Result 13:40 · Cork (IRE)

Paddy Power Acca Insurance Irish EBF Novice Hurdle ()

Listed3mSoft4yo+ · 5 ran

Result

Official · time 6m 27.40s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Cracking Smart (FR)	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott	—	2.25	2.48
2	Robin Des Foret (IRE)	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	8½L	3.25	3.67
3	Fabulous Saga (FR)	R Walsh	W P Mullins	13¼L	3.25	3.25
4	High Nellie (IRE)	Brian Hayes	Michael J Bowe	66¼L	51.0	195.5
PU	Balakani (FR)	Andrew Ring	M F Morris	—	34.0	127.5

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Fabulous Saga (FR)

5yo · 11-4

122112 J R Walsh T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Oct 17	Limerick	2m 5f	Soft	—	2/7	7L	1.73
13 Sep 17	Listowel	2m 4f	Heavy	—	1/3	—	1.61
14 Aug 17	Ballinrobe	2m 5f 110y	Yielding	—	1/11	—	1.44

3 wins from 7 · placed 7

1 run here without a win

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Robin Des Foret (IRE)

7yo · 11-4 · OR 142

121211 J Paul Townend T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Oct 17	Limerick	2m 5f	Soft	—	1/7	—	4.50
26 Aug 17	Killarney	2m 6f	Good	—	1/7	—	2.50
03 Aug 17	Galway	2m 4f 110y	Yielding	—	2/6	½L	5.00

6 wins from 10 · placed 9

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Cracking Smart (FR) t

5yo · 11-0

211 J Jack Kennedy T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Oct 17	Punchestown	2m 4f	Yielding To Soft	—	1/22	—	1.57
18 Apr 17	Fairyhouse	2m	Good To Yielding	—	1/11	—	2.62
11 Feb 17	Naas	2m 3f	Soft	—	2/24	1¾L	15.0

2 wins from 3 · placed 3

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Balakani (FR)

4yo · 10-13 · OR 123

511 J Andrew Ring T M F Morris —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Oct 17	Limerick	2m 2f	Soft	—	1/3	—	9.00
26 Aug 17	Killarney	2m 1f	Good	—	1/17	—	10.0
05 May 17	Cork	2m	Good	—	5/19	16L	26.0

2 wins from 3 · placed 2

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High Nellie (IRE)

7yo · 10-7 · OR 114

142244 J Brian Hayes T Michael J Bowe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Oct 17	Wexford	2m 4f	Heavy	—	4/4	6½L	13.0
15 Oct 17	Cork	3m	Yielding To Soft	—	4/6	9¾L	11.0
30 Sep 17	Gowran Park	3m	Soft To Heavy	—	2/14	10L	34.0

1 win from 26 · placed 10

Won 1 of 11 at around this trip

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