11:52
Kilberry Pub & Kitchen Maiden Hurdle
2m4f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 22 runners
Winning time 5m 5.00s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
sat close behind front runner and 2nd halfway - shaken up after 2 out and gradually closed to hit front before the last - strong effort on run-in to win
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Made all the running and two lengths clear at halfway - small error at the 6th - urged after 2 out then passed before the last - kept on without troubling the winner on the run-in to finish 2nd
Mike O'Connor
Henry de Bromhead
prominent early - 4th halfway then 3rd before 2 out - soon ridden and made no dent approaching the last - stayed on at same speed run-in to finish 3rd
Paul Townend
W. P. Mullins
Raced close up behind the front rank and 3rd halfway - 4th and making no headway after 2 out - plugged on at the same speed
Kevin Healy (7)
Gordon Elliott
Settled in the pack's midst - under urging turning for home - 8th and receiving encouragement after 2 out - plugged on to claim 5th on the run-in and well beaten
Brian Hayes
Gerard Keane
Raced in the pack - 7th at halfway - 6th 2 out without making ground - plodded on to finish sixth
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
Prominent early - 6th halfway then 7th and making no inroads turning in - stayed on at an even tempo to finish 7th
Mark Walsh
Noel Meade
held up in last group - improved after 3 out to reach 5th 2 out - urged by rider and made no inroads approaching the last then faded to finish 8th
Ross Berry (7)
C A Murphy
Raced in the pack's midst - never figured in the home straight - plodded on at same speed from 2 out to finish 9th
Paddy Cody (7)
R P Cody
Raced in the pack - shaken up early in the straight without making ground - weakened after 2 out - finished 10th
James Smith (3)
Gordon Elliott
Ran in the pack through the early stages - never got involved on turning in - weakened after 2 out - finished 11th and well adrift
Jordan Gainford
James William Kenny
sat prominent early - mid-division at halfway - outpaced in straight and well beaten in 12th
Ben Kennedy (7)
Seamus Fahey
Settled well back in the field - no threat at any stage - plodded on at the same speed up the straight - finished 13th and miles adrift
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
up with the pace early - mid-pack in fifth at the break of the race - jumping sloppily at the 7th - found nothing turning for home and dropped away tamely - finished 14th
Eoghan Finegan (5)
Gordon Elliott
Raced in the pack's midst - made no inroads from 2 out - tired out of it to finish 15th
Tiernan Power Roche
P. J. Rothwell
Held up at the back throughout - toiled out of contention - finished 16th and miles adrift
Ben Harvey
Cian Collins
Raced at the back throughout - out of the contest - tired from 2 out - finished 17th and miles adrift
E Walsh
Cian Collins
Raced towards the back of the pack - always outpaced - tailed off in the straight to finish 18th
Shane Markey (7)
Ross O'Sullivan
towards the back of the pack early - outpaced from 3 out - well beaten in 19th
Ms E Dunseath (7)
Noel C. Kelly
Trailed the field throughout - out of the contest from the start - nothing left from 3 out - finished 20th and well adrift
Kieren Buckley
Michael Mulvany
In the pack through the middle stages - found nothing after 3 out and faded tamely - finished 21st and miles adrift
Ricky Doyle
D Broad
held up at back throughout - out of contention from an early stage - weakened in the straight to finish 22nd
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.