Galway (IRE)
15:01
Ann Walsh Memorial Novice Hurdle
Galway (IRE) Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €4.40 Place: €1.10 €1.40 €2.70 Exacta: €14 Trifecta: €90.80
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Early mistakes - held up in rear - headway 4 out - in touch with leaders when raced wide after 3 out - headway when badly hampered by loose horse and carried left after 2 out - ridden and ran on after last - led towards finish(op 4/1)
6 G AVG Paul John Gilligan 157 lbs 7/2 Won
2nd
Soon in touch with leaders - prominent on outer after 4th - pressed leader after 6th - led when ridden after 2 out - kept on well but headed towards finish(tchd 7/2)
7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 164 lbs 100/30 .5
3rd
Didn't always jump with fluency - led - headed but prominent on inner after 2 out - lost second when weakened after last(op 18/1)
8 G Poor
E Walsh (3)lbs
Ciaran Murphy 161 lbs 20/1 9
4th
Soon prominent - pressed leaders when not fluent 7th - lost position when bit short of room before 2 out - switched left home turn - went modest fourth after last(op 25/1)
7 G Poor John Patrick Ryan 159 lbs 40/1 7
5th
In touch with leaders - mistake 5th - prominent after 3 out - not fluent 2 out - soon weakened - eased run-in
7 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 164 lbs 6/4F 6.5
6th
Took keen hold - prominent early - in touch with leaders when hampered by faller 6th - not fluent 7th - towards rear when mistake 2 out - weakening when not fluent last(op 5/1 tchd 4/1)
7 G AVG Norman Lee 157 lbs 9/2 4.5
7th
Didn't always jump with fluency - raced in last throughout - detached when hampered by faller 6th - lost touch after 8th - tailed off when eased before 2 out(tchd 125/1 and tchd 200/1)
6 M Poor Ciaran Murphy 151 lbs 150/1 28
99th
Raced in second - bad mistake and unseated 6th(op 14/1)
6 G AVG John C McConnell 161 lbs 18/1 -