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Galway (IRE)
18:05
Guinness Beginners Chase
Galway (IRE) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 Distance: 2m2f Type: Chase Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €4.70 Place: €2.10 €1.70 Exacta: €13.60 Trifecta: €267.90
Non-Runners: Birchdale (unsuitable ground), Karl Der Grosse (temperature), Mosstown Miller (ran yesterday), Stormey (cast in box)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Grand Bornand (FR) N/A AVG
W P Mullins 168 lbs 4/1 Won Took keen hold - bumped start - disputed lead - headed but prominent after 3rd - joined leader before 7th - led narrowly 7th - not fluent and briefly headed 5 out - soon disputed lead - headed but prominent going okay 2 out - left clear last - comfortably(op 7/1)
2nd 11 Busselton (FR) 7 G AVG
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 156 lbs 3/1 5.5 Disputed lead early - tracked leaders before 3rd - nudged along on inner after 3 out - left in second and ridden last - kept on but no chance with winner run-in - always held(op 4/1)
3rd 2 Dawn Raider (IRE) N/A Poor
Gary Hanmer 161 lbs 66/1 14 Held up in behind leaders - pushed along after 2 out - left in fourth and carried right last - soon went modest third and ridden - kept on but no impression run-in - no match for first two(op 50/1 tchd 80/1)
4th 3 Flindt (IRE) 7 G Poor
Ciaran Murphy 168 lbs 12/1 16 Held up in behind leaders - towards rear when jumped slightly right 4th - detached when not fluent 4 out - minor headway when kept on and went modest fourth run-in - never near to challenge(op 11/1 tchd 14/1)
5th 5 Gloire d'Athon (FR) 8 G AVG
Henry De Bromhead 168 lbs 16/5 6.5 Disputed lead early - tracked leaders after 3rd - close up 2 out - jumped slightly right when left in third and jockey dropped whip last - soon lost third and weakened - lost fourth run-in(op 11/4 tchd 10/3)
6th 4 Four Courts (IRE) N/A Poor
Brian Francis Cawley 161 lbs 150/1 86 In rear throughout - soon detached - tailed off after 3 out - made no impression (jockey said gelding was flat out all the way)(op 100/1)
99th 9 Russian Diamond (IRE) 7 G Poor
Emmet Mullins 168 lbs 2/1F - Bumped rival start - disputed lead - led narrowly after 3rd - joined before 7th - headed but prominent 7th - led narrowly 5 out - soon joined and disputed lead - slight lead going okay 2 out - every chance when fell last(op 5/4)