15:30
Kevin's Bar, Listowel/Exchange Inn, Ballybunion Handicap
1m4f, Flat, 3yo, 15 runners
Winning time 2m 45.37s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Reese Holohan (7)
Brendan W Duke
Settled with the pack early - 6th at halfway - moved through to hit the front - edged clear entering the straight - pushed out to win going away
Seamie Heffernan
J. P. Murtagh
Slow to break - settled handy early - up to 2nd by the 5f mark - 3rd at halfway - slipped back to 5th with 5f left - improved into 3rd over 2f out - stayed on late to take 2nd but no danger to winner
Shane Foley
Mrs J. Harrington
Settled handy on the wide side early - into second by halfway - slipped to third with 5f left - regained second with 4f to run - unable to challenge up front a furlong out - held on for third at the line
Adam Caffrey
Adrian McGuinness
Set the pace early - lost front spot after 3f - back in 4th by halfway then 5th approaching 2f out - unable to threaten leaders 1f out - stayed on again to regain 4th near the line
Luke McAteer
David Marnane
Settled towards the back of the pack - still 7th at halfway and 8th with 5f left - moved into 4th approaching 2f out - unable to threaten the leaders inside the final furlong - held the effort late but eased back to finish 5th
Paddy Harnett (3)
Noel Meade
Settled towards back - still 14th at halfway - moved through order approaching 2f out - progressed to 8th with a furlong left - finished 6th having made late inroads but no more than that
Jimmy Dalton (7)
A. Slattery
Held up towards the back early - still 11th at halfway - made progress into contention 1½f out but couldn't get to the leading group entering the final furlong - stayed on in similar fashion to finish 7th
James Ryan
J S Bolger
Settled up behind the pace early - hit the front after 3f - lost that advantage past halfway - sat third with 4f remaining - needed encouragement soon after - slipped back to sixth with over 2f left - unable to threaten inside the final furlong - kept on at one tempo to finish eighth
G. F. Carroll
Gavin Cromwell
Raced up with leaders early - suffered interference and slipped back through field - 12th at halfway - headway approaching final furlong - finished steadily to the line
Chris Hayes
Michael Mulvany
Handy early behind pace - stumbled on bend and dropped back after 4f - settled towards back of field - 10th at halfway - asked for effort with a furlong and a half left but stayed on same gear to finish
No. 13, stall 12
3yo, 9-0, OR 63
J: Robyn Donaghue-Leahy (7) · T: Patrick J Flynn
Robyn Donaghue-Leahy (7)
Patrick J Flynn
Handy early - slipped back through the pack by halfway - briefly found some purpose in mid-division with 5f left - faded again in the closing stages to finish well beaten
Declan McDonogh
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Slow to begin - settled towards the back - 15th at halfway - unable to progress from a furlong out and held to the finish
Ross Coakley
D P Coakley
Settled with the group early - slipped back through the field by halfway and began to feel the strain approaching the last two furlongs - eased away from the pace late to finish well beaten
Jack Kearney (3)
Patrick Magee
Settled handy early - fighting the bridle - 5th at halfway - slipped back to 7th with 5f left - gave way through the closing stages
Robbie Colgan
Denis Gerard Hogan
Held up in the pack early - still down the field at halfway - driven along with two furlongs left before fading out of contention late to finish well held
Non-runners: Premier Princess, Cascade Canyon, Queen Of Astolat
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.