17:08
GMIB Handicap Hurdle
2m1f, Hurdle, 5yo+, 10 runners
Winning time 4m 1.90s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Daniel King
Denis Gerard Hogan
Set the pace early with a tendency to drift right - dropped to second after being overtaken - a slight mistake three out - regained command before the second last - driven along under pressure approaching the final fence and edged right there - went clear and held on strongly to the line
Darragh O'Keeffe
Maike Magnussen
Up with the front group - 3rd at halfway - driven and nudged into 2nd after 2 out and challenged the front before the last - could make no headway at the final obstacle and one-paced from there - finished 2nd
Eoghan Finegan (5)
Patrick T Foley
Settled just off the front pair early - hit the front after the 2nd holding a shade too much enthusiasm - stretched clear to five lengths by halfway - jumped awkwardly four out and margin shortened - driven up and overtaken before two out - battled on in third from there without threatening to close - stayed on at one speed to finish third
Phillip Enright
S Curling
Sat close to the pace early - 4th at halfway - jumped awkwardly 6th - urged forward before 3 out and driven approaching the final fence - unable to threaten and finished well held in 4th
Sean Flanagan
Gerard O'Leary
Held up in midfield on the rail - 5th at halfway - lost ground at the 3rd last before being driven after 2 out - one-paced from there
Conor Stone-Walsh
Donal Commins
Settled midpack early - clipped the second obstacle - held 6th at halfway - stumbled three out and driven on - unable to close from there
Thomas O'Connor (7)
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Held up at the back throughout - urged into effort before three out - still in seventh after the second last - faded from there to finish seventh
Danny Gilligan
Cian Collins
Settled just off the pace - error at the 5th while in 7th - driven from 4 out then dropped away
Jack Kennedy
Cian Collins
Held up at the back throughout - driven approaching 3 out - dropped away late
Donagh Meyler
John Joseph Murphy
Towards the back throughout - off the pace from the outset and struggling by halfway - fell away sharply after 4 out - near calamitous error at the following fence - well behind at the finish
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.