Full Result 1.45 Thurles (IRE) | 30 October 2003

Holycross Handicap

(0-60, 4yo+) (1m4f110yds) 1m4½f Good To Firm

1st €6,900 2nd €1,600 3rd €700 4th €400

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	6. Near Dunleer (IRE) 8/1 W J Lee ⁵ Michael Hourigan	W J Lee ⁵ Michael Hourigan	8	90	50	–	53	–
b m Soviet Lad (USA) - Clipper Queen (Balidar)
Towards rear, headway over 4f out, 9th 3f out, 4th 1 1/2f out, led 1f out, kept on well

2⁽¹⁰⁾ ½	14. Baltray Queen (IRE) 8/1 P B Beggy ⁷ H Rogers	P B Beggy ⁷ H Rogers	4	76 t	30	–	32	–
b f Midhish - Undisclosed (Vision)
Always prominent, 3rd 5f out, led approaching straight, headed 1f out, kept on well (op 10/1)

3⁽⁵⁾ 1 [1½]	3. Master's Melody (USA) 20/1 Wayne Lordan T J O'Mara	Wayne Lordan T J O'Mara	4	910	55	–	56	–
b c Foxhound (USA) - Rhapsodies (USA) (Affirmed)
Held up, 10th 4f out, headway on outer entering straight, 5th 1 1/2f out, kept on well inside final furlong

4⁽⁴⁾ nk [1¾]	15. Elva Express 5/1 Cathy Gannon ⁵ Joseph Quinn	Cathy Gannon ⁵ Joseph Quinn	4	78	30	–	30	–
ch c Lion Cavern (USA) - Suprematie (FR) (Gay Mecene)
Held up, progress 4f out, 3rd and ridden under 2f out, kept on final furlong (op 9/2)

5⁽⁹⁾ 2 [3¾]	2. Rick (IRE) 4/1F Mick Kinane A J Martin	Mick Kinane A J Martin	5	911	56	–	53	–
ch g Grand Lodge (USA) - Frendly Persuasion (General Assembly)
Tracked leaders in 5th, headway 4f out, 2nd 3f out, ridden straight, no impression from over 1f out (op 5/2)

6⁽¹⁾ 4 [7¾]	11. Lorenzetti (IRE) 12/1 Danny Grant M Flannery	Danny Grant M Flannery	4	85	36	–	28	–
b c General Monash (USA) - Picnic Basket (Pharly)
Slowly into stride and held up towards rear, ran on well on outer from 2f out

7⁽¹¹⁾ ¾ [8½]	8. Red Venus (IRE) 6/1 P Shanahan Seamus Fahey	P Shanahan Seamus Fahey	7	90	45	–	36	–
ch m Perugino (USA) - Reflection Time (IRE) (Fayruz)
Mid-division, 6th after halfway, kept on one pace straight (op 5/1)

8⁽³⁾ 2 [10½]	13. Attalena (IRE) 8/1 Tadhg O'Shea Timothy Doyle	Tadhg O'Shea Timothy Doyle	5	713	30	–	18	–
ch m Eagle Eyed (USA) - Up She Flew (USA) (Executive Pride)
Held up towards rear, kept on one pace from 3f out

9⁽²⁾ 6 [16½]	7. Gallaher's Sister (IRE) 12/1 Fran Berry Donal Hassett	Fran Berry Donal Hassett	6	91	46	–	25	–
b m Dancing Dissident (USA) - Any Excuse (Ahonoora)
Mid-division, progress on outer 5f out, 4th 3f out, no extra straight

10⁽¹²⁾ ½ [17]	1. Island Mint (USA) 25/1 Mr B S Carey ¹⁰ G M O'Neill	Mr B S Carey ¹⁰ G M O'Neill	4	92	57	–	35	–
b f Hennessy (USA) - Mintecy (USA) (Key To The Mint)
2nd and disputed lead, led 5f out, headed approaching straight, soon weakened (op 20/1)

11⁽⁸⁾ 4½ [21½]	12. Persian Return (IRE) 14/1 N G McCullagh Patrick Martin	N G McCullagh Patrick Martin	4	83 1	34	–	6	–
bb g Persian Bold (IRE) - High Return (Last Tycoon)
Mid-division, no extra from 3 1/2f out (op 12/1)

12⁽¹³⁾ 7 [28½]	10. On Coo Lay (IRE) 7/1 R M Burke Denis Quinn	R M Burke Denis Quinn	4	811	42	–	4	–
b f Definite Article - Glass Minnow (IRE) (Alzao)
Tracked leaders in 4th, weakened over 4f out (op 25/1)

13⁽¹⁴⁾ 15 [43½]	4. Or D'Ans (FR) 12/1 Pat Cosgrave ³ Mrs Prunella Dobbs	Pat Cosgrave ³ Mrs Prunella Dobbs	6	96	54	–	–	–
b g Noir Et Or - Sincerement Votre (FR) (Pampabird)
Led and disputed, ridden and headed 5f out, weakened approaching straight (op 10/1)

14⁽⁷⁾ 2 [45½]	5. Rhythm Returns (USA) 14/1 Seamie Heffernan M J Byrne	Seamie Heffernan M J Byrne	4	99 p	54	–	–	–
b g Rhythm (USA) - Astuti (IRE) (Waajib)
Mid-division, weakened over 4f out

15⁽¹⁵⁾ 3½ [49]	9. Yoppari (IRE) 33/1 Declan McDonogh Gerard Keane	Declan McDonogh Gerard Keane	4	812 t	43	–	–	–
b g Zieten (USA) - Hever Golf Mover (Efisio)
Always behind