Horse Alert

06 Aug 2010 18:25 Wexford

Winner: €11,001 (Penalty: €7,590); Distance: 2m 4f; Class: 0; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good (Good to Firm in places).

Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	4	-	Miss Mary Mac (IRE) (mare, bay, 11 11)	412145- / 7	Jump (145)	A P Heskin	D McNamara Sean McNamara	6/1
		soon mid-division, progress to track leaders 4 out, 2nd approaching 2 out, soon challenged under pressure, led narrowly run-in, stayed on well, all out
2^nd	16	HD	Walter Blue (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 11)	00760-8 / 5	Jump (61)	I J McCarthy	J Motherway Gerard O'Mahoney	25/1
		always prominent, keen hold, led approaching 2 out where not fluent, strongly pressed and hit last, rider lost rein, narrowly headed run-in, kept on well
3^rd	14	5 L	Hesaposer (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 11)	85B0-58 / 4	Jump (50)	K M Donoghue	G Elliott Itstartedinballymore…	7/4
		chased leaders, not fluent 4 out and 3 out, 4th approaching 2 out, soon 3rd and no impression under pressure, kept on same pace
4^th	2	3 L	Matchbook (IRE) (Gelding, brown, 11 12)	F728-51 / 10	Flat (9), Jump (4)	D E Splaine	J J Murphy Wise Syndicate	11/2
		towards rear, hampered 1st, progress into 7th approaching 2 out, soon no impression under pressure and kept on without threatening
5^th	13	1 L	Grand Fella (IRE) (Gelding, chestnut, 10 11)	05086-0 / 10	Flat (320), Jump (28)	C A Landers	J Nash Miss S Allington	20/1
		mid-division, closer in 6th 4 out, kept on same pace approaching 2 out
6^th	15	1¾ L	Kayanna's Back (IRE) (colt, bay, 10 11)	0588-30 / 7	Jump (71)	E J O'connell	J P Cahill A Holland	25/1
		soon disputed lead, headed approaching 2 out, soon no impression
7^th	7	1 L	Banjo Davis (IRE) (filly, brown, 11 9)	150-040 / 5	Jump (10)	B T O'Connell	K F O'Donnell Kevin F O'Donnell	20/1
		towards rear, 11th after 6 out, 8th and kept on same pace approaching 2 out
8^th	5	2 L	Prosperity Square (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 10)	057-71 / 12	Jump (26)	B R Dalton	C O'Dwyer Owen Curtin	9/1
		soon mid-division, 8th after 6 out, no impression approaching 2 out
9^th	1	5 L	Galant Ferns (IRE) (Filly, bay, 11 12)	1490/62 / 9	Jump (15)	B J Cooper	L Kenny Liam Kenny	5/1
		soon chased leaders, progress after 6 out, 3rd 4 out, dropped to 5th approaching 2 out, soon no impression under pressure
10^th	8	29 L	Knowledge Box (IRE) (Gelding, brown, 11 5)	36-0380 / 10	Jump (10)	P F Mangan	E O'Grady B O hAodh	16/1
		close up and disputed lead for much, hit 6th, 2nd 4 out, weakened 2 out
11^th	10	4 L	Persian Return (IRE) (Gelding, baybrown, 11 0)	51252F/ / 11	Flat (1456), Jump (677)	A P Thornton	G Keane Enda Duncan	16/1
		mid-division, 10th after 6 out, weakened approaching 2 out
12^th	11	6 L	Fore Abbey (IRE) (gelding, brown, 10 13)	00-80 / 6	Jump (63)	P D Kennedy	A J McNamara A J McNamara	33/1
		always towards rear
13^th	9	30 L	Madura Bay (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 2)	60-076 / 5	Jump (15)	M M O'connor	A J McNamara A J McNamara	16/1
		always behind, tailed off
14^th	12	1 L	Sarah Battle (IRE) (mare, bay, 10 13)	80-0 / 12	Jump (26)	M P Butler	Gerard Quirk Gerard Quirk	33/1
		prominent, wandered about at hurdles, 7th after 6 out, weakened approaching 2 out, tailed off
PU	6	-	Some Dude (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 10)	4790-79 / 8	Jump (17)	D J Bates	S Osborne Heads Up Syndicate

FE	3	-	Lake Return (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 11)	F0P-063 / 8	Jump (56)	C O'Farrell	P T Flavin P T Flavin

	17	-	Closesthingtocrazy (GB) (Gelding, bay, 10 10)	8/00-337 / 7	Flat (1095), Jump (17)	Reserve 1	T J Taaffe Yen Hall Farm Racing

	18	-	Clancy Strand (NZ) (gelding, bay, 10 9)	080-042 / 11	Jump (4)	Reserve 2	N Madden N O'Rourke

	19	-	Ameno (IRE) (filly, bay, 10 9)	0004-8P / 7	Jump (61)	Reserve 3	P J Rothwell P J Rothwell