14:20
SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle
2m½f, Hurdle, 3yo+, 11 runners
Winning time 4m 22.00s
- Going
- Yielding To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Peter Smithers (5)
E Bolger
prominent in third - joined front rank approaching last and went on over it - kept finding to score
Paddy Hanlon (5)
John Joseph Hanlon
Settled 5th close to the pace - improved to 4th 4 out - upsides at the last - took 2nd on the run-in - never able to peg back the winner but kept going to finish 2nd
Darragh O'Keeffe
M Flannery
Settled in second early - upsides with the front runner 2 out then found little after the last - plugged on to finish third
Phillip Enright
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
Prominent in 4th or 5th - error 4 out - back on terms 2 out - upsides over the last - outpaced on the run-in before staying on at one speed
Daniel King
M A Molloy
dropped out at the back early - ninth with four fences left - made ground after 3 out to lie sixth at the last - never threatened on the run-in to finish 5th
Donagh Meyler
Thomas Mullins
Went to the front early - overtaken approaching the last - faded without more to give and finished 6th
Michael Kenneally (5)
Daniel G Murphy
Dropped out at the back - bottom of the field 3 out - never a threat from 2 out and finished 7th
Danny Gilligan
Paul John Gilligan
Prominent early - sixth four fences from home before getting pushed along after 2 out - lost ground to finish eighth and never a threat over the last
Tom Kelly (7)
I Madden
Prominent early - sat seventh four fences from home - made a short-lived move after 3 out - eighth next and never a threat to finish ninth
Conor Smithers (7)
Charlie Keegan
settled at the back - ten places down with three fences left - made no progress before 2 out - finished 10th
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Settled at the back early - niggled along in ninth three fences from home - got no response approaching 2 out and soon outpaced - finished 11th and well beaten
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.