14:10
Bluegrass Horse Feed Handicap
1m, Flat, 3yo, Rated 0-60, 9 runners
Winning time 1m 43.10s
- Going
- Soft To Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Reese Holohan (5)
Aidan Melia
Prominent early and 3rd halfway - went 2nd over 2f out and moved smoothly into front 1 1/2f out - pushed 2 lengths ahead 150 yards out - margin shrank near the line but held on to win
Wesley Joyce
Michael Mulvany
Shoved early and jostled another runner - towards back of the pack until 3f out then gained ground - 5th 1f out and urged hard - stayed on strongly inside the final furlong but just failed to catch the winner - finished 2nd
Rory Mulligan (5)
Rory Anthony Devine
jostled soon after the start then settled up with the front group and 4th at halfway - moved into 3rd and pushed along 1 1/2f out - stayed on at an even rate inside the final furlong to finish 3rd
W. J. Lee
W. McCreery
towards the back of the pack early - pushed along and gained ground approaching 2f out then 4th 1f out - stayed on at same speed to the line
Robert Whearty
F G Hand
Went to the front early - pressed and overtaken 1 1/2f out - patchy finish inside final furlong and came home fifth
G. F. Carroll
Michael Mulvany
Settled in the pack early - dropped back to the tail by halfway - pushed along wide 2f out without making progress - seventh approaching 1f out and weakened inside the final furlong to finish 6th
Ben Coen
Patrick Magee
Held up in last group - pushed along 2f out and 6th over 1f out - found nothing inside final furlong to finish 7th
Patrick McGettigan (5)
Adrian McGuinness
prominent early and fifth at the midpoint - shaken up over 2f out then found nothing from over 1f out - wound down late on to finish 8th
Nicola Burns (5)
Paul Traynor
Raced keenly just behind the pacesetter and held 2nd at halfway - dropped away when briefly bumped 2f out under urging - soon outpaced and well beaten in 9th
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.