Horse Alert

29 Dec 2008 12:55 Leopardstown

Winner: €17,500 (Penalty: €13,043); Distance: 2m; Class: 0; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Yielding (Chase - Yielding to Soft).

Leopardstown Golf Academy Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	5	-	Dancing Tornado (IRE) (Gelding, chestnut, 11 2)	9-733B2 / 23	Jump (39)	D J Casey	M Hourigan John P McManus	11/4
		held up, headway in 5th 2 out, short of room before last, ridden into 4th last where slight mistake, stayed on to lead run-in and kept on strongly
2^nd	7	1¾ L	Candy Girl (IRE) (Mare, bay, 10 11)	2121-62 / 10	Jump (16)	Ruby Walsh	W P Mullins T Merrigan	7/4
		chased leader in 2nd, improved to challenge 2 out, ridden to narrow lead entering straight, challenged last, headed run-in and no extra, kept on same pace
3^rd	2	2 L	Splurge (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 6)	2271-0P / 9	Flat (63), Jump (16)	A P Crowe	J Nash John J Coleman	7/1
		mid-division, 5th halfway, headway in 4th 2 out, improved to challenge last, ridden and no extra run-in, kept on same pace
4^th	6	2 L	Mr Muji (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 2)	2138P0- / 6	Jump (249)	Paul Carberry	N Meade West Coast Pinner…	6/1
		chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden approaching 2 out and dropped to 6th, kept on same pace from before last
5^th	3	SHD	The Spoonplayer (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 6)	251223 / 10	Flat (143), Jump (39)	M M O'connor	H De Bromhead Band Syndicate	10/1
		led, ridden and strongly pressed after 2 out, narrowly headed entering straight, no extra in 4th last, kept on same pace
6^th	1	2½ L	Jimmy Ber (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 9)	16-0313 / 7	Jump (30)	I J McCarthy	D T Hughes Laurence Byrne	6/1
		chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in close 3rd entering straight, challenged before last, 3rd and no extra last, kept on one pace
7^th	4	1¼ L	Away Home (IRE) (Gelding, chestnut, 11 2)	12040F/ / 12	Jump (1066)	A E Lynch	M J P O'Brien T B Conroy	33/1
		always behind, ridden and no impression 2 out, kept on one pace