Down Royal (IRE)
15:40
Choose Fibrus Broadband Handicap Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 Distance: 2m6f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €8.10 Place: €2.50 €4.70 €6.70 Exacta: €98.90 Tricast: €1797.47 Trifecta: €811.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Tankardstown Diva (IRE) 6 M AVG Ian Patrick Donoghue 164 lbs 7/1 Won Travelled strongly - midfield - headway and prominent before 3 out - led 2 out - went clear when nudged along before last - eased when reduced lead towards finish - comfortably(op 6/1)
2nd 11 Plain Or Battered (IRE) 8 G Poor P J Rothwell 159 lbs 12/1 1.25 Didn't always jump with fluency - pressed leader - led from 4th - headed 2 out - soon ridden - kept on but no match for winner - just held second(op 20/1 tchd 22/1)
3rd 12 Paddy Elvis (IRE) 5 G Poor S R B Crawford 158 lbs 22/1 0.2 Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - jumped slightly right 1st - headway and prominent on inner before 3 out - outpaced 2 out - kept on well after last(op 16/1)
4th 13 Elle Dorado Rock (IRE) 7 G AVG A J Martin 157 lbs 12/1 8 Held up in rear - headway after 4 out - in touch with leaders when ridden after 3 out - went fourth towards finish(op 9/1)
5th 14 Flashthelights (IRE) 8 G Poor Noel C Kelly 153 lbs 14/1 2.25 Held up in rear - headway into midfield after 4 out - prominent when not fluent 3 out - weakening when jumped slightly right last - lost fourth towards finish(op 16/1 tchd 11/1)
6th 4 Arthor (IRE) 8 G Poor James Joseph Mangan 164 lbs 11/1 15 Midfield - headway when switched right after 3 out - weakened after 2 out - no impression when mistake last
7th 8 Ballycairn (IRE) 9 G AVG Mrs Caroline McCaldin 160 lbs 50/1 12 Soon prominent - joined leader after 4 out - weakened 3 out - not fluent last(tchd 40/1)
8th 2 A Great Buzz (IRE) 6 M AVG Robert Tyner 166 lbs 2/1F 1.75 Midfield - bit short of room after 1st - lost position when pushed along briefly after 6th - brief headway after 3 out - weakened before 2 out (vet said mare was post race normal)(op 7/4 tchd 85/40)
9th 1 Doonbeg Don (IRE) 6 G Poor Henry De Bromhead 168 lbs 4/1 .5 Soon prominent - weakened quickly after 3 out(op 9/2 tchd 5/1)
10th 15 Ocean Legacy (IRE) 7 M AVG Dermot A McLoughlin 150 lbs 22/1 .5 Prominent - in touch with leaders after 4 out - weakened before 3 out(op 25/1)
11th 10 Mahler Appeal (IRE) 8 G Poor Garrett James Power 160 lbs 6/1 12 Led narrowly - headed and raced in second from 4th - pushed along before 7th - lost position and weakened after 4 out(op 15/2)
12th 6 Benkei (IRE) 11 G Poor H Rogers 156 lbs 33/1 0.2 Towards rear early - headway before 6th - in touch with leaders 7th - weakening when mistake 3 out - mistake last(op 28/1)
13th 9 Getaway Erin (IRE) 5 M Poor John Joseph Hanlon 153 lbs 80/1 75 Midfield - lost position and struggling before 7th - dropped to rear and weakened after 4 out - tailed off before 3 out(op 66/1 tchd 100/1)
99th 3 Tony's Pet (FR) 7 G Poor Stephen McConville 158 lbs 125/1 - In touch with leaders - lost position when reminder and weakened after 4 out - dropped to rear before 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 66/1)
99th 7 Georgia Celena (IRE) 7 M Poor John C McConnell 161 lbs 100/1 - Didn't always jump with fluency - took keen hold - held up in rear - weakened and pulled up before 3 out(op 40/1 tchd 125/1)