Killarney (IRE) Races
Killarney (IRE)
14:30
Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (Div I)
Killarney (IRE)
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023
Distance: 2m4f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Yielding To Soft
Surface: Turf
Win: €6
Place: €1.70 €1.40 €2.10
Exacta: €23.10
Tricast: €83.31
Trifecta: €123.40
Non-Runners: Crabtrees Rebel (reserve), Honey Roll Over (unsuitable ground), Lightontheriver (unsuitable ground), Rule Of June (unsuitable ground), Second Subaltern (unsuitable ground), Trenchtown Rock (reserve)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | General Clermont (FR) | 8 G | Poor |
Gavin Brouder
(2)lbs
|
D E Fitzgerald | 166 lbs | 5/1 | Won | Midfield - headway and went third 4 out - led going best before 2 out - ridden clear approaching last - bad mistake but recovered last - kept on well (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding ran too free on his previous run and felt today he was nice and settled and got into a good rhythm - which was noted)(op 6/1) | |
| 2nd | 4 | Mr Social (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Eoin Griffin | 160 lbs | 3/1J | 13 | Prominent in chasing group - headway and led before 6th - headed before 2 out - no chance with winner approaching last - kept on(op 5/2 tchd 16/5) | ||
| 3rd | 1 | Battle Away (IRE) | 10 M | AVG | Ross O'Sullivan | 168 lbs | 5/1 | 3 | Midfield - headway from 4 out - went third 3 out - outpaced from 2 out - kept on run-in(op 7/1) | ||
| 4th | 17 | Walk In Time (IRE) | 7 M | Poor |
Cian Quirke
(2)lbs
|
David Harry Kelly | 165 lbs | 3/1J | 6 | Midfield - headway 3 out - kept on and went modest fourth approaching last - not reach leaders(tchd 11/4 and 10/3) | |
| 5th | 7 | U Asking Me (IRE) | 8 G | Poor |
Richard Condon
(2)lbs
|
Eoin Doyle | 157 lbs | 25/1 | 2.75 | Towards rear - headway into midfield 3 out - kept on from last - never on terms(op 20/1) | |
| 6th | 12 | Up She Flew (IRE) | 5 M | Poor |
Kieran Callaghan
(2)lbs
|
Liam P Cusack | 153 lbs | 28/1 | 1.5 | Never going well - midfield - headway and in touch with leaders with one circuit to go - not fluent 3 out - outpaced 2 out - hard ridden and kept on run-in (jockey said mare never travelled)(tchd 25/1) | |
| 7th | 14 | Added Bonus (IRE) | 11 G | Poor | Brendan Maurice Walsh | 153 lbs | 25/1 | 2 | Towards rear - some headway 3 out - kept on approaching last - never near to challenge(op 20/1) | ||
| 8th | 5 | Depeche Mo (IRE) | 7 G | Poor |
Conor Smithers
(4)lbs
|
Eric Larkin | 155 lbs | 14/1 | 0.05 | Led - clear with one other 2nd - much reduced lead 5th - headed before 6th - raced in second until weakened from 3 out(op 12/1) | |
| 9th | 6 | Slaney Bank (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Mark Fahey | 159 lbs | 12/1 | 11 | Prominent in chasing group - headway 5th - outpaced when not fluent 3 out - weakened from 2 out(op 11/1 tchd 10/1) | ||
| 10th | 16 | Oh'herewego (IRE) | 15 G | Poor |
Evan Dwan
(4)lbs
|
V T O'Brien | 149 lbs | 66/1 | 3.25 | Raced in second - clear with one other 2nd - lost second before 6th - weakened quickly before 3 out(op 50/1) | |
| 11th | 11 | Ardad Derek (GB) | 6 G | Poor | John Joseph Hanlon | 155 lbs | 22/1 | 2 | Never better than midfield - weakened before 3 out(op 14/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 12th | 15 | Eastern Tornado (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
G B Noonan
(2)lbs
|
Michael P Hourigan | 151 lbs | 16/1 | 9 | Slowly away - towards rear throughout (jockey said gelding planted at the start and his chance was gone)(op 22/1) | |
| 13th | 10 | Shes My Getaway (IRE) | 6 M | Poor |
Benjamin P Kennedy
(4)lbs
|
Kevin Thomas Coleman | 154 lbs | 20/1 | .5 | Towards rear of midfield - in rear with one circuit to go - detached from 4 out(op 25/1) |