Galway (IRE)
15:30
Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase
Galway (IRE) Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2023 Distance: 2m2f Type: Chase Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €30 Place: €7.10 €1.80 €2.80 Exacta: €304.50 Tricast: €1997.04
Non-Runners: Dollar Value (coughing), Mr Saxobeat (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 11 Fighting Fit (GB) 10 G AVG J P Dempsey 135 lbs 33/1 Won Towards rear - pushed along and headway on inner 2 out - ridden and led narrowly home turn - faced challenge inside final furlong - kept on well (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had pulled up the last day after jumping poorly in what was his first run back after a fall; he felt that he may have lost his confidence a bit so he gave him a break and freshened him up)(op 25/1)
2nd 8 Barnacullia (IRE) 6 G Poor Michael Mulvany 145 lbs 11/2 .5 Towards rear of midfield - headway on inner and in touch with leaders after 3 out - went second home turn - challenging and went clear with winner inside final furlong - kept on well(op 6/1 tchd 5/1)
3rd 12 Pats Choice (IRE) 6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 135 lbs 10/1 15 Midfield - headway from last - ran on towards far side run-in - went third towards finish - no match for first two(tchd 11/1)
4th 2 Mt Leinster (IRE) 10 G AVG W P Mullins 162 lbs 11/2 4 Prominent - led after 4th - mistake and headed 4 out - weakened from last(op 6/1 tchd 15/2)
5th 9 Roseys Hollow (IRE) 9 M Poor Jonathan Sweeney 142 lbs 17/2 0.2 Midfield - mistake 2nd - headway and in touch with leaders before 2 out - went fourth last - no extra and lost fourth towards finish(tchd 15/2)
6th 7 Vado Forte (FR) 10 G Poor Ross O'Sullivan 146 lbs 10/1 .75 In touch with leaders on inner - prominent 3 out - led last - headed after last - weakened run-in(op 9/1)
7th 13 Charlie Stout (IRE) 11 G Poor Shane Nolan 135 lbs 33/1 8 Led - headed after 4th - prominent until weakened from last(tchd 40/1)
8th 14 Benefit Run (IRE) 11 G Poor Ross O'Sullivan 140 lbs 50/1 13 Prominent - led narrowly after 4 out - jumped slightly left 2 out - headed last - soon weakened(op 33/1)
9th 6 Hubrisko (FR) 7 G AVG W P Mullins 152 lbs 5/2F 29 Kicked before start - midfield - not fluent 3rd - headway 5th - not fluent 2 out - weakened from last - eased run-in (vet said gelding had a haematoma on his right fore elbow and to have abrasions to his right fore cannon)(op 9/4)
10th 5 Hereditary Rule (IRE) 10 G AVG John C McConnell 150 lbs 12/1 18 Prominent - lost position before 2 out - soon no extra - eased home turn(op 11/1 tchd 17/2)
11th 4 Embittered (IRE) 10 G AVG Joseph Patrick O'Brien 150 lbs 14/1 0.1 Prominent - dropped to midfield after 4th - dropped to rear and reminders after 6th - detached after 3 out - eased home turn(op 9/1)
12th 1 Sole Pretender (IRE) 9 G AVG Norman Lee 159 lbs 15/2 39 Slowly away - in rear - brief headway 4 out - weakened quickly from last - eased home turn - tailed off - fatally injured(op 9/1 tchd 10/1)