IRECork (IRE) Races

14:23 14:53 15:23 15:58 16:33 17:08 17:40
Back
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)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 2m 2m 2m4f 2m
1st
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)
8 G AVG
Brendan Maurice Walsh 157 lbs 12/1 Won
2m3f 3m 2m4½f 2m3½f 2m3f
2m4f 2m 2m½f 2m1f 2m4f
2nd
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)
5 M Poor
Gavin Cromwell 165 lbs 9/2 .75
2m3½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m3f
1m4f 2m4f 2m1f 2m4f 2m4f
3rd
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)
7 M Poor
Paul W Flynn 163 lbs 9/2 8
2m3½f 2m6f 2m3½f 2m6f 3m1f
2m5½f 2m½f 1m4f 2m4f 2m3f
4th
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)
5 G AVG
M Flannery 156 lbs 66/1 .5
3m 2m 2m3f 2m4f 2m4f
2m4f 2m 2m3f 2m7f 2m6½f
5th
Prominent - not fluent 3rd - switched right and challenging 3 out - weakened 2 out - no impression when mistake last(op 13/2)
6 G Poor
E Sheehy 150 lbs 8/1 2
1m7½f 2m6½f 3m½f 2m7f 2m7f
2m5f 3m 2m7f 2m6f 2m
6th
Held up in rear - not fluent 1st - some headway when raced wide before 3 out - kept on(op 12/1)
8 G Poor
Matthew A Daly 155 lbs 14/1 7
3m½f 2m6f 2m7½f 3m½f 3m1½f
2m½f 2m 2m3f 2m4f 2m½f
7th
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)
6 G Poor
Michael Winters 165 lbs 4/1F 0.05
1m5½f 2m1f 2m3f 2m4½f 2m
2m4½f 2m 2m4f 2m4f 2m6f
8th
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)
8 G Poor
Donal Hassett 167 lbs 9/2 1.5
2m4f
2m3½f 2m 2m4f 2m½f 2m
9th
Never better than midfield - weakened before 3 out(op 12/1)
7 G Poor
Eric Larkin 160 lbs 14/1 13
1m7½f 2m1f 2m3f 2m1f 2m3½f
2m3½f 3m1f 2m7f 2m7f 3m2f
10th
Never better than midfield - weakened before 3 out(op 80/1)
12 G Poor
V T O'Brien 150 lbs 150/1 1.5
2m6½f 2m4f
2m1f 2m1f 2m½f 1m6f 1m4f
11th
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)
8 G Poor
Luke Comer 158 lbs 25/1 19
1m4½f
2m7½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f
99th
In rear - fell 7th(op 22/1)
9 G Poor
Paul Hennessy 150 lbs 33/1 -
3m 2m½f 2m4f 2m 1m7½f
2m 2m6f 2m5f 2m5f
99th
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)
11 M Poor
Martin Paul Fitzgerald 148 lbs 25/1 -
3m