Result 14:00 · Naas (IRE)

Nursery Of Champions Handicap

Handicap1mGood4yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 1m 38.23s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Independent Expert (IRE)	Jack Kearney	Stephen Thorne	—	3.12	3.38
2	Killeaney Bear (IRE)	Andrew Slattery	Andrew Slattery	3¾L	8.50	9.60
3	Instant Appeal (GB)	Shane Foley	Mrs John Harrington	5½L	6.50	7.03
4	Nakasero (IRE)	W J Lee	Henry De Bromhead	6½L	4.33	4.97
5	Neo Smart (IRE)	Declan McDonogh	J S Bolger	9¼L	7.50	9.23
6	Cheers Again (GB)	Robert Whearty	Paul W Flynn	9¾L	17.0	23.0
7	Grey Leader (IRE)	Gary Carroll	Joseph G Murphy	12L	17.0	21.8
8	Monasterboice (IRE)	Colin Keane	Noel Meade	12¼L	11.0	14.0

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1 (6)

Monasterboice (IRE) p

4yo · 10-2 · OR 92

112380 J Colin Keane T Noel Meade —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Mar 25	Curragh	1m	Soft	—	24/27	25½L	41.0
20 Oct 24	Leopardstown	1m	Heavy	—	8/8	18L	8.00
24 Sep 24	Listowel	1m	Yielding	—	3/9	2¾L	5.00

3 wins from 15 · placed 9

Won 3 of 7 at around this trip

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2 (8)

Grey Leader (IRE) h

5yo · 10-0 · OR 90

053515 J Gary Carroll T Joseph G Murphy —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Aug 24	Galway	7f	Heavy	—	5/16	3½L	5.50
01 Aug 24	Galway	1m 110y	Yielding	—	1/17	—	11.0
15 Jul 24	Killarney	1m	Good	—	5/8	2¾L	2.10

4 wins from 13 · placed 6

Won 3 of 9 at around this trip

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3 (1)

Independent Expert (IRE)

6yo · 9-5 · OR 86

300674 J Jack Kearney T Stephen Thorne —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Apr 25	Gowran Park	7f	Heavy	—	4/9	3½L	4.00
16 Mar 25	Curragh	1m	Soft	—	7/27	7½L	17.0
20 Oct 24	Leopardstown	1m	Heavy	—	6/8	12¾L	29.0

5 wins from 38 · placed 15

Won 2 of 20 at around this trip

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4 (5)

Cheers Again (GB)

6yo · 9-5 · OR 84

330408 J Robert Whearty T Paul W Flynn —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 May 25	Cork	7f	Good	—	8/9	6½L	3.50
16 Mar 25	Curragh	1m	Soft	—	23/27	24¾L	19.0
21 Feb 25	Dundalk	1m	Standard	—	4/11	1¾L	3.25

3 wins from 18 · placed 6

Won 3 of 11 at around this trip

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Instant Appeal (GB) t

4yo · 9-6 · OR 82

2310 J Shane Foley T Mrs John Harrington —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Apr 25	Leopardstown	1m 2f	Good	—	10/15	10L	6.00
06 Sep 23	Gowran Park	7f	Good	—	1/8	—	5.00
01 Jul 23	Curragh	7f	Good	—	3/13	3¾L	9.50

1 win from 4 · placed 3

1 run at around this trip without a win

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6 (7)

Killeaney Bear (IRE)

4yo · 9-0 · OR 76

611732 J Andrew Slattery T Andrew Slattery —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 May 25	Cork	2m 1f 110y	Good	—	2/16	1¾L	6.00
14 Oct 24	Roscommon	1m 2f 110y	Soft	—	3/5	5½L	12.0
23 Sep 24	Listowel	1m 1f	Good	—	7/11	4¾L	5.00

3 wins from 13 · placed 5

3 runs at around this trip without a win

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7 (2)

Nakasero (IRE)

4yo · 9-0 · OR 76

413621 J W J Lee T Henry De Bromhead —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Dec 24	Dundalk	1m	Standard	—	1/14	—	3.75
06 Nov 24	Dundalk	1m	Standard	—	2/7	shd	2.20
27 Aug 24	Bellewstown	1m	Good To Yielding	—	6/15	6¼L	5.50

2 wins from 11 · placed 5

Won 2 of 8 at around this trip

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Neo Smart (IRE) t

4yo · 8-13 · OR 75

807415 J Declan McDonogh T J S Bolger —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 May 25	Leopardstown	1m 2f	Good	—	5/10	6¾L	6.00
12 Apr 25	Curragh	7f	Good	—	1/13	—	5.00
30 Mar 25	Leopardstown	1m	Good	—	4/17	1¾L	11.0

2 wins from 18 · placed 4

4 runs here without a win

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