Full Result 4.30 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 26 February 2021

Willie Buckley Memorial Handicap

(4yo+) (1m2f150yds) 1m2½f Standard

1st €9,145 2nd €2,945 3rd €1,395 4th €620 5th €310 6th €155

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	1. Tartlette 15/8F Seamie Heffernan Shane Crawley	Seamie Heffernan Shane Crawley	5	100	90	86	97	–
b m Champs Elysees - Tottie (Fantastic Light)
Held up in rear, shaken up and steady headway when bit short of room over 2f out, switched right and headway up the centre over 1f out, soon ridden, led inside final furlong, clear final 110yds, comfortably (op 2/1 tchd 7/4)

2⁽²⁾ 3¼	8. Blackstone Cliff (IRE) 100/30 Siobhan Rutledge ⁷ John C McConnell	Siobhan Rutledge ⁷ John C McConnell	5	713 ht	68	57	69	–
b g Canford Cliffs (IRE) - D'Addario (IRE) (Galileo)
Took keen hold, towards rear of midfield, steady headway on outer over 4f out, ridden and went second over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left and headed inside final furlong, kept on, no match for winner (op 3/1 tchd 11/4)

3⁽⁸⁾ ½ [3¾]	4. Spelga 9/2 Ronan Whelan M Halford	Ronan Whelan M Halford	5	94 v	80	68	80	–
b g Sir Percy - Emma's Gift (IRE) (Aussie Rules)
Prominent in chasing group, ridden over 2f out, wandered around inside final furlong, no extra inside final 110yds (tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1)

4⁽⁹⁾ 2¼ [6]	2. Tower Of Pisa (FR) 13/2 Alan Persse ⁷ Joseph Patrick O'Brien	Alan Persse ⁷ Joseph Patrick O'Brien	4	90	83	68	80	–
bb f Golden Horn - First Fleet (USA) (Woodman)
Ducked right start, chased clear leader, ridden and lost second over 2f out, outpaced from over 1f out (op 17/2)

5⁽¹⁾ 2¾ [8¾]	6. Landue 22/1 Colin Keane R K Watson	Colin Keane R K Watson	6	92	78	55	69	–
b g Champs Elysees - Time Of Gold (USA) (Banker's Gold)
Towards rear, ridden and outpaced up the centre over 2f out, some headway final 110yds, not reach leaders (op 16/1)

6⁽⁷⁾ ½ [9¼]	7. Approach The City (IRE) 40/1 Shane Foley James McAuley	Shane Foley James McAuley	5	810 1 h¹	72	48	62	–
b g New Approach (IRE) - First City (Diktat)
Took keen hold, prominent in chasing group, ridden over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out (op 25/1)

7⁽⁶⁾ 7 [16¼]	9. Alhajjaj 22/1 Danny Sheehy ⁵ Anthony McCann	Danny Sheehy ⁵ Anthony McCann	8	81 h	68	30	44	–
gr g Cacique (IRE) - Strawberry Morn (CAN) (Travelling Victor)
Led, went clear after 3f, pushed along over 2f out, weakened and headed over 1f out, soon beaten (op 33/1 tchd 50/1)

8⁽⁴⁾ ½ [16¾]	5. Faakhirah (IRE) 6/1 Gavin Ryan Adrian McGuinness	Gavin Ryan Adrian McGuinness	4	92	78	41	54	–
b f Dawn Approach (IRE) - Rawaaq (Invincible Spirit)
Slowly away, raced in last, ridden 3f out, never on terms (vet reported the animal to be lame left-hind post race) (op 5/1)

8 ran Off time: 4:32:08 Winning time: 2m 15.55s (slow by 3.55s) Total SP: 115%
Non-runners: Longclaw (coughing)
1st owner: Eyeroller Syndicate (Tartlette) 1st breeder: J H Richmond-Watson
2nd owner: James C Wallace (Blackstone Cliff)
3rd owner: Paul Rooney (Spelga)
Tote win: €2.90 PL: €1.02 €1.40 €1.70 Ex: €10.10 CSF: €8.04 Tricast: €23.69 Trifecta: €31

4:30 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 26 Feb 2021

Willie Buckley Memorial Handicap