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15:17 Limerick (IRE)
Support Patrickswell GAA Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Soft (Yielding to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- €9,495 added
- Winner: €5,697
- 2nd: €1,900
- 3rd: €949
- 4th: €475
- Form 0U955P
- Age 6
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer T P O'Connor
- Jockey B W Harvey
tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and no extra before straight
Out The Gap
119- Form 08/0577
- Age 7
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer P G Kelly
- Jockey Philip Donovan
mid-division, 6th halfway, ridden in 5th entering straight, no extra before 2 out
- Form F-22882
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer S O O'Brien
- Jockey Cian Quirke
mid-division, closer in 5th 2 out, ridden in 2nd before last, no impression on winner run-in, kept on same pace
- Form U066/0
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer Brendan Walsh
- Jockey A McCurtin
always towards rear, ridden and no impression before straight
- Form 01/5667-
- Age 12
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer T Townend
- Jockey M J M O'Sullivan
held up towards rear, good progress to dispute entering straight, led before 2 out, ridden and pressed 2 out, soon headed, no extra in 3rd before last, kept on one pace
- Form 009842
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer E McCarthy
- Jockey Gary Noonan
tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, disputed entering straight, ridden in 2nd before 2 out, no extra before last
- Form 585P64
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer J P Ryan
- Jockey Liam Quinlan
tracked leader and close up, disputed after 3rd, ridden and headed entering straight, soon no extra, weakened
- Form 65-9578
- Age 8
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer J G Fitzgerald
- Jockey T Joseph Kelly
led and disputed, ridden and headed before 2 out, no extra in 4th before last, kept on one pace
- Form 7078P-P
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer Richard Daniels
- Jockey Philip Byrnes
tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no impression before straight, kept on one pace
- Form 0000
- Age 4
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer G P Cromwell
- Jockey Kieren Buckley
held up towards rear, progress into 4th before 2 out, challenged 2 out, soon led, ridden to assert before last, kept on strongly
- Form P-0652P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-13
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer Padraig Butler
- Jockey Non Runner
NonRunner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Fons Vivus finished a close second over 2m5f at Tramore then didn't handle heavy ground there next time. This looks too short nowadays as it does for winning point-to-pointer Fiery Brown, beaten 30 lengths into second over 2m4f at Punchestown. CAOIMHES PET (NAP) gave notice of better to come when fourth here in November then finished a close second in a huge field at Punchestown on New Year's Eve where a bad mistake two out probably cost her the race. That form that should be good enough for this. Whip Whitaker makes his handicap debut after a slightly better run in a Thurles maiden.
Formwatch
Coco Lightning (IRE) 50-1 (11-3) Mid-division, ridden after 4 out, weakened, pulled up before 3 out, at Navan 2m 4f hcp sft in Jan.
Out The Gap 28-1 (11-12) Rear, 7th after 5th, weakened and detached 2 out, never a factor, tailed off, 7th of 9, dist behind Music Drive (11-12) at Galway 2m 3f mdn sft in Oct.
Fiery Brown (IRE) 22-1 (11-7) Mid-division, took closer order in 4th at 4th, 3rd at 7th, progress to 2nd before 4 out, no impression on leader after 2 out, moderate 3rd before last where left moderate 2nd, tailed off, 2nd of 9, 30l behind Eabha Grace (11-7) at Punchestown 2m 5f mdn hvy in Jan.
Carmels Gift (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Towards rear, 12th after 5th, headway before 3 out, mistake 2 out and lost place, no extra before last, 13th of 18, 37 1/4l behind Little Mixup (11-6) at Limerick 2m hcp Soft - Heavy in Dec.
Port Rashid (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Rear of mid-division, 13th halfway, progress 3 out, no impression before last, kept on same pace, 7th of 17, 11 1/4l behind Romella (11-5) at Roscommon 1m 7f hcp gd in Sep.
Caoimhes Pet (IRE) 5-1 (11-3) Mid-division, 8th halfway, headway to dispute 3 out, led when bad mistake and almost unseated rider next, pressed before last where headed, ridden and no impression, kept on one pace, 2nd of 22, 2 3/4l behind Little Mixup (12-6) at Punchestown 2m hcp Soft - Heavy in Dec.
Whip Whitaker (IRE) 100-1 (11-10) Disputed briefly, tracked leaders from 2nd, 2nd halfway, ridden in 4th before straight, no extra in 5th before 2 out where slight mistake, 4th of 10, 26 1/4l behind Belle The Lioness (11-3) at Thurles 2m mdn Yielding in Jan.
Beau's Candle (IRE) 50-1 (11-8) Tracked leaders, slight mistake 3rd, 4th halfway, 6th when not fluent 3 out, soon ridden and no extra, 8th of 9, 30 1/4l behind Alpesh Amin (11-8) at Limerick 2m 3f mdn hvy in Dec.
Getaway Master (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Rear of mid-division, never a factor, mistake 1st, reminder towards rear after 3 out, soon no extra and behind when pulled up before last, at Ballinrobe 2m 5f hcp gd in May.
Pont Audemer (FR) 40-1 (10-4) Rear, effort before 2 out, kept on run-in, never on terms, 11th of 18, 23 1/4l behind Little Mixup (11-6) at Limerick 2m hcp Soft - Heavy in Dec.
Fons Vivus (IRE) 9-2 (11-6) In touch, dropped to 10th and pushed along after 8th, weakened and pulled up before 4 out, at Tramore 2m 6f hcp hvy in Jan.