RACE REPORT

Meeting: Leopardstown

Date: 26/01/03

Going: yielding to soft

Winnings: £7,616

Race: Tote Account Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 2m

1st

 Back In Front

 4/7f

11.12 

2nd

 Arch Stanton

 8/1

11.8 

3rd

 Lost Time

 7/1

11.12 

Distances: 3/4, 4½

Time: 4m 12.40s

Ran: 17

Trainer: E J O' Grady

Jockey: N Williamson

Owner: D Cox

 A decent maiden hurdle saw Back In Front justify his short price in good style although he had to be put to the test by Arch Stanton on the run in. A dual bumper winner who had run third in the Cheltenham Festival Bumper last year, the winner had made a very encouraging start over hurdles when second in a Grade 1 event at Fairyhouse early last month.
Here he arrived travelling well to lead at the last and, while he had to be kept up to his task to see off the challenge of the runner-up, he was always in control of the situation. As he had been held up since his previous run, improvement can be expected and if he is to have another run before the Supreme Novices at Cheltenham the Deloitte & Touche Hurdle back here on February 9 would appear the most likely race for him

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