| R2 IRE - THURLES | 22 January 2023 |
| Horse & Jockey Hotel Chase (Grade 2) G2 6U CHSE ($57,390), 4095m 5:17.90 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 2. FAKIR D'OUDAIRIES (FR) 8yo Gelding | JOSEPH O'BRIEN J J SLEVIN | 75.5 $2.75 | |||||||
| KAPGARDE (FR) - NIAGARIA DU BOIS (FR) | ||||||||||
| JOHN P MCMANUS | 2nd | 4. FRENCH DYNAMITE (FR) 8yo Gelding | M F MORRIS D J O'KEEFFE | 72.5 $6.50 | ||||||
| KENTUCKY DYNAMITE (USA) - MATNIE (FR) | ||||||||||
| ROBCOUR | 3rd | 1. CHACUN POUR SOI (FR) 11yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 75.5 $3.25 | ||||||
| POLICY MAKER (IRE) - KRUSCYNA (FR) | ||||||||||
| MRS S RICCI | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5. LIFETIME AMBITION (IRE) 8yo Gelding | MRS J HARRINGTON RACHAEL BLACKMORE | 72.5 $9.50 | |||||||
| 5th | 3. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS (IRE) 11yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS DANIEL E. MULLINS | 73.5 $21.00 | |||||||
| 99th | 6. HAUT EN COULEURS (FR) 6yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS BRYAN J COOPER | 71.0 $7.50 | |||||||
Fakir D’oudairies seized the opportunity to go one better than last season and claim an incident-packed renewal of Horse & Jockey Hotel Chase at Thurles. Joseph O’Brien’s gelding finished second behind Allaho last term and was the 7-4 favourite on his return to the track under JJ Slevin.
