Naas (IRE)
15:05
Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle
Naas (IRE) Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 Distance: 1m7½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €12.20 Place: €3.30 €1.80 €2 Exacta: €88.60 Tricast: €619.82 Trifecta: €994.90
Non-Runners: Master Otis (stone bruise)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 10 Duke Of Leggagh (IRE) 4 G AVG Michael Mulvany 151 lbs 11/1 Won Prominent - mistake 1st - jumped slightly right 3rd - joined leader 4th - led narrowly when mistake 2 out - ridden when mistake last - kept on well - all out(tchd 10/1 and 12/1)
2nd 9 Fairyland Opera (IRE) 6 M AVG Mrs Lorna Fowler 152 lbs 9/1 0.3 In touch with leaders - headway and prominent on near side of group before 2 out - went second going okay approaching last - ridden and challenging run-in - just held(op 10/1)
3rd 12 Mercury Mission (GB) 5 G AVG P J Rothwell 148 lbs 11/2 8.5 Held up in rear - not fluent 1st - headway after 4 out - in touch with leaders when switched right before 2 out - bit short of room and ridden after 2 out - kept on and went modest third final strides - no match for first two(tchd 5/1)
4th 8 Bynx (IRE) 6 M Poor Martin Hassett 152 lbs 40/1 0.1 Prominent - lost position when outpaced after 2 out - kept on after last(op 33/1)
5th 6 Miss Gherkin (IRE) 6 M AVG Peter Croke 159 lbs 11/1 .75 Prominent - not fluent 2nd - in touch with leaders 5th - pressed leaders before 2 out - not fluent last - soon weakened(op 12/1)
6th 1 Well Dressed (IRE) 6 M AVG Eddie & Patrick Harty 168 lbs 2/1F 1.5 Reluctant to go to start - midfield - in touch with leaders 5th - prominent after 3 out - weakened last(op 9/4)
7th 5 Doctor Churchill (IRE) 7 G AVG Patrick Joseph Hayes 160 lbs 15/2 0.3 Dwelt start - raced in last and pushed along briefly - not fluent 1st - towards rear from 3rd - headway into midfield when mistake and lost ground 3 out - soon reminders - kept on towards finish(op 8/1 tchd 17/2)
8th 2 Your Honor (IRE) 6 G AVG J A Nash 165 lbs 12/1 1.5 Led - joined 4th - headed 2 out - soon weakened(op 14/1)
9th 11 The Truant (IRE) 7 G Poor Paul W Flynn 147 lbs 28/1 8.5 Midfield - towards rear 4 out - some headway and in touch with leaders on inner after 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 25/1)
10th 3 Ballycallan King (IRE) 7 G Poor Barry J Fitzgerald 161 lbs 66/1 11 Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - brief headway before 4 out - weakened 3 out(op 33/1)
99th 4 Ragmans Corner (IRE) 6 G AVG Gerard Keane 161 lbs 100/30 - Took keen hold - midfield early - towards rear when not fluent 3rd - not fluent 4 out - soon dropped to last - weakened and pulled up before 2 out (vet reported gelding to have blood at his right nostril post race; jockey said gelding was never going and may have burst)(op 11/4)