finishing well held
No. 4, stall 4
4yo, 9-7, OR 58
J: Darragh O'Sullivan (7) · T: Mrs John Harrington
Darragh O'Sullivan (7)
Mrs John Harrington
Sat close to the front group in 4th - pushed along and dropped away with 3f left - faded turning into the straight to finish well held
Non-runners: Preparations, Kings Gesture, Autocrat
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.