CORK (12 Jun 2005)

Good To Firm

4:35 Low Low Novice Hurdle (5yo+)

[off 4:35] £8,331.21, £1,941.13, £856.03, £494.33 2m4f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Robert D T Hughes 6 11-4 P W Flood(3) 9/2 104 — —

2 2½ Alpha Royale C Byrnes 5 11-6 b J Culloty 7/4F — —

3 12 Incidential Mrs John Harrington 5 11-6 T P Treacy 5/1 — —

4 nk Faayej K J Condon 5 11-6 D J Condon 4/1 — —

5 6 Terinka Michael C Connell 5 10-8 W Slattery 33/1 — —

6 Amber Light David A Kiely 5 10-8 P Flynn 33/1 — —

7 Good Old Days Miss Elizabeth Doyle 6 11-7 M D Grant 14/1 98 — —

8 Supreme Deal Gerard J O´Keeffe 5 10-13 B M Cash 25/1 — —

9 Big Bold Ben Annette McMahon 6 10-11 A P Lane(3) 50/1 — —

10 Renepogel Daniel O´Connell 6 10-11 J M Allen(3) 33/1 — —

UR Shouette John Joseph Murphy 5 10-1 W O Callaghan(7) 10/1 95 — —

UR Annienoora John E Kiely 5 10-1 M J Ferris(7) 10/1 — —

12 ran TIME 4m 45.90s TOTAL SP 130%

NON RUNNER: Sundeck (FR)

1st OWNER: K F McNulty BRED: Mrs K Purfield TRAINER: D T Hughes

2nd OWNER: Anywhere But Home Syndicate

3rd OWNER: J J Parkinson

TOTE WIN £5.30 PL £2.60, £1.50, £1.90; Ex £13.50; CSF £14.10

ANALYSIS: Looking every inch a chaser in the making, ROBERT made it two in a row over hurdles with a good performance here. He disputed the leas for much of the way and after being pressed by the runner-up from three out, he settled the issue with a fine big leap at the final hurdle.

Trainer Dessie Hughes: "He's a summer ground horse and will be going to Galway before starting off over fences about September time."

Alpha Royale, a six length winner of a Ballinrobe maiden over this trip on his previous start, was encountering faster ground here. He moved into second place before three out and soon had every chance before the winner outjumped him at the last.

Incidential, winner of a maiden over this distance at Clonmel on his previous start, also had every chance but he appeared held in third place when he made a mistake two out from where he could make no impression on the first two.

Faayej, successful over the trip on yielding ground at Wexford last month, shared the lead with the winner. He was being ridden along well before three out and was unable to raise his effort from there.