Leopardstown

1888 Restaurant Mares Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 2m4f
Going: Yielding
Prize: €7,080
Runners: 15
Winning time: 5m 3.90s (slow by 10.90s)
Age: 4yo+
Class:
1
J:Brian Hayes T:Jonathan Sweeney
Age:7 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:4/1
Midfield - not fluent 7th - carried badly left and hit rail 8th - soon recovered and in touch with leaders - headway 2 out - squeezed through to lead before last - ridden and ran on run-in - won going away(op 9/2)
2
J:Jack Kennedy T:Gordon Elliott
Age:6 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:118 SP:8/11F
Took keen hold early - prominent - raced in second behind clear leader after 2nd - badly hampered by faller and left in lead 8th - ridden but headed before last - jumped left last - kept on but no match for winner(op 4/5 and tchd 5/6)
3 10¼
J:Rachael Blackmore T:Henry De Bromhead
Age:6 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:100/30
Prominent - jumped right 2nd - soon raced in third behind clear leader - slightly hampered and left in second 8th - briefly disputed lead before last - mistake and outpaced last(op 11/2)
4 ½ 10¾
J:Sean Flanagan T:Paul Nolan
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:33/1
In touch with leaders early - midfield after 2nd - not fluent 7th - steady headway after 2 out - stayed on - never near to challenge(op 14/1 tchd 40/1)
5 11 21¾
J:J J Slevin T:Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Age:7 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:110 SP:16/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - not fluent and weakened gradually from 2 out(tchd 18/1)
6 27¼
J:Simon Torrens T:Patrick T Foley
Age:6 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:109 SP:12/1
Midfield - swerved sharply left and hampered 8th - soon recovered and in touch with leaders - weakened before last(tchd 11/1)
7 14 41¼
J:Richard Deegan T:Liz Doyle
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:66/1
Towards rear on outer - short of room and hampered 8th - stayed on but never on terms(op 40/1)
8 ¾ 42
J:Mr H C Swan T:E J O'Grady
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:100/1
Always behind (vet said mare suffered from heat stress post race)(op 66/1)
UR
J:John Shinnick(5) T:Terence O'Brien
Age:7 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:66/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - badly hampered by faller and unseated 8th(tchd 100/1)
F
J:Sam Ewing T:Peter Fahey
Age:6 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:11/1
Led - went clear after 2nd - fell 8th(op 9/1 tchd 17/2)
PU
J:Danny Mullins T:Ms Margaret Mullins
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:66/1
Towards rear - jumped left 7th - short of room and hampered 8th - weakened quickly and pulled up before last(op 150/1)
PU
J:Jake Coen(3) T:Peter Fahey
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:150/1
Didn't jump with fluency - in rear - lost touch back straight - pulled up before last
PU
J:Sean O'Keeffe T:Alan Fleming
Age:7 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:125/1
In rear - lost touch back straight - pulled up before last(op 100/1)
PU
J:Kieren Buckley T:Thomas Gibney
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:200/1
In rear - not fluent 1st - lost touch and not fluent 7th - pulled up before last(op 150/1)
PU
J:Kevin Sexton T:Gordon Elliott
Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP:150/1
In rear - mistake and lost touch 7th - pulled up before last(op 125/1)
NR
jockey silk Blue Pearl Bay
J:Jody McGarvey T:William J McLernon
Age:8 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:- SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €6
Tote place: €2.30 €1.02 €1.50
Exacta: €14.40
Trifecta: €45.80
CSF: €8.44