16:30
William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div I)
2m4f, Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-100, 15 runners
Winning time 5m 7.40s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Phillip Enright
Oliver McKiernan
Up with the pace early - 6th at halfway - moved up to 3rd before 4 out - travelling strongest approaching 2 out while upsides the front runner - nudged after 2 out then asked for effort - hit front 150 yards out - kept on strongly to win by the narrowest margin
Danny Mullins
Peter Fahey
Made running from the start and pulled hard - overtaken before the 4th - back in second by halfway - regained front after the 6th - strongly pressed after 2 out and sent on - strongly matched before the last - overhauled inside the final 150 yards - rallied gamely to go down by 0.5 lengths in second
James Smith (3)
Thomas Gibney
Sat in midfield and 9th at halfway - jumped untidily 3 out after improving to 3rd just before - shaken up wide after 3 out - urged before the last - stayed on on the run-in for 3rd
Kevin Healy (7)
Martin Hassett
close up early - midfield at halfway in fifth - gained ground after 2 out under urging - niggled before the last then stayed on run-in to finish 4th
Josh Williamson (3)
Gordon Elliott
Behind the main body early - eleventh at the midway point - urged before 2 out then driven after it - edged forward against the far rail before the last - stayed on to finish 5th
Josh Younge (7)
John Joseph Hanlon
Prominent enough early on but keen - twelfth at the midpoint - urged on after 2 out - faded approaching the last - finished sixth and well held
Thomas O'Connor (7)
Mark Fahey
up with the pace early - pushed for more after 2 out - faded before the last and finished 7th
Philip Donovan
Liz Doyle
In the pack's centre and wide throughout - errors at 2nd and 3rd - gained ground before 2 out - pushed after 2 out then tired before the last - finished 8th
Daniel King
James M Barcoe
Raced in the pack - pushed after 2 out - found nothing and faded before the last - finished 9th and well beaten
Kieren Buckley
Edward Buckley
Held up at the back - blundered at the 2nd and again 4 out - tailed off and going nowhere 3 out - crept past a few before the last - finished 10th and out of the contest throughout
Richard Condon (5)
P A Fahy
Held up at the back from start to finish - never a factor and finished 11th
No. 9
10yo, 10-12, OR 87
J: Shane O'Callaghan (3) · T: James Andrew Fahey
Shane O'Callaghan (3)
James Andrew Fahey
Settled at back early - clumsy jumping 4 out - made some ground after 3 out - got shaken up before 2 out - jumped untidily 2 out then faded tamely - finished 12th and well beaten
Tiernan Power Roche
P J Rothwell
Out the back early - sank further behind after the 2nd - under urging and five lengths adrift after the 6th then well behind from before 3 out - finished 13th
Sam Ewing
Peter Fahey
In the pack early - untidy at the 3rd and asked for effort soon after - surged to the front before the 4th - veered left at the 5th - lost momentum and passed by the 6th - pulled up after that fence
Conor Smithers (7)
Patrick J Duffy
Keen early just behind the front runner - parted company with rider after the fourth last
Non-runners: Granlahan, Talas Kera, Poetic Focus
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.