15:10
Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle
2m6½f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 14 runners
Winning time 5m 34.90s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Eoin Staples (5)
Gavin Cromwell
Handy early - drifted through mid-pack before improving into contention approaching the straight - made ground three out - hit the front just before two out and drifted slightly left - pushed clear late - finished strongly for the win
Michael Kenneally (5)
T Hogan
Held up early - still down the field past halfway - made progress before 2 out - into third by the last - kept on into second late but couldn't reach winner
John Shinnick
Terence O'Brien
Front from the off and built a margin before the 3rd - in front by less going to the 5th - forged well ahead before the 9th - the gap narrowed entering the straight - caught 3 out and found nothing in 3rd after 2 out - fell back to 4th approaching the last - stayed on along the run-in to recover 3rd
Darragh O'Keeffe
Paul O'Flynn
Sat just behind the pace early - held a handy spot before the 8th - improved into contention approaching 4 out - moved up entering the straight - hit the front by a whisker 3 out - overtaken and bumped a touch 2 out - eased back to 4th late having briefly held 3rd
Calum Hogan (5)
E McNamara
Settled with the pack early - dropped away approaching the 6th - mid-division by the 8th - closed up again after three out - up to 6th two out - held that spot to the last and stayed on flat without threatening
Danny Gilligan
Cian Collins
Settled midpack early - blundered 3rd and slipped back - still only sixth by the 8th - improved to 4th approaching 3 out - unable to threaten in 5th and hit 2 out - slipped to sixth by the last and held no more finishing effort
Paddy Hanlon (5)
John Joseph Hanlon
Held up towards the back - still only mid-pack after 8th - stayed on into it after the 9th - unable to threaten leaders approaching last two and stuck on steadily up the run-in to finish 7th
Alex Harvey
John C McConnell
Held up at back - still down in 12th after the 8th - unable to make headway approaching two out - stayed on in the closing stages but always well off the pace
Josh Williamson (3)
David Harry Kelly
Held up towards the back - shuffled into contention 8th - dropped away from two out and beaten into 9th
Tom Kelly
E McNamara
Settled with the pack early - slipped back to ninth after the 8th - unable to gain ground from two out and held to the line
Eoghan Finegan (5)
Ross O'Sullivan
Held up towards the back - briefly 7th after 8th before slipping backwards two out - unable to find more late on and beaten a long way
Danny Power (7)
Terence O'Brien
Held up at the back - still down the field passing the 8th and unable to make headway two out - kept on same pace to finish 12th
J J Slevin
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Handy early - dropped through the field from the 8th - faded before 3 out to finish well beaten
Daniel King
E McNamara
Settled around midfield - eased and pulled up injured after 5th
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.