2024-12-29 Limerick 13:07
Limerick

QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle (Listed Race)

Distance: 2m

Going: Yielding To Soft

Prize: €26,550

Runners: 9

Winning time: 4m 3.02s (slow by 17.02s)

Age: 3-4yo

Class: Class 1

4 Balko d'Ange

J:Niall Moore(7) T:Philip Fenton

Age:4 Weight:10st 10lbs

OR:114 SP:13/8F

Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway and pressed leader after 4th - led narrowly 4 out - increased tempo before 2 out - ridden out from last(op 15/8 tchd 9/4)

2 1½

2 Bright Legend

J:Daniel King T:Denis Gerard Hogan

Age:4 Weight:10st 13lbs

OR:117 SP:15/2

Prominent - went second after 3 out - kept on from last(op 10/1 tchd 11/1)

3 3¾ 5¼

3 St Faz

J:J J Slevin T:E J O'Grady

Age:4 Weight:10st 12lbs

OR:116 SP:17/2

Took keen hold - pressed leader - led narrowly before 3rd - headed 4 out - prominent after 3 out - weakened final 110yds(op 8/1)

4 1¼ 6½

9 Robbies Rock

J:Jack Kearney(3) T:Gavin Cromwell

Age:3 Weight:10st 0lbs

OR:119 SP:6/1

In touch with leaders on inner - lost position halfway - headway 3 out - hit and weakened last(op 10/3 tchd 3/1 and 13/2)

5 4½ 11

6 Messerschmitt

J:Kevin Sexton T:Noel Meade

Age:3 Weight:10st 6lbs

OR:125 SP:9/2

Didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - headway after 3 out - weakened before last(op 11/2 tchd 6/1)

6 6½ 17½

8 The Blaggard

J:G B Noonan(5) T:Eoin Christopher McCarthy

Age:4 Weight:10st 4lbs

OR:108 SP:18/1

Took keen hold - midfield - headway when hung left and raced wide on turn before 2 out - soon weakened (jockey said gelding ran off the bend turning in)(op 22/1 tchd 12/1)

7 6 23½

1 Eagles Reign

J:Tom Harney(7) T:Ross O'Sullivan

Age:4 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:130 SP:11/1

Led narrowly - pressed leader before 3rd - in touch with leaders before 5th - weakened 3 out(op 10/1)

8 ½ 24

5 Club Manager

J:Shane Fitzgerald T:Gavin Cromwell

Age:4 Weight:10st 10lbs

OR:114 SP:12/1

Didn't always jump with fluency - never better than midfield(op 10/1)

9 3 27

7 Ifitwasme

J:Conor McNamara T:E McNamara

Age:4 Weight:10st 4lbs

OR:108 SP:25/1

Always behind(op 18/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €2.70

Tote place: €1.40 €2 €2.30

Exacta: €16.60

Trifecta: €92.10

Tricast: €82.86

CSF: €15.19