Cork

Goldcrop Novice Handicap Hurdle

Distance: 2m190y

Going: Yielding To Soft

Prize: €6,785

Runners: 10

Winning time: 4m 19.00s (slow by 26.00s)

Age: 4yo+

Class:

8 Wardens Whisper

J: Tiernan Power Roche(7)

T: P J Rothwell

Age: 6

Weight: 10st 9lbs

OR: 93

SP: 6/4F

Made all - jumped right on occasions - went clear going okay before 2 out - eased towards finish - comfortably(op 6/5)

2 4

7 Crescent Moon

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Gavin Cromwell

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 4lbs

OR: 102

SP: 17/2

Travelled strongly - towards rear but in touch with leaders - not fluent 5 out - headway when not fluent 4 out - went second when hung right going okay after 3 out - kept on when tenderly handled run-in - eyecatcher(op 12/1 tchd 8/1)

3 3½ 7½

2 Dumb Love

J: Aidan Kelly(5)

T: Gerard O'Leary

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 9lbs

OR: 107

SP: 15/2

Jumped left on occasions - towards rear but in touch with leaders early - midfield before 5th - prominent before 4 out - not fluent 2 out - no extra run-in - no match for first two(op 11/2)

4 6 13½

5 Liberated Light

J: Mr J L Gleeson(3)

T: John E & Thomas Kiely

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 6lbs

OR: 104

SP: 7/2

Ran in snatches - prominent early - midfield after 4th - towards rear from 5th - pushed along and headway after 4 out - went modest fourth approaching last(op 4/1)

5 2½ 16

11 El Phenomeno

J: Sean O'Keeffe

T: Michael J McDonagh

Age: 6

Weight: 10st 1lbs

OR: 85

SP: 33/1

Took keen hold - prominent - raced in second when mistake 4 out - weakened before 2 out(op 20/1 tchd 16/1)

6 2¾ 18¾

3 Miss Maxfort

J: Phillip Enright

T: N Stokes

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 9lbs

OR: 107

SP: 9/2

In touch with leaders - brief headway 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 9/1 tchd 4/1)

7 8 26¾

9 Walk Of The Roses

J: Mike O'Connor

T: James Joseph Mangan

Age: 6

Weight: 10st 6lbs

OR: 90

SP: 25/1

Didn't jump well - raced lazily - in touch with leaders early - in rear when pushed along briefly 2nd - struggling when mistake 5th - reminder after 3 out - brief headway after 2 out - no impression(tchd 22/1)

8 2¼ 29

6 Bold Brook

J: Simon Torrens

T: Miss Denise Marie O'Shea

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 4lbs

OR: 102

SP: 16/1

Towards rear but in touch with leaders - prominent on inner after 4th - lost position after 5th - weakened 3 out(op 10/1 tchd 18/1)

9 20 49

1 Maroto

J: J J Slevin

T: Andrew McNamara

Age: 8

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: 110

SP: 50/1

Prominent - weakening when not fluent 3 out(op 33/1)

10 Ben Purple

J: Daniel King

T: John Patrick Ryan

Age: 5

Weight: 10st 1lbs

OR: 85

SP: 66/1

Lost many lengths start - reluctant to race - tailed off when pulled up after 1st(op 33/1 tchd 80/1)

Half Past Tipsy

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Gavin Cromwell

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 8lbs

OR: 106

SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €2.50

Tote place: €1.20 €2.30 €2.40

Exacta: €15.50

Trifecta: €56.70

Tricast: €76.95

CSF: €14.96