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Thurles (IRE)
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Horse & Jockey Rated Novice Hurdle
Thurles (IRE) Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €5.20 Place: €2.20 €1.02 Exacta: €14 Trifecta: €25.20
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 French Dynamite (FR) 9 G AVG M F Morris 155 lbs 5/1 Won Settled behind leader - 2nd halfway - led after 3 out (normal 4 out) - driven and strongly pressed into straight - extended advantage after 2 out - ridden out run-in and stayed on well(op 13/2)
2nd 2 The Bosses Oscar (IRE) 6 G Poor Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 11/10F 2.5 Waited with behind leaders - disputed 3rd at times - 4th after 3rd - not fluent 4th - 4th at halfway - took closer order 3 out (normal 4 out) - soon went 2nd - pushed along in close 2nd into straight - soon ridden and held when mistake last - kept on well run-in(op 9/10 tchd 4/5)
3rd 1 Anything Will Do (IRE) N/A AVG Joseph Patrick O'Brien 162 lbs 3/1 21 Waited with behind leaders - disputed 3rd at times - 3rd after 3rd - took closer order 3 out (normal 4 out) - driven in 3rd before straight - no impression on leaders when slight mistake 2 out - one pace after(op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
4th 3 Belfast Banter (IRE) 10 G AVG Peter Fahey 157 lbs 7/1 28 Led - extended advantage briefly after 1st - reduced lead 4th where not fluent - extended lead again after next - over 3 lengths clear before 4 out (normal 5 out) - mistake next and soon headed - weakened quickly(tchd 8/1)
5th 5 Shanwalla (IRE) 9 G AVG Paul John Gilligan 147 lbs 7/1 1.5 In rear throughout - slight mistake 6th - not fluent next - ridden and weakened after 3 out (normal 4 out) - hit last - never a factor(op 9/1 tchd 10/1)