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www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase
Thurles (IRE) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €4.70 Place: €2.10 €6.90 €2.50 Exacta: €142.50 Tricast: €683.01
Non-Runners: Fassbender (reserve), Gaelic Des Chastys (reserve), Important Message (unsuitable ground), Neptunus Equester (unsuitable ground), Plain Or Battered (nasal discharge), Tennessee Titan (lame)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m7f 2m6f 2m4f 2m4f 2m5½f
1st
Held up in rear - headway before 7th - in touch with leaders when jumped slightly left 4 out - pressed leaders when switched left after 2 out - led going best before last - ridden out(tchd 5/1 and tchd 6/1)
8 M AVG
Eoin Doyle 162 lbs 11/2 Won
2m4f 2m6f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m4f
2m4f 2m4f 2m1½f 2m3f 2m1f
2nd
In touch with leaders - headway on inner and pressed leader after 7th - lost second before 2 out - soon ridden - kept on and went second again but no chance with winner towards finish(tchd 22/1)
9 M Poor
Philip M Byrne 141 lbs 25/1 4
2m2½f 2m4½f 2m5½f
2m3½f 1m7½f 2m4f 2m7f 2m7½f
3rd
Soon raced in second - led 1st - disputed lead before 4th - led narrowly 7th - faced challenge 2 out - soon ridden - headed before last - no chance with winner when lost second towards finish(tchd 5/1)
11 G Poor
Daniel John Howard 150 lbs 9/2F 1.25
2m 2m½f 3m½f 3m 2m4½f
2m4f 2m3f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m5½f
4th
In rear early - midfield after 4th - in touch with leaders when not fluent 6th - soon jockey lost iron briefly - went second and challenging before 2 out - weakened run-in(op 9/1)
8 G Poor
G Ahern 146 lbs 11/1 3.5
-
3m1½f 2m7f 1m6f 2m5½f 3m
5th
In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield when raced wide before 4 out - kept on before last(op 11/1)
5 M Poor
Rodger Sweeney 160 lbs 9/1 0.1
2m5f
2m2½f 2m4f 2m 2m4f 2m4f
6th
Midfield - lost position when not fluent 6th - some headway after 4 out - kept on(op 18/1)
8 G Poor
Michael J McDonagh 164 lbs 14/1 8.5
2m5f 2m4f 2m5½f 2m7½f 2m4½f
2m4½f 2m 2m2f 1m7½f 2m½f
7th
Raced in last early - headway when mistake 4 out - kept on after 2 out - never near to challenge(op 6/1)
8 G Poor
Sean Aherne 155 lbs 7/1 8.5
2m3f
2m5½f 2m4½f 2m3f 2m5f 3m
8th
Didn't always jump with fluency - soon led - slow jump when headed and lost ground 1st - pressed leaders before 7th - weakening when not fluent 3 out(tchd 6/1)
7 G Poor
Terence O'Brien 153 lbs 11/2 22
2m6f 2m6½f 2m6½f 3m 2m6½f
2m5f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m7f 2m5f
9th
Midfield - not fluent 4th - mistake 8th - soon weakened(op 40/1)
9 G Poor
J P Broderick 139 lbs 50/1 27
2m5½f 2m6½f 2m4f 2m2½f 2m6f
2m4f 2m 2m3f 2m 2m
99th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 8th - weakened 4 out - tailed off when jockey looked down to see if something was amiss and pulled up before last(op 16/1)
9 G Poor
Eamon Courtney 158 lbs 20/1 -
2m1½f 2m
2m7½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m7f 2m5f
99th
Prominent - pressed leader 1st - disputed lead before 4th - raced in second when mistake and lost position 7th - soon reminders and weakened - not fluent 4 out - pulled up 2 out(tchd 10/1)
8 M Poor
P J Rothwell 144 lbs 9/1 -
2m7½f 3m1½f 3m1f 2m7½f 2m7½f
2m6½f 2m4f 3m½f 2m4½f 2m4f
99th
In rear - dropped to last when not fluent 7th - weakened after 4 out - soon pulled up (vet said gelding had a wound on the left hind pastern but was otherwise post race normal)(op 5/1 tchd 9/2)
10 G Poor
Miss Denise Marie O'Shea 165 lbs 11/2 -
3m½f 2m6½f 2m4f 3m2f 3m3f