Wexford (IRE)
16:00
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Wexford (IRE) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 Distance: 3m1½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €4.80 Place: €1.40 €1.60 Exacta: €11.80 Trifecta: €113
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Mercury Lane (IRE) 8 G Poor Paul Nolan 166 lbs 4/1 Won Towards rear - headway and in touch with leaders 9th - went second 5 out - pushed along and made challenge 2 out - ridden to lead approaching last - went clear run-in(op 11/2)
2nd 5 Where It All Began (IRE) 9 G Poor Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 7/4F 4.25 Prominent - led 1st - pushed along and faced challenge 2 out - headed approaching last - bad mistake but good recovery last - kept on - no match for winner(op 2/1 tchd 13/8)
3rd 4 Robinstown (IRE) 9 G AVG Cian Collins 166 lbs 10/1 12 Led - headed but prominent 1st - lost position after 11th - headway and went third 4 out - ridden and no impression after 3 out(op 15/2)
4th 2 Clounts Pride (IRE) N/A AVG Eoin Christopher McCarthy 161 lbs 12/1 22 Prominent - pecked on landing 1st - went second 4th - lost second 5 out - not fluent 4 out - detached from 3 out(tchd 11/1)
99th 1 Barbary Master (GB) N/A Poor
E Walsh (5)lbs
Noel Meade 161 lbs 9/4 - In touch with leaders - good jump and prominent 2nd - not fluent and lost ground 7th - dropped to rear halfway - pushed along after 11th - detached when mistake 4 out - pulled up after 2 out - burst blood vessel (trainer and vet said gelding had burst a blood vessel)(op 2/1)
99th 6 What An Ocean (IRE) 8 M Poor Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 10/1 - Towards rear - mistake and unseated rider 3rd(op 8/1)