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O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey New Year's Day Chase (Grade 3)
Grade 3, 2m6f170y, Chase, 5yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 5m 54.20s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 15 fences
Result
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
Sat handy behind pace - edged in front approaching second-last stage - pressed on before the final two furlongs - stayed on strongly to score with ease
Sean O'Keeffe
W P Mullins
Held up at back - headway from 3rd then up to 4th after 10th - moved into second before 2 out - unable to challenge front-runner approaching last - held on for second without threatening late
Jordan Gainford
Gordon Elliott
Just in front early - lost the advantage before the 2nd - settled into second past the 10th - slipped back to third before 2 out and unable to threaten in front then faded approaching the last
Sean Flanagan
Gavin Cromwell
Settled midpack early - up to 5th after ten fences - lost fluency at the 13th and dropped towards the back - recovered to 6th three out and into 5th two out - stayed on at one gentle rate to finish fourth
John Shinnick
W P Mullins
Raced handy in third early - improved to challenge three out - faded into fourth and lost touch before two out
Danny Mullins
W P Mullins
Settled towards the back early - slipped further back after 3rd - into 6th after 10th - improved into 5th after 13th but hit the fence 3 out - unable to threaten leading pair before 2 out - lost touch in 6th and made another error 2 out
Shane Fitzgerald
W P Mullins
Held up at the back - briefly improved into midfield around the 10th - lost touch again three out - faded before the final two furlongs - well beaten at the finish
Non-runners: Maxxum (allergies)
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.