Leopardstown (IRE)
16:00
QuinnBet Handicap Chase ()
Leopardstown (IRE) Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2024 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €36.70 Place: €7.80 €2.40 €1.90 Exacta: €239.50 Tricast: €2732.11 Trifecta: €4999.70
Non-Runners: Digby (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Midfield - left in fourth 6th - headway and pressed leader after 8th - led 3 out (usual 4 out) - going okay when jumped left and not fluent last - ridden out (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from better ground coupled with a return to a track where he has previously run well)(tchd 40/1)
8 G AVG Seamus Neville 158 lbs 33/1 Won
2nd
Prominent - led after 1st - headed 3 out (usual 4 out) - lost second when switched left before last - kept on run-in - went second again towards finish(op 8/1 tchd 13/2)
8 G AVG Michael J McDonagh 148 lbs 7/1 1.75
3rd
Towards rear - headway 8th - pressed leaders after 2 out (usual 3 out) - went second before last - no extra when lost second towards finish(op 8/1)
9 G AVG E Bolger 158 lbs 11/1 0.3
4th
Held up in rear - hampered by faller 6th - headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - stayed on and went fourth run-in - not reach leaders(op 33/1)
10 G AVG Gordon Elliott 138 lbs 22/1 5
5th
Took keen hold - prominent early - dropped to midfield after 2nd - headway and pressed leaders before 9th - weakening when not fluent last(tchd 10/3)
9 G AVG E Bolger 155 lbs 7/2 .5
6th
Didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - pecked on landing 1st - some headway omitted 2 out - no telling impression(tchd 9/1 and tchd 12/1)
10 G Poor John Patrick Ryan 146 lbs 11/1 5
7th
Raced wide - in touch with leaders - prominent before 6th - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out)(op 17/2)
9 G AVG S R B Crawford 160 lbs 16/1 1.25
8th
Never better than midfield(op 10/1 tchd 8/1)
9 G AVG Eddie & Patrick Harty 166 lbs 17/2 0.1
99th
Soon prominent - pressed leader after 2nd - lost second after 8th - mistake 9th - weakened omitted 2 out - dropped to last and eased then pulled up before last(op 12/1)
8 G AVG John C McConnell 163 lbs 9/1 -
99th
Led - headed and prominent after 1st - 3 lengths down when bad mistake and unseated 6th(op 15/8)
9 G Poor Barry Connell 151 lbs 2/1F -
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