14:35 Leopardstown

Saturday 20 October 2018

All13:3514:0514:3515:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Leopardstown 'Christmas Cracker' Nursery Handicap (Plus 10)

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 1m 43.24s

1^st

(11)

Arcturus

29-8

8/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: S M Crosse (7)

Mid-division, 8th over 3f out, ridden 2f out, good headway and closed over 1f out, progress to lead 1f out, ran on well tchd 9/1

2^nd

1 ½

(5)

Harvest Bow

28-12

6/1

T: N MeadeJ: Colin Keane

Rear, 12th 3f out, headway 1 1/2f out, 6th 1f out, soon ridden, kept on strongly to 2nd close home, nearest finish tchd 5/1

3^rd

(9)

Cuban Surfer

28-4

8/1

T: J S BolgerJ: Rory Cleary

Broke well to lead, soon tracked leader, 3rd halfway, 2nd 2f out, headway to lead 1 1/2f out, soon ridden, headed 1f out, kept on same pace, dropped to 3rd close home op 10/1 tchd 7/1

4^th

(6)

Nikeandnemesis

29-3

8/1

T: W McCreeryJ: Nathan Crosse (7)

In rear, niggled along after 2f, 10th 3f out, headway on outer 1 1/2f out, soon ridden, kept on to 4th close home, never nearer op 7/1

5^th

(8)

National Guard

29-10

6/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Seamie Heffernan

Chased leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along over 1f out, closed 1f out, kept on same pace, no extra closing stages and dropped to 5th tchd 11/2

6^th

3 ¾

(10)

Manard

28-4

33/1

T: H RogersJ: C P Hoban

Rear, 11th 3f out, progress to 7th under 1f out, ridden and kept on, no danger

7^th

(1)

Ozone

28-4

5/1f

T: J P O'BrienJ: Alan Persse (7)

Rear of mid-division, niggled along in 7th over 3f out, ridden and progress under 2f out, no impression final furlong tchd 6/1

8^th

(12)

Whitsunday Islands

29-3

14/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: M C Hussey

Mid-division, pushed along in 5th over 3f out, ridden and no impression under 2f out, no extra over 1f out op 16/1

9^th

3 ¾

(2)

Royal Canford

29-2

12/1

T: W McCreeryJ: Billy Lee

Prominent, soon led on inner, almost joined halfway, ridden entering straight, headed 1 1/2f out, weakened op 14/1

10^th

2 ¼

(4)

Ideal Pal

28-4

12/1

T: M MulvanyJ: Andrew Slattery (7)

Prominent, pushed along and dropped to 6th over 3f out, weakened 2f out op 14/1

11^th

(13)

Facethepuckout

29-12

10/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Gary Halpin

Pushed along to soon track leaders, almost on terms halfway, under pressure in 3rd 2f out, weakened 1 1/2f out op 8/1

12^th

2 ¾

(7)

Colfer Me

29-6

10/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Ronan Whelan

Rear of mid-division, niggled along in 9th 3f out, bit short of room 1 1/2f out and over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(3)

Isle Of Shadows⁵

Weight: 8-4| Age: 2

T: M O'Callaghan J: Leigh Roche

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€7.80Pl:€2.40, €2.30, €2.80EX:€58.80Trifecta:€704.50Tricast:€412.79SF:€57.02

Forecasts

Ozone (5/1), Harvest Bow (6/1), National Guard (6/1), Arcturus (8/1), Cuban Surfer (8/1), Nikeandnemesis (8/1), Facethepuckout (10/1), Colfer Me (10/1), Royal Canford (12/1), Ideal Pal (12/1), Whitsunday Islands (14/1), Isle Of Shadows (16/1), Manard (33/1)

Plenty arrive in form for this contest and despite the rise in the weights NIKEANDNEMESIS can complete the hat trick. HARVEST BOW is a big threat providing she copes with this better ground than at Gowran on Monday while FACETHEPUCKOUT should be competitive despite his big weight.

Nikeandnemesis
Harvest Bow
Facethepuckout

Previous Winners

2017

Baroness

Weight: 9-9 |Age: 2

J: D O'Brien | T: J P O'Brien

7/2

Prize Money

1st: €7,700.002nd: €2,388.003rd: €1,138.004th: €513.005th: €200.00