12:55 Limerick

Wednesday 28 December 2022

All12:2012:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:45

CUBE Maiden Hurdle

  • 5YO plus  |   2m 5f  |   Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places)  |   15 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:57  |   Winning time: 5m 30.6s
1st
Horse silk
1
3/1
T: E M O'SullivanJ: Miss M O'Sullivan (5)
Mid-division, not fluent 3rd, 7th halfway, took closer order from 6 out and improved to lead after 3 out, pushed along from next and kept on well run-in op 2/1
2nd
Horse silk
3 ½
3
8/11f
T: W P MullinsJ: S F O'Keeffe
Mid-division, mistake 5th, 5th halfway, not fluent 3 out and soon went 4th, further progress into 2nd before next where again not fluent, ridden before last and no impression on winner run-in op 10/11
3rd
Horse silk
20
9
11/2
T: M F MorrisJ: R A Doyle
Mid-division, not fluent at times, 9th halfway, progress from 3 out and ridden in 4th before next, no impression on principals and went moderate 3rd before last op 8/1
4th
Horse silk
7
7
33/1
T: E McCarthyJ: G B Noonan (7)
Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, took closer order from 4 out and went 2nd after next, pushed along and no extra in 3rd before 2 out, dropped to moderate 4th before last tchd 50/1
5th
Horse silk
14
14
125/1
T: T GibneyJ: E Walsh (5)
Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, slightly hampered 3 out and soon pushed along in 5th, no extra and kept on same pace from before next tchd 66/1
6th
Horse silk
6
10
150/1
T: T O'ConnorJ: Mr T O'Connor (7)
Mid-division, not fluent 1st and 6th, dropped towards rear and 12th halfway, no impression from 4 out, some modest late headway tchd 125/1
7th
Horse silk
14
2
511-12
8/1
T: W P MullinsJ: K Callaghan (7)
Tracked leader in 2nd, not fluent 6th, improved to lead 5 out, not fluent 3 out and headed, soon no extra and weakened op 7/1 tchd 13/2
8th
Horse silk
5
15
200/1
T: S O O'BrienJ: D Meyler
Mid-division, not fluent 1st, 10th halfway, pushed along and no impression from before 3 out, kept on one pace op 100/1
9th
Horse silk
2
5
25/1
T: G ElliottJ: D F O'Regan
Mid-division, 8th halfway, not fluent 4 out and pushed along, no impression from next op 12/1 tchd 28/1
10th
Horse silk
5 ½
4
50/1
T: P T FoleyJ: S Fitzgerald (3)
Led, headed 5 out, not fluent next and mistake 3 out, soon no extra and weakened op 33/1
11th
Horse silk
1 ¾
6
250/1
T: Donncha DugganJ: T Joseph Kelly (7)
Towards rear and 11th halfway, not fluent 6 out and again next, no extra from before 3 out op 200/1
12th
Horse silk
31
12
125/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: K E Buckley (5)
Towards rear and 13th halfway, not fluent 5 out, pushed along and no impression from next, tailed off tchd 100/1 and tchd 150/1
13th
Horse silk
2 ¾
16
200/1
T: T P O'ConnorJ: G Brouder (5)
Slow into stride and always towards rear, 14th halfway, no impression from 4 out, tailed off op 66/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
8
250/1
T: Brendan WalshJ: A McCurtin (3)
Tracked leaders, not fluent 2nd and 6th, 6th halfway, no impression and weakened from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 200/1
PU
Horse silk
11
18/1
T: W P MullinsJ: J B Foley
Towards rear, not fluent 6th and soon detached, pulled up before 2 out op 40/1

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Non-Runners

13
Horse silk
Silver King29
Weight: 11-4|  Age: 6
T: O McKiernan  J: R J Condon
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.20Pl:€1.60, €1.20, €1.30EX:€7.20Trifecta:€23.30SF:€6.02

Forecasts

Seabank Bistro (8/11), Corbetts Cross (3/1), Franciscan Rock (11/2), Haxo (8/1), Silver King (10/1), I Am Rocco (18/1), Blackwater (25/1), Clounts Pride (33/1), Youralwaysdreamin (50/1), Wee Charlie (125/1), My Fellow (125/1), Freddie's Frontier (150/1), Fiery Brown (200/1), Kadys Dirha (200/1), Blue Motion (250/1), Drive To Survive (250/1)

Verdict

SEABANK BISTRO, fourth in last season's Champion Bumper, produced a promising effort when third on return/hurdles bow at Punchestown 38 days ago and he can build on that and come out on top here. Corbetts Cross, Franciscan Rock and Haxo are others fancied to play a part.

  1. SEABANK BISTRO (IRE)
  2. CORBETTS CROSS (IRE)
  3. FRANCISCAN ROCK (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021
Bold Getaway
Weight: 11-6  |Age: 5
11/4

Prize Money

1st: €7,501.002nd: €2,500.003rd: €1,250.004th: €625.005th: €375.006th: €250.00

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