Horse Alert

28 Dec 2008 14:00 Leopardstown

Winner: €50,000 (Penalty: €32,549); Distance: 3m; Class: 0; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Yielding to Soft.

woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle (Grade 2)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Catch Me (GER) (Gelding, brown, 11 10)	4165-11 / 22	Flat (70), Jump (28)	Andrew J McNamara	E J O'Grady John P McManus	4/6
		settled behind leaders, 5th halfway, headway in 4th 3 out, close 3rd 2 out, challenged before last where led and slight mistake, edged left and kept on under pressure run-in, all out close home
2^nd	3	HD	Whatuthink (IRE) (Gelding, chestnut, 11 8)	15P-325 / 13	Jump (29)	J L Cullen	O McKiernan Redgap Partnership	10/3
		chased leader in close 2nd, led before 5 out, ridden and challenged before last where headed, switched and rallied well run-in to press winner close home, just held
3^rd	6	19 L	Beau Michael (GB) (Colt, bay, 11 3)	106-124 / 10	Flat (81), Jump (22)	Ruby Walsh	A McGuinness Total Recall Racing…	11/2
		chased leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to 2nd 4 out, ridden and no extra entering straight, 3rd and kept on one pace from before last
4^th	2	17 L	Convincing (GB) (Colt, bay, 11 8)	00-4357 / 10	Flat (105), Jump (28)	E F Power	J J Murphy Shanakiel Racing…	33/1
		chased leaders, 4th halfway, headway to 3rd after 4 out, ridden in 5th before 2 out, no impression and kept on one pace
5^th	4	¾ L	Earth Magic (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 6)	41420-6 / 11	Flat (994), Jump (84)	T J Doyle	M J Bowe Mr R E R Williams	8/1
		led, headed before 5 out, ridden and dropped to rear after 4 out, no impression after
6^th	5	Dist	Antipode (GER) (Gelding, brown, 11 3)	186-9 / 10	Flat (820), Jump (29)	R T Dunne	A Lynch C Jones	33/1
		held up in rear, headway to 4th before 2 out, ridden and no extra 2 out, soon weakened, tailed off