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Sunday January 25 2009
Race Result Leopardstown 14:50 - Result
Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle (grade 1)
€123600 added, 5yo plus, 2m, €80340 penalty, 9 ran
Heavy
Winning Time Winning Time: 4m 03.4s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Brave Inca (IRE) 11-10 R Walsh C A Murphy 11 11/4
  tracked leaders, moderate 4th halfway, closer 4 out, 3rd 3 out, 2nd after 3 out, improved to lead approaching 2 out, ridden entering straight, challenged approaching last, kept on well under pressure run-in opened 9/4 touched 11/4
2 ¾ Muirhead (IRE) 11-10 B J Geraghty N Meade 6 7/2
  mid-division, moderate 6th halfway, headway to 5th 3 out, 4th before 2 out, travelled well to challenged approaching last, ridden and no extra run-in, kept on same pace opened 3/1 touched 7/2
3 7 River Liane (FR) 11-8 P Townend T Cooper 5 9/1
  tracked leaders, moderate 5th halfway, headway to 4th 3 out, improved to 3rd before 2 out, 2nd after 2 out, ridden and no extra before last, kept on same pace in 3rd run-in opened 14/1 touched 14/1
4 10 Sublimity (FR) 11-10 P A Carberry Robert Hennessy 9 2/1 f
  held up towards rear, headway to 6th 3 out, 5th 2 out, ridden in 4th before last, no extra and kept on same pace opened 9/4 touched 9/4
5 4 Hardy Eustace (IRE) 11-10 P W Flood D T Hughes 12 8/1
  tracked leaders, moderate 3rd halfway, closer 4 out, headway to 2nd 3 out, led after 3 out, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, no extra in 3rd entering straight, 5th and kept on one pace from before last opened 8/1 touched 9/1
6 4 Larkwing (IRE) 11-10 D J Casey E McNamara 8 33/1
  rear of mid-division, 7th 3 out, ridden and no impression before 2 out, kept on one pace opened 33/1 touched 33/1
7 9 Beau Michael 11-8 D N Russell A McGuinness 5 14/1
  held up, rear halfway, ridden and no impression after 3 out opened 14/1 touched 16/1
8 19 Swiftmarc (IRE) 11-10 A P Crowe C A Murphy 6 100/1
  chased leader in moderate 2nd, closer 4 out, led before 3 out where mistake, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened before 2 out opened 100/1 touched 100/1
9 dist Allez Petit Luis (FR) 11-10 M M O'Connor C A Murphy 11 125/1
  led and soon clear, reduced advantage 4 out, headed before 3 out, soon weakened and tailed off opened 100/1 touched 125/1
Non-Runners
NR Silent Oscar (IRE) 11-10 R M Power H Rogers 10