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Monday 17 April 2017

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Keelings Irish Strawberry Hurdle (Grade 2)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 1  |   2m 4f  |   Good to Yielding  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:26  |   Winning time: 5m 10.0s
1st
Horse silk
5
811-3
5/2
T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh
In rear, slight mistake 5th and closer order, led 4 out, reminder between last 2, soon asserted, stayed on well run-in, easily tchd 9/4
2nd
Horse silk
9
3
2/1f
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Led, slight mistake 5th, headed 4 out, ridden straight, no impression and one pace between last 2 tchd 15/8
3rd
Horse silk
8 ½
2
3/1
T: G ElliottJ: B J Cooper
Raced in 4th, progress approaching 3 out, pushed along in 3rd before straight, no impression from before 2 out, not fluent last op 11/4
4th
Horse silk
4
7
610-10
7/1
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Tracked leader, dropped to 4th approaching 4 out, last before next, moderate 4th again approaching straight and no impression
5th
Horse silk
5 ½
4
10/1
T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy
Raced in 3rd, lost place and under pressure from 3 out, no impression in last before straight op 8/1

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Non-Runners

6
Horse silk
Taglietelle31
Weight: 11-3|  Age: 8
T: G Elliott  J: D F O'Regan
NR
1
Horse silk
Sutton Place57
Weight: 11-8|  Age: 6
T: G Elliott  J: B J Geraghty
WD

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.00Pl:€1.70, €1.50EX:€7.90Trifecta:€8.90SF:€7.86

Forecasts

Sutton Place (4/5), De Plotting Shed (2/1), Renneti (5/2), Tombstone (3/1), Whiteout (7/1), Lieutenant Colonel (10/1), Taglietelle (25/1)

Verdict

SUTTON PLACE eventually won going away at Navan in February over a slightly longer trip but Barry Geraghty seemed to feel he was being lazy as much as anything and there is good reason to suggest he's got more in him. A replication of that run will in all probability take away this prize for him. He faces three of the rivals that finished behind him again now, and it's hard to see them reversing the form. De Plotting Shed may again do best of that trio. Tombstone needs to bounce back off a poor show at Cheltenham while Lieutenant Colonel is intriguing on first start over hurdles for Gordon Elliott in a race where he and trainers' title rival Willie Mullins account for all seven runners.
  1. Sutton Place
  2. Tombstone
  3. De Plotting Shed

Prize Money

1st: €41,300.002nd: €13,301.003rd: €6,300.004th: €2,800.005th: €1,400.006th: €700.00

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