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Friday 15 September 2023

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Michael Cawe Suspended Ceilings Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 5m 28.80s

1^st

Dorans River

1311-4

6/1

T: P J RothwellJ: J P O'Sullivan (3)

Towards rear, headway after 2 out, pushed along and went 6th at last, ridden and went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on well to lead close hom op 13/2 tchd 11/2

2^nd

Positive Thinker

611-1

5/1

T: M J McDonaghJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Tracked leaders on outer, slight mistake 5th, mistake next, went 2nd after 2 out, ridden and disputed lead at last, led after last, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home op 11/2

3^rd

1 ¼

Tomas O Maille

611-2

4/1f

T: M FlanneryJ: A McCurtin

Towards rear, headway 2 out, improved into 3rd at last, soon ridden, 2nd after last, no extra in 3rd inside final furlong op 9/2

4^th

3 ¼

Penny Jar

711-11

15/2

T: P DowneyJ: Patrick M O'Brien (7)

Mid-division, 6th 3 out, ridden next, 4th at last, no impression on leaders after last, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 7/1

5^th

2 ¾

Broken Bond

711-0

18/1

T: C O'DwyerJ: C G O'Dwyer (5)

Tracked leaders, 2nd 4 out, led 2 out, ridden and joined after 2 out, headed after last, no impression on leaders run-in op 20/1

6^th

1 ¾

Drumcliff

1211-10

16/1

T: P RocheJ: Miss A B O'Connor (3)

Mid-division early, dropped to rear at 4th, pushed along in moderate 10th 2 out, ridden in moderate 10th at last, kept on one pace op 12/1

7^th

Western Dreaming

810-0

40/1

T: Jayne HearneJ: E M O'Sullivan (7)

Tracked leaders, 3rd 3 out, ridden next, dropped to 8th at last, no impression op 25/1

8^th

General Maximus

611-2

20/1

T: B McMahonJ: J J Slevin

Mid-division on outer, 9th 3 out, ridden next, went 5th at last, no impression op 16/1

9^th

Whatsyourstatus

1011-4

14/1

T: G O'LoughlinJ: Ricky Doyle

Led, took keen hold, joined from 3rd, led 6th, ridden and headed 2 out, weakened tchd 12/1

10^th

Conna Cottage

711-13

6/1

T: C ByrnesJ: Mr A D Bustin (7)

Rear of mid-division, headway 3 out, went 6th on wide outer 2 out, pushed along before last, ridden at last, weakened tchd 7/1

11^th

3 ½

The Great White

910-11

28/1

T: D A McLoughlinJ: P J O'Hanlon (5)

Rear of mid-division, stumbled on bend after 1st and rider briefly became unbalanced, 8th 3 out, soon ridden and weakened op 25/1

Also Ran

Cullaghs Star

711-6

8/1

T: S FaheyJ: Sean Flanagan

Mid-division, slight mistake 4 out, progress into 5th 2 out when quickly pulled up injured op 17/2 tchd 9/1

Ounce Of Gold

611-3

16/1

T: P A FahyJ: M J M O'Sullivan

Always behind, reminder early, mistake 2nd, trailing 4th, behind when pulled up before 2 out op 10/1

Courthill

710-0

125/1

T: Michael E HallinanJ: N T Prendergast (7)

Prominent on outer, disputed lead from 3rd, not fluent 5th, headed next, ridden 4 out, weakened, pulled up before 2 out op 100/1 tchd 150/1

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Non-Runners

Britzka¹⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: S Nolan J: Danny Gilligan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€7.30Pl:€2.50, €2.30, €1.70EX:€40.70Trifecta:€326.10Tricast:€138.96SF:€36.49

Forecasts

Tomas O Maille (4/1), Positive Thinker (5/1), Dorans River (6/1), Conna Cottage (6/1), Penny Jar (15/2), Cullaghs Star (8/1), Whatsyourstatus (14/1), Drumcliff (16/1), Ounce Of Gold (16/1), Broken Bond (18/1), General Maximus (20/1), Britzka (25/1), The Great White (28/1), Western Dreaming (40/1), Courthill (125/1)

OUNCE OF GOLD ran well considering he was left with plenty to do on his Punchestown handicap debut back in June and there are certainly races to be won with him on that evidence. Whatsyourstatus and Penny Jar head the opposition.

OUNCE OF GOLD (IRE)
WHATSYOURSTATUS (IRE)
PENNY JAR (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Oskar High

Weight: 10-4 |Age: 10

J: Shane O'Callaghan | T: N Lee

11/8

Prize Money

1st: €6,900.002nd: €2,300.003rd: €1,150.004th: €575.005th: €345.006th: €231.00