Leopardstown (IRE) Races
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)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Brideswell Lad (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Seamus Neville | 158 lbs | 33/1 | Won | 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) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Battle Of Mirbat (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Michael J McDonagh | 148 lbs | 7/1 | 1.75 | 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) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Birchdale (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | E Bolger | 158 lbs | 11/1 | 0.3 | 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) | ||
| 4th | 11 | The Abbey (IRE) | 10 G | AVG |
Danny Gilligan
(5)lbs
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Gordon Elliott | 138 lbs | 22/1 | 5 | 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) | |
| 5th | 7 | Genois (FR) | 9 G | Poor | E Bolger | 155 lbs | 7/2 | .5 | Took keen hold - prominent early - dropped to midfield after 2nd - headway and pressed leaders before 9th - weakening when not fluent last(tchd 10/3) | ||
| 6th | 10 | The Little Yank (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | John Patrick Ryan | 146 lbs | 11/1 | 5 | 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) | ||
| 7th | 3 | Now Where Or When (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | S R B Crawford | 160 lbs | 16/1 | 1.25 | Raced wide - in touch with leaders - prominent before 6th - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out)(op 17/2) | ||
| 8th | 1 | Grandero Bello (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Eddie & Patrick Harty | 166 lbs | 17/2 | 0.1 | Never better than midfield(op 10/1 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 99th | 2 | Drumbear (GB) | 8 G | AVG | John C McConnell | 163 lbs | 9/1 | - | 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) | ||
| 99th | 8 | Snake Oil (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Barry Connell | 151 lbs | 2/1F | - | Led - headed and prominent after 1st - 3 lengths down when bad mistake and unseated 6th(op 15/8) |