Downpatrick (IRE)
18:50
Randox Mares Handicap Hurdle
Downpatrick (IRE) Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 Distance: 2m1½f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €8.20 Place: €2.30 €1.50 €1.90 Exacta: €32 Tricast: €93.65 Trifecta: €125.50
Non-Runners: Flyaway Maggie (reserve), Mater Matuta (unsuitable ground), Social Distancing (reserve)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Return To Base (IRE) 8 M AVG Gordon Elliott 165 lbs 6/1 Won Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 3 out - soon went fourth and pushed along - kept on disputing second last - ridden to lead home turn - clear inside final 110yds(op 7/1 tchd 15/2)
2nd 7 Theonewedreamof (IRE) 5 M AVG Gavin Cromwell 154 lbs 3/1F 1.75 Midfield - nudged along towards rear halfway - headway into midfield 2 out - soon pushed along - went fourth last - ran on well and went second final 110yds - no match for winner(op 9/4 tchd 100/30)
3rd 4 Will You Win (IRE) 9 M Poor Oliver McKiernan 152 lbs 9/2 3 Led - clear 2nd - 8 lengths ahead halfway - reduced lead 2 out - pushed along and 2 lengths ahead last - ridden and headed home turn - lost third final 110yds(op 8/1 tchd 9/1)
4th 2 Splashing Out (IRE) 7 M AVG Eoin Griffin 160 lbs 11/2 2.5 Took keen hold - prominent - went third 3 out - chased clear leader going easily after 2 out - pushed along disputing second last - ridden and weakened run-in(op 4/1)
5th 13 Danesfort Mayfly (IRE) 7 M Poor W J Lanigan 146 lbs 4/1 5.5 Prominent - lost position and pushed along after 4 out - not fluent 2 out - some headway approaching last - kept on run-in - not reach leaders(op 11/2)
6th 8 Cool Croi (IRE) N/A Poor Gordon Elliott 145 lbs 33/1 4.5 Towards rear - good headway and in touch with leaders halfway - dropped to midfield 3 out - kept on from last - never on terms(op 28/1)
7th 3 Lady Iseult (IRE) 7 M Poor Dermot A McLoughlin 157 lbs 28/1 3 Didn't jump with fluency - towards rear - some headway 2 out - ridden and kept on run-in - never near to challenge(op 25/1)
8th 6 Game And Glory (IRE) 9 M Poor P J Rothwell 150 lbs 8/1 1 Raced in second - 8 lengths down halfway - pushed along and lost second after 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 9/1 tchd 15/2)
9th 5 She's Tobias (IRE) 8 M Poor
E Walsh (5)lbs
Ciaran Murphy 151 lbs 10/1 13 Towards rear of midfield - pushed along after 3 out - ridden and no extra from 2 out(op 8/1 tchd 7/1)
10th 11 Presenting Beeper (IRE) N/A Poor Dermot A McLoughlin 143 lbs 66/1 18 Towards rear throughout - pushed along after 4 out - detached from 2 out(op 33/1)
11th 10 Deo Bellator (IRE) 10 M Poor S Michael Millar 142 lbs 50/1 1.5 Took keen hold - midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 2nd - went third 3rd - nudged along and lost position 3 out - soon weakened(op 40/1)
12th 12 Bint Alsarab (IRE) N/A Poor E D Delany 141 lbs 40/1 25 In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield halfway - pushed along before 3 out - weakened quickly before 2 out(op 33/1)