Thursday 14 December · Naas, Eire
13:45 Care At Home Services Mares Maiden Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 0f 0y
- Going
- Soft
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 12500
- Runners
- 17
Race preview
Willie Mullins' Crack The Sky was green on debut at Gowran Park when beaten 10 lengths into second, but should improve for the run. The form of that race hasn't been franked to date, though, so she is swerved for the time being. ONLY BY NIGHT is in good hands and her chance has to be respected as she was last seen winning a Listed mares' bumper at Navan. As a former point-to-point winner, hurdles shouldn't inconvenience her. Gallimh A Run was smart in bumper company in winning at Thurles and this track before finishing sixth in a Grade 2 mares' bumper at Aintree. An absolute plethora of winners have come out of that Liverpool contest, so she is a major player. Magic Dawn bled in that bumper in Aintree and finished out the back. There was merit in her fourth place on hurdle debut at Navan last month, though.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only By Night | F/F13-11 | Keith Donoghue | G P Cromwell | 11 7 | 2-5 | |
| 2 | Mi Lucky Cailin | 169-75 | J S McGarvey | W J McLernon | 11 7 | 40-1 | |
| 3 | Crack The Sky | 2 | Paul Townend | W P Mullins | 11 7 | 11-2 | |
| 4 | New York Style | 2-0 | Mark Walsh | H De Bromhead | 11 7 | 28-1 | |
| 5 | Gaillimh A Run | 53116- | A P Heskin | J Queally | 11 7 | 13-2 | |
| 6 | Millyupdahilly | Mr N McParlan | Gerald Quinn | 11 7 | 100-1 | ||
| 7 | A Great Buzz | 07 | Phillip Enright | R Tyner | 11 7 | 125-1 | |
| 8 | Seren Ni | Mark McDonagh | E J O'Grady | 11 7 | 150-1 | ||
| 9 | Backfromtheraces | 5 | J P O'Sullivan | P J Rothwell | 11 7 | 150-1 | |
| 10 | You Make Me Smile | 00557-0 | Richard Condon | P A Fahy | 11 7 | 200-1 | |
| 11 | Restless Lady | P | R P Geoghegan | N Lee | 11 7 | 200-1 | |
| 12 | Angelofthemorning | 5/09 | N T Prendergast | D Deacon | 11 7 | 200-1 | |
| 13 | Volez Vous | Sean O'Keeffe | D Deacon | 11 7 | 200-1 | ||
| 14 | Inatosha | U | C Brassil | A McCann | 11 7 | 200-1 | |
| 15 | Good Time Belle | Kieren Buckley | E Cawley | 11 7 | 200-1 | ||
| 16 | Tawny Orange | Jake Coen | A McCann | 11 7 | 200-1 | ||
| - | Magic Dawn | 810-4 | Jack Kennedy | G Elliott | 11 7 | 9-2 |