14:24
Slievenamon Claiming Hurdle
2m3½f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 4m 45.80s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Donagh Meyler
R P Cody
Raced in midfield - 7th three out - gained ground after the following fence - 4th turning in and under pressure - 3rd and cutting down the gap approaching the last - 2nd passing the last - hit front 100 yards out and won going away
Philip Byrnes
C Byrnes
Settled out the back - 8th 3 out and making little impression - picked up places after that to be 3rd turning in under pressure - took 2nd and threw down a challenge approaching the last - edged in front passing the last - overtaken 100 yards out - kept on for 2nd
Danny Power (7)
Terence O'Brien
Prominent early - bumped at the 5th - up to third before the 8th and soon well apart from the rest - went to the front before the straight - overtaken by a rival before the last and passed by another - finished third and weakened late
Alex Harvey
John McConnell
Dropped out at the back early - 9th 3 out and going without much zip - made up ground from the following fence to lie 5th turning in under pressure - 4th but making no dent before the last - plugged on at one speed to finish 4th
Ben Harvey
Karl Thornton
Up with the pace early - severely impeded at the 5th - 5th three out and 4th after that under pressure - never made any progress and finished 5th
Kevin Healy (7)
Declan Queally
Made the running - overtaken turning in - quickly dropped back - 5th and out of puff before the last - faded away to finish 6th
Phillip Enright
James Andrew Fahey
Raced in the pack's midfield - lying 4th three out before slipping to 6th and pushed along - never landed a blow and finished 7th
Ricky Doyle
C W J Farrell
Prominent early - promoted to 2nd at the 5th - slipped back after 2 out - 6th turning in and tired out of it - finished 8th and well beaten
Josh Williamson (3)
Andrew McNamara
Raced in the pack's middle - slipped backwards after the 7th - poor jumping 3 out then soon tailed away to finish 9th
Tiernan Power Roche
John McConnell
pushed along from the start - struggled at the back throughout - never a threat and well adrift late on - finished 10th
Brian Barry (7)
John Patrick Ryan
Prominent in second from the second fence - fell 5th
Alix Balfe (7)
Gavin Cromwell
awkward jumping early - up with the front pair - 3rd from the 2nd - dropped back after the 7th - 6th 3 out and soon tired - no threat - pulled up before the last
Daniel King
Karl Thornton
Raced in the pack until taking a fall at the 6th
Non-runners: Holy Joe, Warm In Gorey
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.