Horse Alert

26 Dec 2016 12:45 Leopardstown

Winner: €13,000 (Penalty: €7,995); Distance: 2m 2f; Class: 0; Eligibility: 5YO plus; Going: Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places).

Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	4	-	Joey Sasa (IRE) (gelding, baybrown, 11 12)	33-1122 / 16	Jump (8)	Sean Flanagan	N Meade E Duignan	3/1
		tracked leaders, pushed along in 3rd before straight, led approaching last, stayed on well run-in, eased near finish
2^nd	7	2¼ L	Barra (FR) (mare, bay, 11 5)	14161-2 / 9	Jump (30)	B J Cooper	G Elliott Gigginstown House…	11/4
		tracked leaders, closed up travelling smoothly from before straight, soon pushed along to challenge and every chance, kept on without matching winner run-in
3^rd	1	½ L	Castello Sforza (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	1/4-3 / 9	Jump (23)	Mark Walsh	W P Mullins John P McManus	1/1
		tracked leader, slight mistake 2nd, on terms from before 2 out, soon led, headed approaching last where dropped to 3rd and not fluent, kept on without matching 1st 2 run-in
4^th	5	12 L	Loughaderra Prince (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	F/31-4 / 9	Jump (65)	D F O'Regan	A Fleming Mrs H W Polito	20/1
		led, joined from before 2 out, soon headed, dropped to 4th into straight, soon no extra
5^th	6	1½ L	Pacte In The Park (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	8-90 / 10	Jump (191)	M P Fogarty	S J Kenny S J Kenny	100/1
		towards rear, moderate 6th and under pressure from 3 out, soon moderate 5th and kept on same pace
6^th	2	57 L	Felix Mendelssohn (IRE) (colt, bay, 11 12)	/ 9	Flat (107)	D N Russell	J P O'Brien Shire Dreamers	16/1
		chased leaders, slight mistake 3rd, moderate 5th from 3 out, soon no impression in moderate 6th, no extra and eased straight, completely tailed off
7^th	3	11 L	Jimmy Breekie (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	22-2318 / 9	Jump (15)	Robbie Colgan	S R B Crawford W I MacKenzie	50/1
		pushed along from early, soon in rear, not fluent 4th and reminders, soon behind and mistake next, completely tailed off