Charlie Foley's Rated Novice Hurdle

1st

Cocofred (IRE)

No. 3

5yo, 11-11, OR 117

J: Darragh O'Keeffe · T: Henry de Bromhead

5 11-11 117

Darragh O'Keeffe

Henry de Bromhead

4:14.40 £9,000

Prominent early and jumping untidily in 3rd - 4th at halfway - back in 3rd before the 7th - sluggish at the following fence and urged on - made no inroads when clumsy again and promoted to 2nd 2 out - cut the gap to the front-runner before the last and blundered there - joined issues on the run-in - kept responding and found extra to hit front in the final strides to win

2nd

Firebrand (GER) ^b

No. 5

6yo, 11-4, OR 115

J: Alan O'Sullivan (5) · T: John J Nallen

6 11-4 115

Alan O'Sullivan (5)

John J Nallen

0.3 £3,000

Made all the running - scrappy at the 3rd - five lengths up at halfway - veered right at 3 out and again at the following fence - shaken up after 2 out and margin cut at the last - challenged hard on the run-in but kept battling - collared near the post to finish 2nd by 0.3

3rd

Rosenborg (FR)

No. 7

5yo, 10-10, OR 109

J: Mr R Sugrue (7) · T: P J Rothwell

5 10-10 109

Mr R Sugrue (7)

P J Rothwell

28 £1,500

Prominent early - clumsy jumping at the 2nd - small error at the 6th - dropped to 4th after another untidy jump - under pressure in 5th - promoted to 3rd 2 out - weakened late and finished 3rd

4th

Celtic Alliance (IRE)

No. 6

4yo, 11-3, OR –

J: Jack Kennedy · T: Gordon Elliott

4 11-3 –

Jack Kennedy

Gordon Elliott

½ £750

Settled in last group early - out of the argument throughout - niggled up the field around halfway - ran in mid-division before dropping back to 7th - promoted to 4th 2 out - weakened late to finish 4th

5th

Belladaball (IRE) ^t

No. 1

5yo, 12-0, OR –

J: Keith Donoghue · T: Gavin Cromwell

5 12-0 –

Keith Donoghue

Gavin Cromwell

36 £450

Settled off the pace close enough - 5th at halfway - ridden in 4th after 7th and soon dropped away - allowed to coast before 3 out and finished a remote 5th

6th

No Mon No Fun (IRE)

No. 8

5yo, 10-8, OR 104

J: Carl Millar (5) · T: Darren Collins

5 10-8 104

Carl Millar (5)

Darren Collins

26 £300

Rear throughout - swerved right at the 3rd and urged for a spell - cut adrift after a sluggish 5th - made no inroads when nudged again after 7th - dropped away tamely - finished 6th a distance behind

F

Lips Freedom (GER) ^t

No. 2

6yo, 11-12, OR 118

J: Donagh Meyler · T: Andrew Kinirons

6 11-12 118

Donagh Meyler

Andrew Kinirons

-

Prominent early - up to third at the midway point then second before the 7th - small error at the following fence under urging - made no headway when falling at the one after