| Course: CURRAGH | Race date:24/05/08 | Race time:5:20 | Runners:13 |
| Race distance:1m2f | Going:Firm | Winners time:2m 12.66s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bricks And Porter | W M Lordan | C F Swan | 1 | 8-7 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Balakan | R P Cleary | M Halford | 3 | 9-8 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | nk |
| Hassanali | C D Hayes | J T Gorman | 12 | 8-4 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | hd |
| Ridge Boy | N G McCullagh | Mrs John Harrington | 2 | 9-9 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 1¼ |
| King Of Westphalia | J Murtagh | A P O´Brien | 13 | 8-13 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 2/1F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | hd |
| What's Up Doc | Richard Hughes | D T Hughes | 7 | 9-7 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 9/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 1¾ |
| Maidin Moch | K J Manning | J S Bolger | 6 | 8-11 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 2½ |
| Araschan | F M Berry | H Rogers | 8 | 9-1 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | ¾ |
| Bouchard | J A Heffernan | Mrs John Harrington | 11 | 8-13 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | nk |
| Tango Foxtrot | P J Smullen | W P Mullins | 4 | 9-9 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 9/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | nk |
| Lonesome Maverick | P Shanahan | Donal Kinsella | 9 | 9-9 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 9/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | hd |
| Mull On The Run | B A Curtis | Michael McElhone | 15 | 9-7 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | ½ |
| Chakeera | W J Supple | Matthieu Palussiere | 5 | 9-6 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | 1 |
Bricks And Porter chased leaders, 5th halfway, headway to 2nd 1 1/2f out, challenged over 1f out, kept on well to narrow lead last 100yds, all out
Balakan attempted to make all, challenged over 1f out, headed last 100yds, kept on well, no extra close home
Hassanali mid-division, 8th 2f out, ridden in 7th over 1f out, kept on final furlong
Ridge Boy chased leaders, 7th halfway, ridden under 2f out, 6th 1f out, kept on final furlong
King Of Westphalia held up, headway in 8th over 1f out, kept on final furlong
What´s Up Doc chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 5th 2f out, kept on same pace
Maidin Moch chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 3rd 2f out, no extra and weakened 1f out
Araschan towards rear, no impression from 2f out, some late headway final furlong
Bouchard chased leader, 2nd halfway, ridden in 4th over 1f out, soon weakened
Tango Foxtrot mid-division, headway to 6th 3f out, ridden 2f out, soon no impression and weakened
Lonesome Maverick chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and weakened over 3f out
Mull On The Run chased leaders early, lost place before halfway where 9th, no impression before straight
Chakeera always towards rear
Balakan again provedthat at his best he is a very tough and honest horse and was unlucky to be headed. He was at the head of a good clip, still had a couple of lengths turning in and when it seemed he would be swallowed up inside the final furlong he just kept battling backand was only headed on the line.
From 1lb out of the handicap Hassanali ran a big race, and it was somewhat of a surprise how well he handled this ground. Held up out the back, he came with a sustained effort from mid-division over the last furlong and a half and probably would have won with another 50 yards. He ran a bit above his mark and should be capable of winning a handicap of this grade on this evidence.
King Of Westphalia was backed down to a ridiculously short price. He has a couple of hard luck stories in his recent past, but this wasn't really one of them. Held up out the back, he only started to make any real ground well into the straight and came home well. He's not an easy horse to assess at this stage. [JOH]
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