24 Aug 2005 04:30 TRALEE
Winner: £ (Penalty: £27,702); Distance: 2640; Class: 0; Eligibility: 3yo plus; Going: Good.
Guinness Gold Cup Handicap
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 0(14) |   | - | Blessyourpinksox (IRE) (Mare, , 117) | / 24 | Chris Hayes | P Casey Basil Brindley | |||
| mid-division on outer, 6th halfway, improved into 3rd travelling best approaching straight, ridden to lead when lost whip under 1f out, kept on well | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 0(2) |   | NK | Noend (IRE) (Gelding, , 112) | / 8 | Wayne Lordan | Ms F M Crowley Mrs Marguerite… | |||
| led, ridden and headed under 1f out, kept on well under pressure | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 0(13) |   | DHT | Liss Ard (IRE) (Horse (entire), , 121) | / 8 | B S Carey | J J Murphy John Joseph Murphy | |||
| held up, progress 4f out, 5th into straight, kept on under pressure from over 1f out | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 0(12) |   | 3.50 L | High Reef (FR) (Mare, , 114) | / 10 | E M Butterly | C F Swan Aidan Connolly | |||
| prominent, 3rd 4f out, 2nd and ridden entering straight, 3rd and no extra inside final furlong | ||||||||||
| 5th | 0(9) |   | 1.50 L | Good Surprise (GB) (Colt, , 139) | / 6 | K J Manning | J S Bolger Mrs Claudia Jungo-Corpataux | |||
| tracked leaders, 6th halfway, 8th 4f out, kept on under pressure straight | ||||||||||
| 6th | 0(3) |   | HD | Virginia Woolf (GB) (Mare, , 118) | / 6 | N G McCullagh | J M Oxx John P Jones | |||
| settled 3rd, 4th and driven along over 4f out, no extra from over 1f out | ||||||||||
| 7th | 0(10) |   | 0.50 L | Visit Wexford (IRE) (Gelding, , 114) | / 9 | M C Hussey | J E Kiely Maurice M Cummins | |||
| held up in rear, kept on from 3f out | ||||||||||
| 8th | 0(6) |   | 2.50 L | The Castles (IRE) (Filly, , 121) | / 6 | C O'Donoghue | J Crowley J Owens Jnr | |||
| towards rear, kept on one paced from 3f out | ||||||||||
| 9th | 0(7) |   | 0.50 L | Athlumney Lad (IRE) (Gelding, , 110) | / 12 | P B Beggy | N Meade M J Smith | |||
| towards rear, progress 3f out, no impression straight | ||||||||||
| 10th | 0(8) |   | 0.50 L | Privy Seal (IRE) (Colt, , 136) | / 6 | P J Smullen | D K Weld Sheikh Mohammed | |||
| never a factor | ||||||||||
| 11th | 0(15) |   | 0.50 L | Imperial Rose (IRE) (Mare, , 102) | / 6 | Amy Kathleen Parsons | H Rogers Peter Sheridan | |||
| held up, progress into 8th approaching straight, no extra from 1 1/2f out | ||||||||||
| 12th | 0(1) |   | 3.50 L | Stuttgart (GB) (Filly, , 114) | / 7 | T P O'Shea | D Marnane R P Behan | |||
| settled 2nd, ridden and weakened from over 3f out | ||||||||||
| 13th | 0(5) |   | NK | Artistic Lad (GB) (Colt, , 127) | / 5 | W J O'Connor | Mrs J Harrington Mr Saeed Suhail | |||
| prominent, 4th halfway, 5th 4f out, soon ridden and weakened | ||||||||||
| 14th | 0(4) |   | 0.50 L | Dashing Home (IRE) (Gelding, , 132) | / 9 | Declan McDonogh | N Meade Mrs P Towey | |||
| rear of mid-division, 9th approaching halfway, no extra from 4f out | ||||||||||
| 15th | 0(11) |   | 2 L | Callow Lake (IRE) (Gelding, , 119) | / 10 | J A Heffernan | Mrs J Harrington Miss Coirle Forde | |||
| mid-division, 10th and ridden 3f out, soon weakened | ||||||||||
