Limerick (IRE)
14:35
Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle
Limerick (IRE) Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 Distance: 2m3f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €9.50 Place: €2 €2.30 €1.20 Exacta: €65.90 Trifecta: €168.60
Non-Runners: Mount Frisco (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 11 Thegraveyardbookie (IRE) 5 G Poor E McNamara 162 lbs 14/1 Won Towards rear - awkward jump 3rd - shaken up 5 out - pushed along 3 out - not fluent then slightly hampered 2 out - soon ridden and ran on - led and went clear run-in(op 10/1 tchd 16/1)
2nd 10 On Lovers Walk (IRE) 8 G Poor Gerard Kelleher 157 lbs 7/1 3.25 Towards rear - pushed along 5 out - ridden and kept on from 3 out - slightly hampered then led after 2 out - headed and no extra run-in(op 6/1 tchd 11/2)
3rd 1 Iceberg Theory (IRE) 5 G AVG Paul Nolan 166 lbs 2/1F 1 Prominent - not fluent 3 out - challenging home turn - pushed along but outpaced before 2 out - hampered then left in lead just after 2 out - soon headed and ridden - no extra run-in(op 7/4 tchd 9/4)
4th 5 La Vega Moon (IRE) 6 G Poor John Joseph Hanlon 164 lbs 25/1 2.5 Midfield - shaken up 5 out - ridden and kept on after 3 out - left in second after 2 out - lost two places run-in(op 28/1 tchd 33/1)
5th 6 Magic Sadler (GB) 7 G Poor Ciaran Murphy 164 lbs 7/2 11 Midfield - keeping on when badly hampered 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 9/2 tchd 5/1)
6th 2 Metalor (IRE) 7 G Poor Liam P Cusack 166 lbs 8/1 15 Led - headed and weakened after 3 out(tchd 11/1)
7th 9 Kilbride Hill (IRE) 6 G AVG John Patrick Ryan 157 lbs 200/1 98 In rear and detached throughout - tailed off(op 150/1 tchd 250/1)
8th 8 Diduhearabourichie (IRE) N/A Poor John M Burke 159 lbs 200/1 3.75 Towards rear - detached 4 out - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 250/1)
99th 3 Now Is The Hour (IRE) 8 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 161 lbs 9/4 - Prominent - not fluent 7th - led after 3 out - 4 lengths ahead going best when mistake and fell 2 out(op 11/4 tchd 9/5)
99th 4 Western Express (IRE) N/A Poor Ronald O'Leary 166 lbs 250/1 - In touch with leaders - mistake 5th - weakened after 4 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 150/1)