14:45
Melbourne Cup Carnival Handicap
1m, Flat, 3yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 1m 39.80s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Adam Caffrey
Adrian McGuinness
Held up towards the back of the pack - squeezed for space and driven out with 2f left before angling left approaching the final furlong - finished strongly in the last 150 yards to get up and score
Ronan Whelan
Jarlath P Fahey
Settled midfield early - urged into contention and up to 3rd inside final 2f - stayed on strongly to finish 2nd beaten a short head
Chris Hayes
D K Weld
Settled towards the back - driven into contention 2f out and up to 4th with a furlong left - finished strongly to be third by a short head
Orla Tynan (7)
Andrew Slattery
Sat behind the front pack early - 3rd at halfway - moved through to hit the front approaching the final furlong under pressure - stayed on but caught in the last strides to finish 4th
Jamie Powell
Eddie & Patrick Harty
Sat behind pace early - up to 2nd by halfway - shaken up to hit front 2f out but overtaken inside final furlong - unable to find more close home
Declan McDonogh
J S Bolger
Held a midfield spot - asked for effort inside final 2f and up to 5th early in straight - squeezed for space close home and finished without full pressure
No. 1, stall 6
4yo, 10-1, OR 71
J: Dylan Browne McMonagle · T: W McCreery
Dylan Browne McMonagle
W McCreery
Settled around midfield - still 6th at halfway - eased over towards the rail under pressure inside the final 2f and stayed on to finish 7th beaten a length and a half
Gary Carroll
Gavin Cromwell
Settled towards the back - driven into contention approaching 2f out but 8th with a furlong left - squeezed for space inside the final 100 yards to finish beaten 2 lengths in 8th
Reese Holohan (7)
Peter Fahey
Sluggish start - held up towards the back - asked for effort with 2f left and boxed in a furlong out then eased left and stayed on at one speed inside the final furlong - finished 9th
Robbie Colgan
Matthew J Smith
Went straight to front early - shaken up and lost command 2f out then dropped to 5th under pressure inside final furlong - held no more late and finished 10th
Luke McAteer
David Marnane
Hampered leaving the stalls and settled at the back - shaken up with two furlongs left but made no headway - held no chance late and finished well beaten in 11th
James Ryan
Chris Timmons
Settled early towards the front and pulling hard - 4th at halfway - dropped away with 2f left - unable to find more late and well held at the finish
Wesley Joyce (3)
Michael Mulvany
Urged early to sit close behind front group - 5th at halfway - eased back through field 2f out and held no finishing kick
Non-runners: Navajo Point, Cannonball Queen, Sancerre Rock
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.