13:25 Cork

Saturday 6 January 2018

All12:2012:5013:2513:5514:3015:0515:40

McCarthy Insurance Group Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:26 | Winning time: 7m 3.40s

1^st

Guided By You

511-8

11/4

T: N MeadeJ: J M Moore

Chased leaders, slight mistake 4 out, closed up approaching straight, soon challenged, led between last 2 and edged right, stayed on well to assert run-in op 7/2

2^nd

Therellalwaysbeone

711-12

12/1

T: T FoleyJ: R Loughran

Led, edged off bend after 2nd, headed approaching 3rd and raced in 2nd after, slight mistake 7th, on terms from 10th, slight mistake 4 out and led, narrowly headed between last 2, kept on without matching winner run-in tchd 10/1

3^rd

4 ½

Stoneford

711-12

15/8

T: N MeadeJ: Sean Flanagan

Prominent, soon raced in 3rd, slight mistake 10th, closed up approaching straight, soon challenged and every chance, slightly impeded before last, no extra and one pace after op 7/4 tchd 2/1

4^th

Lough Navar

611-12

25/1

T: E M O'SullivanJ: M A Enright

Held up towards rear, 5th approaching straight, left 4th from 3 out, no impression approaching next, soon no extra

5^th

Free Code

711-12

40/1

T: E M O'SullivanJ: M J M O'Sullivan (7)

Held up towards rear, slight mistake 10th, no impression approaching straight, soon no extra op 33/1

Also Ran

Pearl Dragon

711-12

7/4f

T: G ElliottJ: Jack Kennedy

Prominent, led approaching 3rd and inclined to run green, slight mistake 9th, joined from 10th, slight mistake 4 out and headed, pushed along approaching straight, soon weakened, pulled up before 3 out op 13/8 tchd 6/4

Esthers Marvel

511-1

66/1

T: D BuddsJ: A W Short (7)

Chased leaders, slight mistake 10th, pushed along from 4 out, closed up to dispute lead when fell 3 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.10Pl:€1.20, €3.50EX:€24.00Trifecta:€88.50SF:€30.01

Forecasts

Pearl Dragon (7/4), Stoneford (15/8), Guided By You (11/4), Therellalwaysbeone (12/1), Lough Navar (25/1), Free Code (40/1), Esthers Marvel (66/1)

There are possibilities about the stable companions Stoneford and Guided By You, but this is best left to hurdling newcomer PEARL DRAGON, a winning stayer on the Flat who makes his first start for his powerful stable. Free Code may be the best of his stable's two representatives.

Pearl Dragon
Guided By You
Stoneford

Previous Winners

2017

Boru Boy

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 8

J: J J Slevin | T: G Murphy

16/1

Prize Money

1st: €8,316.002nd: €2,579.003rd: €1,228.004th: €553.005th: €216.00