Punchestown

Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle

Distance: 2m89y
Going: Soft
Prize: €7,375
Runners: 18
Winning time: 4m 36.00s (slow by 47.20s)
Age: 4yo+
Class:
1
J:Niall Prendergast(2) T:Paul Hennessy
Age:8 Weight:11st 3lbs
OR:80 SP:16/1
Towards rear early - midfield after 3rd - headway and prominent before 3 out - led before last - soon clear - stayed on - comfortably(tchd 18/1)
2
J:Tom Harney T:Ross O'Sullivan
Age:5 Weight:11st 10lbs
OR:87 SP:100/30
In touch with leaders - headway and prominent after 2 out - kept on and went second run-in - no match for winner(tchd 3/1 and tchd 7/2)
3 ½ 6
J:Ross Berry(2) T:Timothy Doyle
Age:7 Weight:11st 9lbs
OR:86 SP:20/1
Towards rear - midfield before 4 out - headway and prominent before 2 out - briefly went second but no chance with winner after last - kept on(op 18/1 tchd 25/1)
4 10½
J:Paddy Hanlon T:P J Rothwell
Age:5 Weight:11st 3lbs
OR:80 SP:11/1
Led narrowly or disputed lead early - pressed leader before 2nd - led again before 3 out - headed before last - weakened and lost two places run-in(op 12/1)
5 ½ 11
J:Mr E M O'Sullivan(2) T:P J Rothwell
Age:4 Weight:11st 8lbs
OR:85 SP:25/1
Towards rear - not fluent 1st - headway before 3 out - kept on after last - nearest finish(tchd 33/1)
6 nk 11¼
J:Peter Smithers T:Norman Lee
Age:7 Weight:11st 5lbs
OR:82 SP:7/2
Midfield - not fluent and lost position 3 out - headway after 2 out - kept on(op 4/1)
7 14
J:Thomas O'Connor(2) T:James Andrew Fahey
Age:5 Weight:11st 11lbs
OR:88 SP:22/1
Midfield - in touch with leaders when switched left after 3 out - weakening when not fluent last(op 25/1 tchd 33/1)
8 shd 14¼
J:Evan Dwan T:Denis Gerard Hogan
Age:4 Weight:11st 10lbs
OR:87 SP:50/1
In touch with leaders - weakened after 2 out
9 8 22¼
J:Sean Cleary-Farrell T:D McNamara
Age:5 Weight:11st 5lbs
OR:82 SP:100/1
Held up in rear - not fluent 4th - headway when bit short of room after 3 out - midfield but no extra after 2 out(op 80/1 tchd 66/1)
10 28¾
J:John Aherne(2) T:A M O'Grady
Age:6 Weight:11st 3lbs
OR:80 SP:100/1
Soon midfield - in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened after 2 out - not fluent last(op 125/1)
11 33½
J:Robbie Geoghegan T:I Madden
Age:7 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:84 SP:22/1
In touch with leaders - prominent after 3rd - briefly disputed lead 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 16/1)
12 2 35½
J:Diarmuid Moloney T:Sean Aherne
Age:6 Weight:11st 3lbs
OR:80 SP:25/1
Detached and raced in last early - joined main group when mistake 3rd - towards rear before 4 out - brief headway after 3 out - midfield but no extra after 2 out - weakened before last(op 22/1 tchd 33/1)
13 shd 35½
J:Anna McGuinness(2) T:Robert Tyner
Age:6 Weight:11st 12lbs
OR:89 SP:50/1
In touch with leaders - midfield before 4th - dropped to rear before 4 out - no impression after 2 out(op 40/1)
14 24 59½
J:Conor Smithers T:Shane Ryder
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:84 SP:14/1
Raced lazily at times - midfield - weakened before 3 out(op 11/1)
15 17 76½
J:Harry Sexton T:Adrian Sexton
Age:4 Weight:11st 10lbs
OR:87 SP:16/1
Prominent - weakened after 3 out(op 12/1 tchd 18/1)
16 79¾
J:Niall Moore T:Mrs Denise Foster
Age:6 Weight:11st 10lbs
OR:87 SP:12/1
Soon disputed lead - led before 2nd - not fluent 4th - headed before 3 out - weakening when not fluent 3 out
17 8 87¾
J:Tom Kelly T:C Byrnes
Age:5 Weight:11st 5lbs
OR:82 SP:33/1
Prominent on inner - in touch with leaders when reminder after 5th - weakened after 4 out(op 22/1 tchd 40/1)
UR
J:Patrick M O'Brien T:Shane Nolan
Age:6 Weight:11st 5lbs
OR:82 SP:3/1F
Midfield - in touch with leaders 5th - prominent after 4 out - lost position when stumbled and unseated after 3 out(op 11/4)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €21.40
Tote place: €3.40 €1.20 €4.60
Exacta: €100.60
Trifecta: €1832.80
Tricast: €1152.09
CSF: €70.33