R4 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 12 February 2017 |
Deloitte Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) G1 5U NHDLE ($127,540), 3621m 4:32.80 |
FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 1. BACARDYS (FR) 6yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS MR P W MULLINS | 74.5 $13.00 | |||||||
COASTAL PATH (GB) - OASICE (FR) | ||||||||||
SHANAKIEL RACING SYNDICATE | 2nd | 7. BUNK OFF EARLY (IRE) 5yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 74.0 $6.50 | ||||||
ZEBEDEE (GB) - CTESIPHON (USA) | ||||||||||
SUPREME HORSE RACING CLUB | 3rd | 6. BRELADE (GB) 5yo Gelding | GORDON ELLIOTT B J GERAGHTY | 74.0 $9.00 | ||||||
PRESENTING (GB) - POLIVALENTE (FR) | ||||||||||
D P SHARKEY | ||||||||||
4th | 2. BLOOD CRAZED TIGER (IRE) 6yo Gelding | GORDON ELLIOTT D J MULLINS | 74.5 $13.00 | |||||||
5th | 10. BARRA (FR) 6yo Mare | GORDON ELLIOTT JACK W KENNEDY | 71.0 $8.00 | |||||||
6th | 8. CHATEAU CONTI (FR) 5yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS MR M P FOGARTY | 74.0 $13.00 | |||||||
7th | 3. BRAVISSIMO (FR) 6yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS MS K WALSH | 74.5 $17.00 | |||||||
8th | 9. RIVEN LIGHT (IRE) 5yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS D E MULLINS | 74.0 $15.00 | |||||||
9th | 4. GUNNERY SERGEANT (IRE) 6yo Gelding | NOEL MEADE MR S W FLANAGAN | 74.5 $29.00 | |||||||
10th | 5. SATURNAS (FR) 6yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS R WALSH | 74.5 $2.25 |
Bacardys fares the best of six Willie Mullins runners in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle to triumph in the Grade 1 contest under jockey Patrick Mullins at Leopardstown. Placed in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham and winner of the Aintree equivalent in 2016, the gelding now heads to the Cheltenham Festival in 2017 as one of Ireland's better contenders for novice hurdle honours.