Horse Alert

19 Jul 2009 14:15 Tipperary

Winner: €12,500 (Penalty: €8,638); Distance: 2m 110y; Class: 0; Eligibility: 5YO plus; Going: Yielding to Soft (Soft in places).

Packie Downey Memorial Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	3	-	Sher Why Not (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 12)	16F-663 / 26	Jump (28)	Ruby Walsh	C A Murphy R Winterbotham	13/8
		tracked leaders in 4th, headway to dispute lead 3 out, soon led, stayed on strongly from before last
2^nd	2	7 L	Schelm (GER) (Gelding, bay, 11 12)	4P-0164 / 12	Flat (510), Jump (14)	P W Flood	R O'Leary Mr M J Pimlott	9/2
		held up, went 4th before 5 out, progress to go 2nd before 2 out, under pressure and no impression when slight mistake last
3^rd	8	11 L	Joe Soap (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 5)	PPP-21 / 10	Jump (50)	P T Enright	G Cully Mr R Porter	16/1
		led, joined 3 out, soon headed and dropped to 3rd before 2 out, no extra
4^th	6	¾ L	Arkendale (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 5)	32P-089 / 12	Flat (369), Jump (69)	T J Doyle	J P Fogarty Miss K L Mellor	25/1
		mid-division, 5th 5 out, 4th after 3 out, no impression approaching next, kept on one pace
5^th	1	1 L	Knock On The Head (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 12)	66419-3 / 9	Jump (79)	M P Walsh	J Crowley John P McManus	7/4
		towards rear, slow at 2nd and 3rd, driven along and no impression after 3 out, kept on one pace in straight
PU	4	-	Crock Crildrom (IRE) (Mare, bay, 11 7)	7PP-0P0 / 7	Jump (35)	R M Power	K Donohue Crafty Six Syndicate

PU	5	-	Mill House Girl (IRE) (Mare, chestnut, 11 7)	77126-8 / 8	Flat (380), Jump (44)	Andrew J McNamara	M Kavanagh Charles Harte

	7	-	Battlefront (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 5)	55U3-56 / 11	Jump (51)	Ms K Walsh	T M Walsh Mrs Helen Walsh

PU	9	-	Noble Crusader (USA) (Gelding, bay, 11 5)	32176-6 / 9	Flat (284), Jump (41)	J L Cullen	D K Weld Nicolashields Peterphillips…