1888 Restaurant Handicap
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Serious Contender (IRE) | 3 C | Good | A P O'Brien | 135 lbs | 9/4F | Won | In touch with leaders - went fourth but pushed along over 2f out - edged left inside final furlong - ridden and went second final 110yds - ran on well to lead towards finish(op 2/1 tchd 5/2) | ||
| 2nd | 8 | Light As Air (IRE) | 3 C | AVG |
Jack Cleary
(5)lbs
|
A P O'Brien | 124 lbs | 5/1 | .5 | Midfield - waiting for room against far rail from under 2f out - switched right and still plenty to do inside final furlong - ran on well and went second towards finish - nearest finish (jockey said colt had no luck in running in straight)(op 6/1) | |
| 3rd | 1 | Glen To Glen (IRE) | 3 G | AVG |
Gabriella Hill
(10)lbs
|
J S Bolger | 128 lbs | 11/1 | .5 | Led - went clear over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - headed and lost two places towards finish | |
| 4th | 13 | Mocking (IRE) | 2 C | AVG | J P Murtagh | 125 lbs | 9/1 | 0.2 | Midfield - headway from under 2f out - keeping on when hampered inside final furlong - lost third towards finish(op 17/2 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Dahlia Noir (IRE) | 3 F | AVG | Donnacha Aidan O'Brien | 130 lbs | 11/1 | 2.5 | Prominent - chased clear leader 2f out - slightly hampered inside final furlong - soon no extra (jockey said filly received a slight bump inside final furlong)(op 9/1) | ||
| 6th | 15 | Birdie Time (GB) | 3 F | AVG |
Keithen Kennedy
(5)lbs
|
Mrs John Harrington | 118 lbs | 25/1 | 2.25 | Midfield - switched right under 2f out - ran on well inside final furlong - not reach leaders(tchd 28/1) | |
| 7th | 2 | Galveston (GB) | 3 C | AVG | A P O'Brien | 137 lbs | 5/1 | 0.2 | Prominent - soon went second - lost second 2f out - weakening when squeezed out against far rail inside final furlong(op 9/2) | ||
| 8th | 9 | Berto Ramirez (GB) | 3 G | Poor | David Marnane | 127 lbs | 11/1 | 0.3 | Midfield - kept on inside final furlong - never on terms(op 14/1) | ||
| 9th | 3 | Lady O (IRE) | 3 F | AVG | Mrs John Harrington | 137 lbs | 20/1 | .5 | Towards rear - headway against far rail 2f out - kept on - never near to challenge(op 22/1) | ||
| 10th | 17 | Georg Zhukov (IRE) | 3 G | Poor |
Robert Whearty
(3)lbs
|
Noel Meade | 119 lbs | 40/1 | 0.05 | Towards rear - kept on from over 1f out - never near to challenge(op 33/1) | |
| 11th | 10 | Sunriseontheboyne (IRE) | 3 G | AVG |
Wesley Joyce
(5)lbs
|
Michael Mulvany | 122 lbs | 22/1 | 0.3 | In touch with leaders - weakened gradually from over 1f out(op 18/1) | |
| 12th | 12 | Sugar Club (IRE) | 2 F | Poor | Noel Meade | 126 lbs | 16/1 | 3 | In touch with leaders - midfield 3f out - brief headway over 1f out - soon weakened(op 18/1 tchd 14/1) | ||
| 13th | 6 | Just Before (USA) | 3 F | AVG | W P Browne | 134 lbs | 16/1 | 2 | In touch with leaders - midfield 3f out - outpaced under 2f out | ||
| 14th | 16 | Flynn Ryder (GB) | 3 G | Poor | E J O'Neill | 122 lbs | 50/1 | 18 | Towards rear throughout(op 33/1) | ||
| 15th | 14 | You Are Mine (IRE) | 2 F | Poor | J A Stack | 124 lbs | 25/1 | 5 | In touch with leaders - weakened quickly over 3f out(tchd 28/1) | ||
| 16th | 11 | I'll Be Handy (IRE) | 2 G | Poor | Matthew J Smith | 126 lbs | 100/1 | 4.75 | Never better than midfield - towards rear 4f out - soon no extra(op 80/1) |
Leopardstown (IRE) Races