Limerick (IRE)
15:25
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Limerick (IRE) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 Distance: 3m Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €10.50 Place: €2.90 €2.10 €1.30 Exacta: €66.40 Trifecta: €295.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Fortunefavorsdbold (IRE) 7 M AVG Paul Nolan 159 lbs 10/1 Won Prominent - led 2 out - soon pushed along - edged left last - ridden and kept on run-in (jockey said mare jumped the last hurdle and drifted)(op 14/1)
2nd 6 Desert Heather (IRE) 8 M AVG Declan Queally 159 lbs 5/1 .5 Towards rear - in touch with leaders 4 out - not fluent but went second and pressed leader 2 out - soon ridden - bit short of room last - kept on run-in(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
3rd 4 Japers Jack (IRE) 4 G Poor Philip Fenton 166 lbs 11/4J 3.25 Prominent - led 1st - joined 6th - led clearly 9th - pushed along and lost two places 2 out - ridden and no extra run-in(op 7/2)
4th 3 Friends N Commerce (IRE) 9 G Poor Patrick G Kelly 161 lbs 11/4J 1 In touch with leaders - midfield 7th - in touch with leaders 4 out - pushed along 2 out - ridden approaching last - no extra run-in(op 3/1 tchd 5/2)
5th 1 Easy Fella (IRE) 7 G AVG R P Cody 166 lbs 4/1 3.25 Midfield - prominent 2nd - ridden and no extra from 2 out(op 11/4)
6th 8 Like Ta Ma (IRE) 6 M Poor Seamus Fahey 152 lbs 40/1 20 Never better than mid-division - weakening when mistake 2 out(op 50/1)
7th 9 Mag Dillane (IRE) 6 M Poor E McNamara 159 lbs 40/1 4.25 Took keen hold - towards rear - midfield 9th - in touch with leaders 4 out - pushed along and weakened before 2 out(op 25/1)
8th 5 Apples In Winter (IRE) 7 M Poor Liam Casey 159 lbs 20/1 13 Midfield - prominent 5th - disputed lead 6th - prominent 9th - not fluent 4 out - pushed along and struggling from 3 out - in rear when stumbled just after 2 out(op 16/1)
9th 2 Fantasio D'alene (FR) N/A AVG Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 12/1 54 Didn't jump well - led at steady pace early - headed 1st - prominent 2nd - lost position and pushed along but in touch with leaders 7th - dropped to rear 9th - detached when ridden after 4 out(op 10/1)
99th 10 Spoken Story (IRE) 4 F Poor Augustine Leahy 156 lbs 200/1 - Didn't jump well - midfield - in rear 2nd - detached 4 out - never going well - pulled up(op 80/1 tchd 66/1)