Downpatrick (IRE)
15:15
Ulster Carpets Maiden Hurdle
Downpatrick (IRE) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €1.40 Place: €1.02 €1.40 €1.10 Exacta: €4.80 Trifecta: €5.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Reverend Hubert (IRE) 6 G AVG C Byrnes 161 lbs 8/15F Won Prominent - pressed leader 1st - good jump and led 4 out - 3 lengths ahead going easily 2 out - went further clear before last - canter(op 8/11)
2nd 7 Ringdufferin (IRE) 6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 9/2 8.5 Took keen hold - led at steady pace - headed and raced in second 4 out - no chance with winner from 2 out - kept on(op 4/1)
3rd 6 Marv Michael (IRE) 6 G AVG Henry De Bromhead 158 lbs 9/4 1.25 In touch with leaders - outpaced before 2 out - soon no chance with winner - not fluent last - kept on
4th 9 Knockaneleigh Girl (IRE) 8 M Poor Declan Queally 151 lbs 66/1 20 In rear - some headway after 5 out - outpaced before 2 out - soon no impression (jockey said mare can be very keen and he rode her to settle and come home well)(op 40/1 tchd 33/1)
5th 3 Farewellchancer (IRE) 7 G Poor Gordon Elliott 151 lbs 50/1 2.75 Midfield - outpaced before 3 out - no impression(op 33/1)
6th 4 Hardy Buck (IRE) 7 G Poor John Joseph Hanlon 158 lbs 150/1 4 Never better than midfield(op 80/1)
7th 8 Rust To Riches (IRE) 8 G Poor Neill McCluskey 151 lbs 50/1 8.5 Raced wide - never better than midfield - mistake 5 out - tailed off - blood in both nostrils (vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils)(op 66/1)
8th 5 Knocky (IRE) 7 G Poor Gerald Stephen Quinn 158 lbs 80/1 8.5 Always behind - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 50/1)
9th 2 Meadow Soprano (DEN) 6 M Poor John C McConnell 156 lbs 33/1 82 Never better than midfield - mistake 2nd - not fluent 4th - tailed off - burst blood vessel (jockey said mare had burst a blood vessel; vet said mare had blood at both nostrils)(op 18/1)