Galway (IRE)
17:25
McDonogh Capital Investments Handicap
Galway (IRE) Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 Distance: 1m4f Type: Flat Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €3 Place: €1.20 €1.50 €3.50 Exacta: €10.30 Tricast: €60.53 Trifecta: €102.40
Non-Runners: All In Peder (reserve), Expound (unsuitable ground), Global Export (reserve), Luke Short (unsuitable ground), Mads Black Eights (unsuitable ground), No Thanks (unsuitable ground), One Cool Poet (unsuitable ground), Oranmore (reserve), Wasthatok (vet's advice), Wild Dollar (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Mon Coeur (IRE) 9 G Poor Joseph G Murphy 142 lbs 2/1F Won Prominent - ridden and went second over 1f out - led inside final furlong - kept on well(op 15/8 tchd 7/4)
2nd 17 Granville Street (IRE) 5 G AVG Ciaran Murphy 137 lbs 3/1 1.5 Pressed leader - led over 2f out - soon ridden - headed inside final furlong - no extra towards finish
3rd 1 Herculaneum (IRE) 6 G AVG Noel C Kelly 135 lbs 12/1 .75 Held up in midfield - headway over 4f out - ridden when short of room over 1f out - kept on(op 14/1 tchd 16/1)
4th 4 Razdan (IRE) 7 G Poor Chris Timmons 137 lbs 11/2 5.5 Slowly into stride - took keen hold - soon midfield - ridden and headway on outer over 1f out - soon hung right - no extra inside final furlong (jockey said gelding lugged right around the bend)(tchd 13/2)
5th 14 Wrecking Ball Paul (IRE) 6 G Poor Paul Mulligan 125 lbs 33/1 .5 Took keen hold - held up in rear - headway after 3f - ridden over 2f out - soon outpaced - kept on final 110yds(op 25/1)
6th 8 Oriole (GB) 5 M AVG Ian Patrick Donoghue 138 lbs 22/1 0.3 Took keen hold - held up in midfield - ridden and headway over 2f out - hampered over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong (jockey said filly was tight for room in the straight)(op 20/1 tchd 18/1 and tchd 28/1)
7th 2 Molly's Gamble (IRE) 3 F AVG Mrs Denise Foster 135 lbs 10/1 1.75 Slowly into stride - in rear - ridden over 2f out - kept on inside final furlong - never on terms(op 8/1)
8th 16 Desert Wind (IRE) 8 G Poor Luke Comer 132 lbs 40/1 1 Held up in rear - ridden 2f out - never dangerous(op 28/1 tchd 25/1)
9th 5 Banned (GB) 4 F Poor Joseph Patrick O'Brien 140 lbs 9/1 2 Slowly into stride - in rear - ridden over 2f out - never dangerous(op 10/1 tchd 11/1)
10th 10 Dark Note (GB) 6 G Poor Andrew Slattery 136 lbs 7/1 3 Led but pestered - ridden and headed over 2f out - weakened final furlong(op 9/1 tchd 13/2)
11th 6 In Favour (GB) 7 H Poor Luke Comer 135 lbs 66/1 37 Prominent - ridden over 4f out - weakened and eased over 2f out(op 40/1 tchd 33/1 and tchd 80/1)