Horse Alert

26 Feb 2023 15:40 Naas

Winner: €34,999 (Penalty: €21,000); Distance: 1m 7f 109y; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Yielding (Good to Yielding in places).

Johnstown Novice Hurdle (Grade 2)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Corbetts Cross (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 4)	3-51211 / 7	Jump (43)	D Meyler	E Mullins Mr John P McManus	7/4
		tracked leaders in 3rd, headway into 2nd 2 out, soon led, ridden and joined at last, regained narrow lead inside final furlong, stayed on well close home, all out
2^nd	3	HD	Found A Fifty (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	1-21 / 7	Jump (29)	J C Gainford	G Elliott Bective Stud	11/10
		tracked leader in 2nd early, led from 2nd, ridden and headed 2 out, disputed lead at last, narrowly headed inside final furlong, stayed on well to strongly press winner to line
3^rd	5	16 L	Walk With Paul (FR) (mare, bay, 10 11)	241 / 8	Jump (26)	C Brassil	M Brassil Mrs T Gaffney &…	11/1
		tracked leaders in 4th, slight mistake 5th, ridden in 3rd 2 out, soon no impression on leaders, kept on same pace in 3rd run-in
4^th	4	3¼ L	Lily Du Berlais (GB) (mare, bay, 10 11)	11-22 / 8	Jump (21)	J J Slevin	S R B Crawford Mr Simon Munir/mr…	11/1
		held up off pace disputing 5th, pushed along at 5th, moderate 5th 2 out, kept on one pace run-in to go moderate 4th close home, never nearer
5^th	6	½ L	Jackpot De Choisel (FR) (gelding, bay, 10 7)	31 / 5	Flat (203), Jump (25)	S D Torrens	J C McConnell Mr D Kierans	13/2
		led early, headed 2nd and raced 2nd, ridden and dropped to 4th 2 out, moderate 4th when bad mistake at last, 5th and no impression close home
6^th	2	35 L	Dalvey (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	0- / 6	Flat (11), Jump (597)	C P McNamara	J McAuley James McAuley	250/1
		held up off pace disputing 5th, pushed along at 5th, ridden 3 out, trailing in last 2 out, no impression