Galway (IRE) Races
Galway (IRE)
14:45
Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase
Galway (IRE)
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023
Distance: 2m2f
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Yielding
Surface: Turf
Win: €1.70
Place: €1.10 €5.20 €1.30
Exacta: €27.90
Trifecta: €112.40
Non-Runners: I A Connect (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Hercule Du Seuil (FR) | 7 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 159 lbs | 8/11F | Won | Made virtually all - not fluent 1st - jumped slightly left 5 out - faced challenge 2 out - ridden and clear run-in - stayed on(op 4/6) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Solness (FR) | 6 G | Good | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 159 lbs | 33/1 | 6.5 | Prominent - challenging on inner 2 out - ridden after last - soon no chance with winner but kept on(op 22/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Ballyadam (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Henry De Bromhead | 155 lbs | 6/1 | .5 | Prominent - mistake 1st - went second after 3rd - challenging 2 out - lost second after last - kept on(op 13/2 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Elle Perfecta (IRE) | 9 M | AVG | C A Murphy | 148 lbs | 33/1 | 7.5 | In touch with leaders - outpaced and lost position after last - stayed on and went modest fourth towards finish | ||
| 5th | 9 | Heia (FR) | 6 M | Poor | W P Mullins | 148 lbs | 4/1 | 1.75 | In rear early - in touch with leaders after 5th - not fluent 3 out - brief headway after last - no extra when lost fourth towards finish(op 5/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Tax For Max (GER) | 6 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 155 lbs | 13/2 | 4.5 | In touch with leaders - prominent on near side of group 2 out - weakened after last(tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2) | ||
| 7th | 5 | Lieutenant Highway (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 155 lbs | 33/1 | 89 | Raced in second early - lost second and prominent after 3rd - pushed along briefly when lost position after 6th - towards rear when not fluent 5 out - mistake 4 out - weakened after 3 out - tailed off(op 28/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Choice Of Words (GB) | 6 M | AVG | Martin Brassil | 148 lbs | 18/1 | - | In rear - bad mistake and jockey lost irons briefly 2nd - recovered after 3rd - detached when not fluent 6th - jumped slightly right when not fluent 5 out - pulled up before 3 out(op 14/1 tchd 12/1) |