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Down Royal (IRE)
16:50
Fibrus Total Home Wi-Fi Handicap Chase
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €11.90 Place: €2.90 €2.70 €1.10 Exacta: €159.70 Tricast: €349.03 Trifecta: €821.30
Non-Runners: Gold Haven (reserve), Larkfield Legacy (reserve)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m4f 2m3f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m1f
1st
Prominent - challenging 3 out - ridden after 2 out - kept on well and hung right towards finish - led final stride - hit rail just after line(op 12/1)
9 G Poor
Nigel Thomas Slevin 159 lbs 10/1 Won
2m6f 1m4½f 2m½f 3m 2m4f
2m 2m4½f 2m 2m 2m
2nd
Prominent - challenging 3 out - led narrowly before 2 out - ridden after 2 out - carried right towards finish - headed final stride - hit rail just after line(op 8/1 tchd 7/1)
8 G AVG
Karl Thornton 158 lbs 9/1 0.2
2m2½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m1f 2m2f
2m7f 2m7½f 3m 2m7f 3m
3rd
Midfield - in touch with leaders after 4 out - prominent before 2 out - went third but no extra after last - no match for first two(op 10/3 tchd 11/4)
9 G Poor
C A Murphy 149 lbs 3/1F 4
2m7½f 2m7½f 2m5½f 3m 3m2f
2m5f 2m 2m2f 3m1f 2m6½f
4th
Midfield - in touch with leaders before 3 out - prominent before 2 out - no extra when jumped slightly right last(op 40/1)
8 G AVG
R K Watson 140 lbs 66/1 4.75
2m3½f 3m 3m 2m4f 2m7½f
2m3½f 3m1½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f
5th
Soon led - faced challenges 3 out - headed when not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(op 28/1 tchd 50/1)
9 G Poor
P J Rothwell 151 lbs 33/1 .5
-
2m 2m4f 2m½f 2m4f 2m
6th
Jumped left on occasions - didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - headway before 3 out - in touch with leaders 2 out - no extra when steadied last(op 16/1)
7 G Poor
R K Watson 158 lbs 40/1 1
2m3½f 2m5f 2m3½f 2m3½f 2m4f
3m½f 3m½f 2m4½f 2m½f 2m4f
7th
Never better than midfield(op 50/1)
8 G Poor
Peter Maher 142 lbs 80/1 0.3
2m4½f 2m6½f 3m½f 2m7f 2m7f
2m4f 2m4½f 2m2f 2m½f 2m½f
8th
Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders after 3 out - mistake and weakened 2 out - not fluent last(op 9/2)
5 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 100/30 5
-
3m2f 3m 2m7f 2m2½f 2m6f
9th
Didn't always jump with fluency - pushed along briefly - soon prominent - in touch with leaders when mistake 6th - weakened before 2 out(op 28/1)
10 G AVG
C A McBratney 163 lbs 40/1 1.75
2m7½f 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m1½f 3m
3m1f 3m1f 3m1f 3m 2m4f
10th
Raced lazily at times - didn't always jump with fluency - never better than midfield(op 22/1)
11 G Poor
Peter Maher 146 lbs 40/1 1.75
4m1f 2m5f 4m1f 3m½f
2m7½f 2m5f 3m½f 2m6½f 3m½f
11th
Midfield - in touch with leaders when not fluent 3 out - weakened and mistake 2 out(op 9/2 tchd 5/1)
9 G Poor
D E Fitzgerald 167 lbs 4/1 19
2m7½f 3m7½f 3m1f 2m6½f 2m7½f
2m6f 2m6½f 2m4½f 2m6f 3m½f
12th
In touch with leaders - bad mistake and lost ground 4 out - weakened before 3 out - tailed off when jumped badly right last (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake)(tchd 17/2)
7 G Poor
Eoin Christopher McCarthy 155 lbs 10/1 12
2m7½f 2m6½f
1m7f 3m2f 2m4f 2m2½f 3m4½f
13th
Jumped left on occasions - didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - pressed leader 4th - lost second when mistake 4 out - weakened before 3 out(op 9/1 tchd 12/1)
8 G Poor
Seamus Neville 163 lbs 11/1 1.75
3m2½f
2m4f 3m 2m5½f 2m7½f 3m
14th
Didn't jump well - in rear throughout(op 14/1)
7 G Poor
Francis J Flood 156 lbs 18/1 1
3m1f 2m6½f 3m
3m 2m7f 3m 2m6½f 2m4½f
99th
Pushed along briefly - soon midfield - bit short of room on inner after 3rd - lost position when reminder after 7th - dropped to rear and weakened after 4 out - pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding never travelled)(tchd 25/1 and tchd 33/1)
10 G Poor
James M Barcoe 144 lbs 28/1 -
-
2m5½f 3m½f 3m1½f 3m1½f 2m4f
99th
In rear - detached when pushed along after 4 out - weakened and pulled up before 3 out(op 25/1 tchd 20/1)
6 G AVG
John C McConnell 164 lbs 22/1 -
2m6f 2m7½f 3m1f 2m6f 3m