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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Pat Walsh Memorial Mares Hurdle
2m½f, Hurdle, 4yo+, M, 6 runners
Winning time 3m 53.70s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Alan O'Sullivan (5)
Patrick T Foley
close up early - 2nd at halfway - moved to front after 4 out - shaken up after 2 out and went clear - stayed on strongly to win
Danny Mullins
R Donohoe
Prompt early in the pack - swerved left at the 1st and dropped back - fifth at the midway point - moved up turning in and took second after 2 out - unable to reach the winner approaching the last - stayed on strongly to finish second
Darragh O'Keeffe
Anthony John Black
Made the running - passed after 4 out - under urging turning for home - third after 2 out and unable to make inroads - weakened to finish 3rd
Harry Sexton (7)
Adrian Sexton
Held up in last group early - urged from 3 out but made no dent and posed no danger from then on - plugged on at same speed to take 4th on the run-in
Cian Quirke
A. Slattery
Prominent early and 3rd at halfway - slipped back through the field after 3 out - ridden in the straight without making inroads - weakened after 2 out to finish 5th
Donagh Meyler
Emmet Mullins
prominent early - 4th at halfway - urged after 3 out then outpaced from 2 out to finish 6th
Non-runners: Sopelana
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.