Cork (IRE)
15:23
Racing Home For Easter Festival 30th March To 1st April Handicap Hurdle
Cork (IRE) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft To Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €15.40 Place: €3.70 €2 €2 Exacta: €81 Tricast: €287.93 Trifecta: €582.50
Non-Runners: She's Tobias (injured in transit), Tingarran Express (in season), Toor Moon (coughing)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Knockbrack Rambler (IRE) 8 G AVG Brendan Maurice Walsh 157 lbs 12/1 Won Took keen hold - towards rear early - midfield after 6th - headway and challenging on near side of group 3 out - led before 2 out - ridden and kept on well after last (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding stopped quickly on the tough underfoot conditions on his last run and todays more favourable conditions may have brought about the apparent improvement)(tchd 14/1)
2nd 6 Shana Cloon (IRE) 5 M Poor Gavin Cromwell 165 lbs 9/2 .75 Midfield - in touch with leaders after 4 out - prominent when bit short of room after 3 out - challenging when ridden and switched right after 2 out - kept on well but no match for winner(op 4/1 tchd 5/1)
3rd 1 Gold Haven (IRE) 7 M Poor Paul W Flynn 163 lbs 9/2 8 Midfield - in touch with leaders after 4 out - bit short of room before 3 out - outpaced when ridden before 2 out - ran on approaching last - went modest third run-in(op 4/1)
4th 14 Cornmarket (IRE) 5 G AVG M Flannery 156 lbs 66/1 .5 Raced wide - raced in second - led from 1st - joined after 3rd - briefly headed after 6th - faced challenge when not fluent and pecked on landing 3 out - headed before 2 out - weakening when not fluent last - lost third run-in(tchd 50/1)
5th 12 Imbolc (IRE) 6 G Poor E Sheehy 150 lbs 8/1 2 Prominent - not fluent 3rd - switched right and challenging 3 out - weakened 2 out - no impression when mistake last(op 13/2)
6th 9 Rewrite The Script (IRE) 8 G Poor Matthew A Daly 155 lbs 14/1 7 Held up in rear - not fluent 1st - some headway when raced wide before 3 out - kept on(op 12/1)
7th 5 Junot (IRE) 6 G Poor Michael Winters 165 lbs 4/1F 0.05 Prominent early - bad mistake and lost ground 5th - towards rear after 4 out - headway and in touch with leaders before 3 out - weakened before 2 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at last hurdle on first circuit)(tchd 18/5)
8th 2 Moonlight Getaway (IRE) 8 G Poor Donal Hassett 167 lbs 9/2 1.5 Midfield on inner - in touch with leaders when jumped slightly right 4th - headway and prominent when not fluent 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 5/1)
9th 8 Depeche Mo (IRE) 7 G Poor Eric Larkin 160 lbs 14/1 13 Never better than midfield - weakened before 3 out(op 12/1)
10th 16 Justakeg (IRE) 12 G Poor V T O'Brien 150 lbs 150/1 1.5 Never better than midfield - weakened before 3 out(op 80/1)
11th 10 Three Comets (GER) 8 G Poor Luke Comer 158 lbs 25/1 19 Raced lazily at times - didn't always jump with fluency - led - slow jump and headed 1st - joined leader after 3rd - mistake then reminders 6th - soon led narrowly - headed before 7th - weakened before 3 out(op 20/1)
99th 11 Falcon Park (IRE) 9 G Poor Paul Hennessy 150 lbs 33/1 - In rear - fell 7th(op 22/1)
99th 15 Golden Symphony (IRE) 11 M Poor Martin Paul Fitzgerald 148 lbs 25/1 - Towards rear - pulled up when jockey lost irons and saddle slipped soon after start (jockey said his saddle slipped shortly after start and he pulled up)(op 20/1 tchd 28/1)