Limerick (IRE)
14:40
Connolly's Red Mills Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle (IRE Incentive Race)
Limerick (IRE) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 Distance: 2m3f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €6 Place: €1.90 €1.60 €11.20 Exacta: €20 Trifecta: €1550.30
Non-Runners: Crosshouse Boy (lame), Gino Drummer Boy (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Split The Bucket (IRE) N/A Elite Robert Tyner 168 lbs 4/1 Won Chased leaders - left in second 5 out - soon clear with one other - made challenge going best before 2 out - led just after 2 out - pushed along approaching last - not fluent last - ridden and kept on strongly run-in(op 9/2)
2nd 12 Mahler Mission (IRE) 6 G AVG John C McConnell 164 lbs 3/1 6.5 Led - set good pace - clear with one other from 5 out - faced challenge and pushed along before 2 out - headed just after 2 out - soon ridden but kept on well - rallied run-in - weakened final 110yds(op 11/5)
3rd 11 Ernie McCracken (IRE) 4 G Poor Emmet Mullins 164 lbs 80/1 8.5 Chased leaders - not fluent 1st - not fluent when left in modest third 5 out - lost third before 3 out - ridden but no extra after 3 out - went modest third after 2 out(op 40/1)
4th 1 Bells Life (IRE) 5 G Poor E J O'Grady 163 lbs 50/1 6.5 In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th - not fluent 5th - went modest third before 3 out - not fluent 3 out - soon ridden but no extra - lost third after 2 out(op 40/1)
5th 7 Another Ocana (IRE) 7 G Poor
E Walsh (5)lbs
L J Archdeacon 159 lbs 66/1 1.5 Midfield - not fluent 5 out - not fluent 3 out - soon ridden and minor headway - never dangerous(op 40/1)
6th 6 Coconut Tudor (IRE) 6 G Poor Gerard Kelleher 166 lbs 10/1 1 Midfield - prominent in chasing group and pushed along from 3 out - weakened from 2 out(tchd 15/2 and tchd 11/1)
7th 5 Battle Bound (IRE) 5 G Poor Augustine Leahy 166 lbs 22/1 16 Never better than mid-division - no impression from 3 out(op 33/1 tchd 20/1)
8th 13 Tomjackwilliam (IRE) 8 G Poor Eoin Christopher McCarthy 161 lbs 66/1 1.5 Always towards rear - no impression from 4 out(op 40/1)
9th 9 Clancy's Spirit (IRE) N/A Poor Gearoid Patrick Brouder 159 lbs 80/1 33 Always towards rear - tailed off(op 40/1)
99th 14 Crossgales Ophelia (IRE) N/A Poor Brendan Oliver Walsh 150 lbs 10/1 - In rear - brought down 7th(op 12/1 tchd 8/1)
99th 8 Castlehill Boy (IRE) 9 G Poor John J Walsh 161 lbs 18/1 - In rear - mistake and fell 7th (vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils post race - possibly as a result of a fall)(op 14/1)
99th 3 Glengouly (FR) 8 G AVG W P Mullins 163 lbs 6/5F - Took keen hold - tracked leader - stumbled then unseated rider 5 out(op 7/4 tchd 2/1)