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YellowFord & Drumlin John & Chich Fowler Memorial Irish EBF Mares Chase (Grade 3)
Grade 3, 2m5f175y, Chase, 5yo+, M, 3 runners
Winning time 5m 51.70s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 fences 2 omitted
Result
Mark Walsh
W P Mullins
Jumped straight to the front - 5 lengths ahead of the field at halfway and still going strongly before a serious blunder at the last - stayed on resolutely up the run-in to score
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Settled in second behind the front-runner - driven approaching final two flights but unable to close - stayed on same gait to finish second
Mike O'Connor
Henry De Bromhead
Held up at the back - hampered mildly 6th and made no headway from 5 out - still adrift when fell at the last
Non-runners: Bioluminescence (unsuitable ground)
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.