Good To Yielding

5:45 Blackhills INH Flat Race (4yo+)

[off 5:46] £4,900.71, £1,141.84, £503.55, £290.78 2m

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Sher Why Not C A Murphy 7 11-7 Mr D P Fahy(7) 16/1 — —

2 2½ Bay Venture Andrew Slattery 5 11-7 Mr R P Quinlan(7) 10/1 — —

3 1½ Derrykeel Ms F M Crowley 4 11-6 Mr K E Power(3) 8/1 — —

4 9 Halfback F G Hand 4 11-2 Mr A T Duff(7) 33/1 — —

5 4 Kanekt Lady Michael McElhone 4 11-4 Mr A Fitzgerald 20/1 — —

6 Darc Leader A J McNamara 4 11-2 Mr R P McNamara(7) 20/1 — —

7 Colonel Arthur P M J Doyle 4 11-2 Mr J J Doyle(7) 5/2F — —

8 Twiststickorbuy James Cousins 4 11-2 Mr J P McKeown(7) 25/1 — —

9 Oriel Flyer Mrs John Harrington 6 12-0 Mr P Fahey 14/1 — —

10 Raichu Declan Gillespie 4 11-1 Mr P Cashman(3) 12/1 — —

11 Proud Prankster Thomas Bergin 7 11-7 Miss M M Gannon(7) 25/1 — —

12 Tornado Lady Ms Margaret Mullins 4 10-11 Mr J P O´Farrell(7) 16/1 — —

13 Dunganstown Noel Meade 4 11-6 Miss N Carberry(3) 11/2 — —

14 Peregino Gold David Martin Kelly 6 11-6 Mr P G Murphy(3) 33/1 — —

15 Noel Blanc (FR) M J P O´Brien 4 11-6 Mr D W Cullen(3) 8/1 — —

16 Last Chance Lady John Michael Burke 6 11-2 Mr J M Burke(7) 25/1 — —

17 Midnight Annie Michael McElhone 6 11-9 Mr R Widger 16/1 — —

18 Sheikhman Eoin Griffin 4 11-9 Mr J J Codd 11/2 — —

19 Miss Patsy P Hughes 5 11-4 Miss E Doyle(5) 14/1 — —

20 Bradan Eile Michael J O´Connor 5 11-7 Mr B D Duggan(7) 33/1 — —

21 Memyselfandi Gerard Stack 5 11-2 Mr R M Hennessy(7) 20/1 — —

22 Upton Lady R P O´Keeffe 4 10-11 Mr C J Moran(7) 33/1 — —

23 Taipan Fever Patrick Towey 5 11-6 Mr R Loughran(3) 25/1 — —

24 Hubbly Hurricane Stephen Kelly 4 10-11 Mr D MacAuley(7) 25/1 — —

24 ran TIME 3m 53.60s TOTAL SP 174%

NON RUNNERS: Needless To Say ,Optimus Prime ,Quiet Tom ,Vino Colapso

1st OWNER: R Winterbotham BRED: Robert Winterbotham TRAINER: C A Murphy

2nd OWNER: Felix Quinn

3rd OWNER: M J Hanrahan

TOTE WIN £18.30 PL £3.50, £2.00, £2.20, £9.90; CSF £198.19

JACKPOT Not won.

PLACEPOT Not won.

ANALYSIS: A decent debut winning effort from SHER WHY NOT, who led early in the straight and pulled right away. It's difficult to weigh up the strength of this contest, but his trainer reported afterwards his legs "are like glass" and a winners’ bumper is nextbefore he goes hurdling. Just five of the field had run in point-to-points. The runner-up had won his point-to-point and reappearing from a 214-day absence showed up well with improvement likely to follow.

Derrykeel was held up in touch before taking closer order leaving the back straight. He held every chance turning for home but the winner pulled out more.

Several should be better for this initial experience, including Halfback, Kanekt Lady and Darc Leader.

Colonel Arthur, aDarazari gelding half-brother to a couple of winning hurdlers, raced prominently and led briefly until weakening and his future is over fences.

Twiststickorbuy was doing his best work in the closing stages and is another to take out of the race, while the well-bred Sheikhman never got in a blow.