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Greenmount Beginners Chase

Limerick · 25 January 2012
  • TypeChase
  • Distance2m 3f 120y
  • GoingHeavy
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners15

Special Token (IRE) (11/8F) won the Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick on 25 January 2012, beating Carrigdhoun (IRE) by 9½ lengths under Martin Ferris for trainer J P O'Keeffe. 15 ran on Heavy going over 2m 3f 120y; the winning time was 5m 42.80s (slow by 1m 8.80s). The winner was the favourite.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 15 — The market

Winner Special Token (IRE)
SP: 11/8 favKTB Rating 123A J: Martin Ferris T: J P O'Keeffe
Won by 9½ lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt KTB Time Prize SP
1st Special Token (IRE) 7m Martin Ferris J P O'Keeffe 11-5 123A 5:42.80 8,280 11/8 fav
2nd Carrigdhoun (IRE) 7g 9½ Andrew J McNamara Edward Stanners 11-12 119A 5:45.18 1,920 6/1
3rd Sea Master (IRE) 8g 2¾ A P Heskin(5) I Madden 11-7 111A 5:45.86 840 20/1
4th Referent (FR) p 7g 2¼ A E Lynch Henry De Bromhead 11-12 113A 5:46.43 480 10/1
5th King Maker (IRE) 8g 7½ David Splaine(7) John Joseph Murphy 11-5 98A 5:48.30 — 12/1
6th Pocketfullapennies (IRE) 6g 6 Phillip Enright John J Walsh 11-12 98A 5:49.80 — 20/1
7th Speedy Tortice (IRE) 8g nk Brian O'Connell Seamus Larkin 11-12 98A 5:49.86 — 66/1
8th Lamb's Cross (GB) 6g 2 M P Butler(5) Eoin Doyle 11-7 91C 5:50.36 — 25/1
9th Lockdown (IRE) b 6g 2¼ Ben Dalton(7) C F Swan 11-5 89C 5:50.93 — 14/1
10th Shesonlyahorse (IRE) 6m 10 B M Cash M McDonagh 11-5 89C 5:53.43 — 33/1
11th Soverign (GB) 7g 3¾ Davy Russell T J Taaffe 11-12 96C 5:54.36 — 8/1
12th Haste Ye Bach (IRE) 9m 3¾ Kevin Coleman John C Shearman 11-5 89C 5:55.30 — 40/1
13th Mickey Monk (IRE) 7g 1¾ Conor Maxwell(3) Paul Stafford 11-9 93C 5:55.74 — 66/1
F William Wordsworth (IRE) 6g — Michael Darcy Sabrina J Harty 11-12 — — — 14/1
F Evesham Star (IRE) 8m — Sean Flanagan Denis Ahern 11-5 — — — 8/1

Winning time 5m 42.80s (slow by 1m 8.80s)

Non-runners Crystal Wave (reserve), Kirbybroguelantern (reserve), Ross Na Righ (ground)

Notes Last fence in back straight omitted. First fence in back straight omitted on second circuit.

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (13 of 15 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

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Quick answers

Who won the Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick in 2012?
Special Token (IRE) won the Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick on 25 January 2012, ridden by Martin Ferris and trained by J P O'Keeffe.
What was the finishing order of the 2012 Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick?
1st Special Token (IRE) (11/8F), 2nd Carrigdhoun (IRE) (6/1), 3rd Sea Master (IRE) (20/1).
What price was the winner of the 2012 Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick?
Special Token (IRE) returned a starting price of 11/8F.
How many horses ran in the 2012 Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick?
15 horses ran in the 2012 Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick. Non-runners: Crystal Wave (reserve), Kirbybroguelantern (reserve), Ross Na Righ (ground).
What was the winning time of the 2012 Greenmount Beginners Chase at Limerick?
The winning time was 5m 42.80s (slow by 1m 8.80s).

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