13:49
Clonmel Handicap Hurdle
2m1f, Hurdle, 3yo+, 12 runners
Winning time 4m 0.60s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
James Smith (5)
Gordon Elliott
prominent early and third 4 out - gained ground turning for home and moved upsides to hit front 2 out - held a slim edge over the last - kept finding to win
Niall Moore (5)
Philip Fenton
Raced at the back early - crept into it before 4 out and moved up to 7th 3 out - 4th and building a bid 2 out - moved into 2nd by the last and in the fight - kept finding for the push to the line and beaten 0.75 lengths
Alex Harvey
Patrick T Foley
Set the early fractions from the front - overtaken 2 out - in the mix in third when erred at the last - stayed on without quickening to finish 3rd
Cian Quirke
David Harry Kelly
blundered first fence - prominent early - 7th four out then 6th three out - minor error 2 out under pressure - made no inroads before the last - kept going late for 4th
Phillip Enright
T J O'Mara
prominent early - moved into 2nd approaching 5th - sat third and renewed effort 2 out - dropped to 4th approaching the last with nothing more to give - stayed on at one speed to finish 5th
Danny Mullins
Thomas Mullins
Close up behind the front rank - fourth at the fourth-last then 5th and pushed along before 2 out - made no inroads and blundered at the last - stayed on at one speed to finish 5th
Mike O'Connor
Henry de Bromhead
up with the front group - sixth four fences out then fifth after a minor error 3 out - under pressure before the straight - seventh and making no dent 2 out - plodded on to finish 7th
Daniel King
Denis Gerard Hogan
Prominent early - ninth 4 out then eighth 3 out - made no inroads from 2 out and finished 8th
Richard Condon (5)
P A Fahy
Raced among the backmarkers - 10th when blundering 3 out - 9th and never a threat from 2 out
Caragh Monaghan (7)
Ian Patrick Donoghue
Jumped awkwardly at the first - up with the front group before slipping back at the 4th - down in tenth by 4 out - never a threat from 3 out and finished 10th
Keith Donoghue
Ian Patrick Donoghue
Prominent in 2nd early - dropped to 5th after small error 4 out - fell away to 9th 3 out - bottom of the field turning in and never a threat - finished 11th
Mr R Sugrue (7)
P J Rothwell
towards back early - outpaced from 3 out - well beaten in 12th
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.