Limerick (IRE)
15:27
Focus Capital Handicap Hurdle (Div II)
Limerick (IRE) Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 Distance: 2m3f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft To Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €3.50 Place: €1.30 €2.10 €15.30 Exacta: €22.70 Tricast: €682.82 Trifecta: €896.40
Non-Runners: Aleish Lass (nasal discharge), Kelly's Cosmos (unsuitable ground), She's On Line (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Held up in rear - headway after 3 out - led narrowly 2 out - soon ridden - headed last - led again final 110yds - just held on(op 2/1)
6 G AVG C Byrnes 156 lbs 5/2 Won
2nd
Midfield - ridden home turn - headway 2 out - went fourth approaching last - kept on well run-in - just failed(op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
4 F Poor Andrew McNamara 152 lbs 13/2 0.05
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3rd
Midfield - slow jump 1st - prominent 2nd - went second 3 out - pressed winner 2 out - led narrowly last - pressed winner when headed final 110yds - kept on well (jockey said gelding hung left in straight)(op 40/1)
5 G Poor Eugene M O'Sullivan 142 lbs 50/1 0.1
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4th
Led - headed 2 out - kept on(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
5 M Poor M A Cahill 148 lbs 16/1 3.25
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5th
Midfield - headway home turn - kept on run-in(op 8/1)
9 G Poor Brendan Maurice Walsh 155 lbs 11/1 7
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6th
Midfield - smooth headway home turn - disputing third before 2 out - soon ridden and found nothing(op 3/1 tchd 16/5)
5 G Poor M A Molloy 161 lbs 9/4F 2.75
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7th
Midfield - headway 6th - weakened after 2 out(op 9/1)
7 G Poor Ray Hackett 158 lbs 12/1 3.5
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8th
Held up in rear - some headway home turn - weakened 2 out(op 20/1)
7 G Poor L J Archdeacon 154 lbs 16/1 14
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9th
Always behind(op 33/1)
6 M Poor A M O'Grady 140 lbs 40/1 14
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10th
Prominent - weakened home turn - eased before 2 out(op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
5 G Poor Eamon Courtney 166 lbs 13/2 .75
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11th
Prominent - weakened after 3 out - tailed off(op 50/1)
4 G Poor J A Nash 149 lbs 33/1 26
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12th
Always behind - tailed off(op 40/1 tchd 80/1)
5 M Poor John C McConnell 160 lbs 50/1 38
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99th
Raced in second - weakened after 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 22/1 tchd 33/1)
4 F Poor John Joseph Hanlon 158 lbs 28/1 -
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