25 Mar 2004 05:15 THURLES
Winner: £ (Penalty: £7,179); Distance: 4400; Class: 0; Eligibility: 4yo plus; Going: Good to Soft.
Opportunity H'cap Hurdle (74-109)
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 0 |   | - | Ballygowan Beauty (IRE) (Gelding, , 149) | / 33 | B C Byrnes | T Walker Thomas Walker | |||
| rear of mid-division, headway into 5th 3 out, 2nd approaching 2 out, led last, stayed on well | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 0 |   | 2.50 L | Shoot The Pigeon (IRE) (Gelding, , 153) | / 13 | Mr P J Crowley | P C O'Connor Ms Brid Lucey | |||
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, close up from 4 out, led 2 out, headed when slight mistake last, kept on | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 0 |   | 2 L | Quigaboy (IRE) (Gelding, , 146) | / 10 | S E Ryder | Edward P Mitchell B J Caffrey | |||
| prominent, 6th 6 out, 4th 4 out, 3rd 2 out, kept on | ||||||||||
| 4th | 0 |   | 1 L | Supergood (IRE) (Gelding, , 162) | / 10 | Mark Walsh | I Madden I Madden | |||
| mid-division, 8th and ridden after 3 out, kept on under pressure | ||||||||||
| 5th | 0 |   | 1 L | Wensum Dancer (GB) (Mare, , 150) | / 11 | Kevin Thomas Coleman | F Tierney F Tierney | |||
| towards rear, headway into 5th 4 out, 4th 2 out, kept on same pace | ||||||||||
| 6th | 0 |   | 2 L | Bentota Beach (IRE) (Gelding, , 148) | / 13 | Dave Crosse | M Cullen Shelburne Syndicate | |||
| held up in touch, slight mistake 6 out, 7th 3 out, kept on same pace | ||||||||||
| 7th | 0 |   | 4 L | Sondheim (IRE) (Gelding, , 148) | / 7 | L A Hurley | L Young E F Armitage | |||
| chased leaders, 6th 4 out, ridden and no impression next | ||||||||||
| 8th | 0 |   | HD | Teutonic Dancer (IRE) (Gelding, , 146) | / 10 | S G McDermott | A J McNamara Mid West Alliance… | |||
| held up, 10th halfway, 6th after 3 out, no extra next | ||||||||||
| 9th | 0 |   | 1.50 L | Nimvara (IRE) (Mare, , 141) | / 11 | S Curling | P Heffernan Patrick Heffernan | |||
| behind, some late progress | ||||||||||
| 10th | 0 |   | 1 L | Nolans Pride (IRE) (Mare, , 153) | / 10 | D F O'Regan | W J Burke Denis J Nolan | |||
| always behind | ||||||||||
| 11th | 0 |   | 0.75 L | How Is Things (IRE) (Mare, , 141) | / 8 | S W Quinlan | E J O'Grady Time Will Tell… | |||
| mid-division, 7th halfway, weakened 4 out | ||||||||||
| 12th | 0 |   | 2 L | Dreamy Run (IRE) (Mare, , 143) | / 13 | P E Ryan | T Doyle F X Doyle | |||
| always behind | ||||||||||
| 13th | 0 |   | 11 L | Tiawana (IRE) (Gelding, , 167) | / 9 | R M Power | G M Lyons Third Avenue Syndicate | |||
| always behind, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 14th | 0 |   | 1.50 L | Pippin's Ford (IRE) (Gelding, , 158) | / 12 | G T Hutchinson | R O'Neill Ronald O'Neill | |||
| prominent, 3rd from 3rd, led 3 out, headed 2 out, weakened quickly, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 15th | 0 |   | 1.50 L | Arctic Gold (IRE) (Gelding, , 151) | / 11 | J P Sullivan | P M Verling Bhoys Racing Syndicate | |||
| always behind, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 16th | 0 |   | 0.50 L | Knocknabohill (IRE) (Gelding, , 153) | / 8 | K Hadnett | Malachy J Ryan John V McGeehan | |||
| close up, led 3rd, headed before 6 out, regained lead next, headed and weakened 3 out, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 17th | 0 |   | 1.50 L | Permiya (IRE) (Gelding, , 143) | / 7 | J M Allen | J Crowley Mrs S Crowley | |||
| chased leaders, 4th 6 out, 8th 4 out, soon no extra, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 0 |   | - | Fiddlers Bar (IRE) (Mare, , 158) | / 12 | J F Levins | L Young Fiddlers Creek… | ||||
| led, headed 3rd, led again before 6 out, ridden and headed 5 out, weakened quickly and pulled up | ||||||||||
