Horse Alert

27 Dec 2016 12:15 Leopardstown

Winner: €14,000 (Penalty: €8,610); Distance: 2m; Class: 0; Eligibility: 3YO only; Going: Yielding to Soft.

Paddy Power 'Only 363 Days Till Christmas' 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	16	-	Meri Devie (FR) (filly, chestnut, 10 7)	/ 11	Flat (225)	Ruby Walsh	W P Mullins J R Brennan	11/8
		prominent in chasing group, some slight mistakes, closed to get on terms after 2 out, led approaching last, asserted and stayed on best run-in
2^nd	6	5 L	Housesofparliament (IRE) (colt, chestnut, 11 0)	/ 5	Flat (108)	B J Geraghty	J P O'Brien John P McManus	13/8
		chased leaders, moderate 4th from 3rd, mistake 3 out, closer in 3rd and pushed along into straight, challenged from before last, one pace in 2nd run-in
3^rd	8	7½ L	Landsman (IRE) (colt, bay, 11 0)	8 / 9	Flat (81), Jump (16)	D N Russell	A J Martin Graham & Lynne…	20/1
		chased leaders, moderate 3rd from 3rd, closed to get on terms after 2 out, headed approaching last where dropped to 3rd, no extra and one pace
4^th	11	1¼ L	Prince Charmin' (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	/ 7	Flat (114)	D F O'Regan	A J Martin Select-racing-club…	50/1
		soon mid-division, disputed moderate 7th from 3rd, slight mistake 3 out, went 4th into straight, one pace from before last
5^th	12	12 L	Sword Fighter (IRE) (colt, baybrown, 11 0)	/ 4	Flat (108)	M P Walsh	J P O'Brien John P McManus	7/1
		soon mid-division, disputed moderate 7th from 3rd, slight mistakes 5th and 3 out, closer order but still 7th into straight, soon no impression and one pace
6^th	10	½ L	Mystique Heights (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	/ 6	Flat (110)	M J Bolger	L Comer Luke Comer	100/1
		soon chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, soon moderate 6th and a little keen, closed up and raced wide after 2 out, 5th into straight, no impression approaching last, soon no extra
7^th	1	10 L	Alcander (FR) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0)	0633 / 7	Flat (128), Jump (16)	S W Flanagan	F J Flood Madfish Racing…	20/1
		soon chased leaders, moderate 5th from 3rd, not fluent 3 out, 8th into straight, soon no extra
8^th	15	3¼ L	Auntie Chloe (IRE) (filly, bay, 10 7)	/ 4	Jump (50)	J B Kane	G P Cromwell John M Kennedy	100/1
		held up, slightly impeded 3rd, slight mistake 5th, no impression before 2 out
9^th	2	2½ L	Buzz Boy (ITY) (colt, chestnut, 11 0)	09 / 4	Flat (56), Jump (16)	R A Doyle	A Keatley Patrick J McCartan	100/1
		held up, not fluent 3rd, no impression before 2 out where not fluent, soon no extra
10^th	3	1 L	Easy Pass (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 0)	F5 / 6	Flat (73), Jump (23)	R M Power	Mrs J Harrington Mrs John Harrington	25/1
		led and clear, not fluent 5th, reduced lead from 3 out, slight mistake 2 out, soon headed, dropped to 6th into straight, weakened
11^th	13	21 L	Tree of Knowledge (IRE) (colt, bay, 11 0)	/ 5	Flat (108), Jump (16)	J S McGarvey	J P O'Brien John P McManus	33/1
		held up, slightly impeded before 2nd, poor 8th from next, bad mistake 4th, no impression before 2 out, soon no extra, tailed off
12^th	4	63 L	From Eden (USA) (colt, not availiable, 11 0)	/ 8	Flat (145)	L P Dempsey	V T O'Brien Abbeyfield Farm…	100/1
		held up, very slow jump 2nd, slightly impeded 3rd, soon in rear and not a factor, completely tailed off
FE	14	-	Tropic Thunder (GER) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	00 / 5	Flat (65), Jump (16)	D Meyler	A J Martin Miss Rita Shah	100/1
		held up, impeded 1st, not always fluent jumping, reminders after 5th, soon no danger, fell last
FE	9	-	Mandarin Monarch (IRE) (colt, chestnut, 11 0)	/ 9	Flat (67)	S G McDermott	A McNamara P G Devine	66/1
		mid-division, fell 1st
BD	7	-	Icario (FR) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0)	5 / 5	Flat (191), Jump (50)	B J Cooper	G Elliott Mr Dan Gilbert	10/1
		held up, brought down 1st
PU	5	-	Horrah (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	/ 5	Flat (25)	J M Moore	L Comer Luke Comer	100/1
		held up, impeded 1st, slightly impeded before 2nd, poor 9th from 3rd, soon no danger, pulled up before 3 out
	17	-	Verbosity (IRE) (filly, bay, 10 7)	/ 5	Flat (73)	J W Kennedy	J T Gorman Mrs J S Bolger	0/0