19:50
Killarney Towers Hotel & Leisure Centre Apprentice Handicap
1m6½f, Flat, 3yo+, 9 runners
Winning time 3m 11.50s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Gabriella Hill (7)
Henry De Bromhead
Set the pace from the off - edged clear approaching two furlongs out - pushed along and stayed on strongly close home to score
Reese Holohan (4)
M D O'Callaghan
Settled in the pack - squeezed for space and driven on with 2f left - stayed on into 2nd approaching final furlong but couldn't threaten the winner
Adam Browne-Souza (7)
T J O'Mara
Held up towards the back of the pack - urged forward with 2f left - shaken up into 5th approaching the final furlong - stayed on well to snatch 3rd near the line
Conor Cusack (7)
Henry De Bromhead
Held up towards back - driven wide approaching 2f out and moved into 4th inside final furlong - nudged into 3rd with under 150 yards left - faded to finish 4th
Sam Coen
Paul W Flynn
Sat close to pace early - second at halfway - urged into effort with two furlongs left - lost place late to finish fifth
Keithen Kennedy
Denis Gerard Hogan
Slow to break - held up in the pack - asked for effort with 2f left - stayed on late to take 6th
Paddy Harnett
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
Sat close behind pace - 3rd at halfway - squeezed for space entering straight then asked for effort but found little from 2f out - dropped away last furlong to finish 7th
Mel Sheridan (7)
Peter Lawlor
Held up in the pack early - moved onto the pace by halfway - urged forward on the rail with 2f left but couldn't find more - dropped away final furlong to finish eighth
Jack Kearney
Gavin Cromwell
Sat close to the pace - 5th at halfway - drifted left early in the straight and crowded another runner - driven along 2f out with nothing more to give - dropped away inside final furlong to finish 9th
Non-runners: Desert Friend
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.