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Sunday November 30 2008
Race Result Fairyhouse 14:10 - Result
Bar One Racing Hatton's Grace Hurdle (grade 1)
€90000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f, €58500 penalty, 8 ran
Going: Soft, Soft/Heavy in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 21.s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Catch Me (GER) 11-10 Andrew J McNamara E J O'Grady 6 7/4 f
  held up, headway to 4th 3 out, 3rd 2 out, challenged after 2 out, narrowly led last and mistake, kept on well under pressure run-in, strongly pressed, asserted close home opened 2/1 touched 2/1
2 1½ Brave Inca (IRE) 11-10 D N Russell C A Murphy 10 12/1
  tracked leaders, mistake 3rd, 3rd halfway, slight mistake 6th, headway to 2nd before 3 out, challenged before 2 out where led narrowly, strongly pressed before last where headed, rallied well run-in, no extra close home opened 11/1 touched 12/1
3 7 Hardy Eustace (IRE) 11-10 P W Flood D T Hughes 11 4/1
  led, ridden and headed 2 out, remained challenging, no extra in 3rd last, kept on same pace run-in opened 7/2 touched 4/1
4 ½ Aitmatov (GER) 11-10 N P Madden N Meade 7 11/1
  chased leaders early, 6th halfway, headway to 4th before 3 out, ridden entering straight, no extra in 4th before last where mistake, kept on same pace opened 9/1 touched 11/1
5 1 Muirhead (IRE) 11-10 P Carberry N Meade 5 11/2
  held up in rear, closer in 6th entering straight, ridden in 5th and mistake 2 out, no extra before last, kept on same pace opened 7/1 touched 7/1
6 11 Kazal (FR) 11-10 B J Geraghty E Griffin 7 4/1
  chased leader in 2nd, ridden in 3rd 3 out, no extra in 5th entering straight, soon weakened opened 4/1 touched 9/2
7 9 Convincing 11-10 R M Power J J Murphy 5 66/1
  mid-division, 5th halfway, ridden in 6th approaching 3 out, no extra and weakened entering straight opened 66/1 touched 66/1
8 26 Sweet Kiln (IRE) 11-5 T J Doyle M J Bowe 9 16/1
  chased leaders, mistake 2nd, 4th halfway, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off opened 16/1 touched 16/1