Full Result 4.25 Thurles (IRE) | 26 October 2006

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(5yo+) 2m6f Yielding To Soft 14 hurdles

1st €13,020 2nd €3,820 3rd €1,820 4th €620

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	6. Strong Project (IRE) 7/1 John Allen Sean O O'Brien	John Allen Sean O O'Brien	10	110	–	137	140	–
ch g Project Manager - Hurricane Girl (IRE) (Strong Gale)
Led, strongly pressed and headed before 3 out, soon on terms again, stayed on best run-in to edge ahead close home

2 hd	7. Wild Passion (GER) EvensF Paul Carberry Noel Meade	Paul Carberry Noel Meade	6	110	–	136	140	–
b g Acatenango (GER) - White On Red (GER) (Konigsstuhl)
Always prominent, closer in 2nd approaching 5 out, led before 3 out, soon joined, kept on same pace run-in, headed close home, just failed (op 4/5)

3 3½ [3¾]	3. Barrow Drive 9/1 Barry Geraghty Anthony Mullins	Barry Geraghty Anthony Mullins	10	110 t	–	133	137	–
b g Gunner B - Fille De Soleil (Sunyboy)
Tracked leader in 2nd, slight mistake 5th, 3rd approaching 5 out, dropped to moderate 4th and ridden before 3 out, 5th 2 out, ran on well without threatening from before last to go 3rd run-in (op 8/1)

4 3½ [7¼]	1. Strangely Brown (IRE) 9/4 B C Byrnes ³ E McNamara	B C Byrnes ³ E McNamara	5	117	149	140	143	–
b g Second Empire (IRE) - Damerela (IRE) (Alzao)
Chased leaders, mainly 4th, no impression under pressure from after 4 out, went moderate 3rd before next, kept on same pace and dropped to 4th again run-in (op 11/4)

5 4 [11¼]	2. Ray Boy (IRE) 14/1 Conor O'Dwyer P C O'Connor	Conor O'Dwyer P C O'Connor	7	116	130	132	135	–
bb g Oscar (IRE) - Cappagale (IRE) (Strong Gale)
Mid-division, moderate 5th after 4 out, soon no impression under pressure, 4th next, kept on same pace and dropped to 5th from before last (op 12/1)

6 10 [21¼]	4. Dublin Hunter (IRE) 50/1 Conor Maxwell ⁷ D T Hughes	Conor Maxwell ⁷ D T Hughes	10	107	108	117	119	–
br g Treasure Hunter - Cutty Sark I (Strong Gale)
Soon in mid-division, moderate 6th after 4 out, soon no impression under pressure, kept on same pace

7 dist [51¼]	9. Taipology (IRE) 100/1 Martin Mooney ³ Miss A M Winters	Martin Mooney ³ Miss A M Winters	6	107	–	–	–	–
b g Taipan (IRE) - I'm Happy Now (IRE) (Torus)
Towards rear for most, tailed off

8 5 [56¼]	5. Slyguff Rory (IRE) 25/1 Martin Ferris ⁵ Michael McCullagh	Martin Ferris ⁵ Michael McCullagh	8	109	–	–	–	–
ch g Fourstars Allstar (USA) - Slyguff Rosey (IRE) (Roselier)
Tracked leaders early, dropped to moderate 7th approaching 5 out, soon no danger, tailed off

9 3 [59¼]	10. The Paddy Premium (IRE) 100/1 John Cullen M A Molloy	John Cullen M A Molloy	6	1010 t	–	–	–	–
b g Glacial Storm (USA) - Miss Cripps (IRE) (Lafontaine I)
Mid-division, moderate 6th when slight peck 5 out, soon no danger, tailed off

10 11 [70¼]	8. Annazar (IRE) 100/1 Robert Dunne ⁷ Mrs Anne Derwin	Robert Dunne ⁷ Mrs Anne Derwin	7	103	–	–	–	–
b g Inzar (USA) - The Noble Sprite (IRE) (The Noble Player)
Mid-division best, towards rear and no danger from after 6 out, tailed off

11 dist [100¼]	11. Cooney (IRE) 100/1 Davy Condon V T O'Brien	Davy Condon V T O'Brien	6	105 t	–	–	–	–
b m High Roller (IRE) - Missile Maggie (Cruise Missile)
Always behind, completely tailed off

PU	12. Lady Kippins (IRE) 100/1 Niall P Madden Michael McElhone	Niall P Madden Michael McElhone	5	105	–	–	–	–
b m Legal Pressure (USA) - Starling Lake (IRE) (Tremblant I)
Chased leaders early, dropped to rear and lost touch from 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 5 out

12 ran Off time: 4:25:00 Winning time: 5m 31.80s (slow by 9.80s) Total SP: 121%
1st owner: J Patrick O'Brien (Strong Project) 1st breeder: John J Buckley
2nd owner: D P Sharkey (Wild Passion)
3rd owner: Anthony Lenihan (Barrow Drive)
Tote win: €11.20 PL: €3.70 €1.10 €1.20 Ex: €19.70 CSF: €15.17

4:25 Thurles (IRE) 26 Oct 2006

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