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Limerick (IRE) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 Distance: 2m5f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €7.50 Place: €2.20 €1.40 €1.10 Exacta: €28.50 Tricast: €46.45 Trifecta: €151.80
Non-Runners: Another Ocana (lame), Merry Moves (coughing)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m 2m4f 2m1f 2m3½f 2m
1st
Took keen hold - soon midfield behind clear leader - prominent 6th - led 8th - faced challenge but going okay 2 out - soon pushed along and went clear - ridden out (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that a combination of a step up in trip and a steady pace on this occasion had helped to bring about gelding's apparent improvement)(op 8/1)
7 G AVG
T J Nagle Jr 161 lbs 5/1 Won
2m7f 2m4f 2m6½f 3m 2m5f
2m4f 2m5f 3m 2m7f 2m5½f
2nd
Raced wide - soon towards rear - midfield before 3rd - pressed leaders after 7th - went second before 4 out - challenging going okay 2 out - soon ridden and found nothing(op 10/3)
8 G AVG
David Harry Kelly 157 lbs 16/5 12
3m1f 2m6½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m4f
2m4f 2m4f 2m5f 3m 2m5f
3rd
Soon prominent behind clear leader - pressed leaders after 7th - mistake 4 out - outpaced after 3 out - keeping on when not fluent 2 out - soon went modest third - no match for first two(op 5/2 tchd 3/1)
6 G Poor
R P Rath 148 lbs 9/4F 3.5
2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 3m½f 3m
2m6f 2m4½f 2m4f 3m½f 2m5½f
4th
Didn't always jump with fluency - soon prominent behind clear leader - in touch with leaders after 7th - dropped to midfield when mistake and reminders 3 out - kept on after 2 out(op 9/2 tchd 7/2)
8 M Poor
Gordon Elliott 157 lbs 5/1 12
2m7f
2m2f 2m3½f 2m3f 2m5½f 2m4f
5th
Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - headway and prominent when mistake 3 out - weakened and lost two places after 2 out(op 12/1)
7 G AVG
Michael Hourigan 161 lbs 11/1 0.1
2m6½f 2m5½f 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m1f
3m1½f 2m4½f 3m1½f 2m7f 3m1f
99th
Soon prominent behind clear leader - dropped to rear when reminder after 6th - not fluent and pushed along 7th - struggling before 8th - weakened after 3 out - mistake 2 out - tailed off when pulled up before last(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
8 G Poor
Daniel John Howard 148 lbs 16/1 -
2m6f 2m 2m3½f 2m6f 2m7½f
2m 2m2f 2m2f 2m5½f 2m
99th
Soon led and clear - mistake and reduced lead when jockey lost iron briefly 6th - headed 8th - soon weakened quickly when reminders - detached before 3 out - tailed off when pulled up after 3 out(op 12/1)
7 G Poor
Neill McCluskey 139 lbs 18/1 -
2m7½f 2m2f 2m½f 1m7½f 2m3½f
1m7½f 2m 2m3f 2m3f
99th
Raced wide - soon midfield behind clear leader - towards rear after 7th - not fluent and weakened 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (jockey said mare failed to act on the heavy ground)(op 16/1 tchd 22/1)
7 M AVG
Eoin Christopher McCarthy 148 lbs 25/1 -
2m2f 2m4½f 3m½f 2m7f
2m 2m6f 2m5f
99th
Didn't always jump with fluency - in rear early - mistake and pushed along briefly 2nd - midfield after 7th - headway and pressed leaders after 3 out - no extra before 2 out - raced in fourth behind clear leaders when sprawled on landing and unseated last(op 13/2)
11 M Poor
Martin Paul Fitzgerald 139 lbs 12/1 -
2m4f 3m