14:20 Limerick

Sunday 31 March 2019

All13:5014:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

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  • 4YO plus  |   2m  |   Good  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:20  |   Winning time: 3m 48.7s
1st
Horse silk
9
4/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: Rachael Blackmore
Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway to lead entering straight, pushed along and joined approaching last, led again run-in and kept on well tchd 9/2
2nd
Horse silk
½
10
6/1
T: G P CromwellJ: C P McNamara (7)
Towards rear, headway into mid-division after 5th, pushed along approaching straight and slight mistake 2 out, progress on outer into 3rd before last, ridden and kept on well run-in to go 2nd close home op 7/1 tchd 11/2
3rd
Horse silk
nk
11
11/1
T: J HalleyJ: R P Treacy (3)
Mid-division, 5th halfway, headway on outer approaching straight and 2nd before 2 out, pushed along to dispute lead approaching last, ridden and headed run-in, kept on one pace op 10/1
4th
Horse silk
6 ½
4
16/1
T: J C McConnellJ: D J McInerney (3)
Towards rear, some headway into mid-division 3 out, pushed along early straight and no impression in 4th run-in, kept on one pace tchd 20/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ¾
8
7/4f
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Tracked leader, not fluent 2nd, 2nd halfway, headway to challenge approaching straight, pushed along and no impression in 4th after 2 out, no extra op 2/1
6th
Horse silk
6 ½
5
20/1
T: F OakesJ: R A Doyle (5)
Towards rear, 7th and pushed along when slight mistake 2 out, no impression approaching last, kept on one pace
7th
Horse silk
6 ½
1
9/1
T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: B J Geraghty
Led, blundered 6th, pushed along and headed entering straight, no extra from 2 out op 10/1
8th
Horse silk
7
6
11/2
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Rear of mid-division, never a factor, dropped towards rear before 3 out and no impression entering straight, no extra op 9/2
9th
Horse silk
8
2
33/1
T: A McNamaraJ: B J Cooper
Tracked leaders on outer, jumped left 1st and 2nd, 3rd halfway, slight mistake 5th, ridden and dropped to rear after 3 out, no extra before next op 25/1

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3
Horse silk
Whatsafellatodo173
Weight: 11-3|  Age: 6
T: M Brassil  J: M P Walsh
NR
7
Horse silk
Try Again57
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 6
T: P W Flynn  J: D J O'Keeffe
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.60Pl:€1.40, €1.80, €3.70EX:€26.70Trifecta:€149.30SF:€29.15

Forecasts

Maze Runner (7/4), Star Max (4/1), Serious Ego (11/2), Lever Du Soleil (6/1), Whatsafellatodo (7/1), The Holy One (9/1), Try Again (10/1), Foreign Secretary (11/1), Fred The Foot (16/1), Mountain Fox (20/1), Torcello (33/1)

Verdict

MAZE RUNNER failed as a reserve to get in to the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham festival a race won by the impressive Band Of Outlaws, who beat the Willie Mullins-trained four-year-old by 4¾L on his last encounter at Naas in February. The Authorized gelding can win his second hurdle contest here holding off the expected challenges from the Gordon Elliott-trained Serious Ego and The Holy One for the Jessica Harrington/Barry Geraghty combination.
  1. Maze Runner
  2. Serious Ego
  3. The Holy One

Prize Money

1st: €11,088.002nd: €3,438.003rd: €1,638.004th: €738.005th: €287.00

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