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Sunday January 11 2009
Race Result Leopardstown 13:45 - Result
Leopardstown Handicap Chase
€162000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 5f, €105462 penalty, 10 ran
Going: Yielding (Chase - Yielding to Soft)
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 40.1s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Schindlers Hunt (IRE) 11-4 P W Flood D T Hughes 9 16/1
  chased leaders, 4th halfway, headway in close 3rd 6 out, led before next, ridden clear entering straight, kept on well under pressure from last opened 14/1 touched 16/1
2 4 Kilcrea Castle (IRE) 10-5 J J Doyle P M J Doyle 7 11/2
  tracked leaders, 5th halfway, 3rd from 4 out, ridden 2 out, kept on same pace under pressure opened 6/1 touched 6/1
3 1½ Finger Onthe Pulse (IRE) 10-10 B J Geraghty T J Taaffe 8 7/4 f
  tracked leaders, 2nd from halfway, ridden 2 out, kept on same pace under pressure opened 7/4 touched 15/8
4 ½ Vic Venturi (IRE) 10-11 I J McCarthy (5) D T Hughes 9 6/1
  prominent, 3rd halfway, 6th and ridden 4 out, kept on same pace under pressure from 2 out opened 7/1 touched 7/1
5 hd Mister Top Notch (IRE) 11-10 R Walsh D E Fitzgerald 10 5/1
  mid-division, 7th halfway, smooth headway to 4th before 3 out, ridden in 3rd 2 out, no extra before last, kept on same pace opened 11/2 touched 11/2
6 4 Clew Bay Cove (IRE) 10-1 A P Crowe C A Murphy 9 14/1
  held up in rear, progress into 6th 2 out, ridden into 4th last, no extra run-in opened 16/1 touched 16/1
7 9 Ross River 9-10 R C Colgan A J Martin 13 25/1
  held up towards rear, slight mistake 5th, headway to 6th 3 out, no impression after next opened 25/1 touched 25/1
8 29 Carrigeen Kalmia (IRE) 10-1 Miss E A Lalor (7) R H Lalor 10 25/1
  close up, led after 3rd, jumped right 5th and 6th, headed after 6 out, weakened from before 4 out opened 25/1 touched 25/1
9 1½ Oscar India (IRE) 9-13 A E Lynch H De Bromhead 10 16/1
  prominent, led early, 5th approaching halfway, ridden 4 out, soon lost place, tailed off opened 25/1 touched 25/1
10 ½ Sky's The Limit (FR) 10-6 Andrew J McNamara E J O'Grady 8 5/1
  held up, slight mistake 2nd, weakened from 4 out, tailed off opened 5/1 touched 11/2