Galway (IRE)
14:10
Guinness Beginners Chase
Galway (IRE) Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 Distance: 2m6½f Type: Chase Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €5.50 Place: €1.90 €1.70 €4.40 Exacta: €23.60 Trifecta: €382.70
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Held up in midfield - in touch with leaders 7th - led just after last - ridden and ran on well against near rail home straight(op 10/3)
7 M AVG W P Mullins 159 lbs 9/2 Won
2nd
Held up in midfield - in touch with leaders 2nd - not fluent 5th - pressed leaders after 7th - disputed lead 8th - hit last - soon ridden and headed - kept on run-in(op 5/1)
8 G AVG Matthew J Smith 159 lbs 4/1 1.25
3rd
In touch with leaders - midfield 2nd - in touch with leaders 7th - ridden and kept on run-in(op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
8 G AVG Sophie Leech 166 lbs 16/1 .5
4th
Led - awkward jump 7th - hampered by loose horse before 8th - slow jump and joined 8th - bumped rival 2 out - ridden and kept on run-in(op 14/1)
7 G AVG Ian Patrick Donoghue 166 lbs 12/1 0.05
5th
Held up in midfield - slightly hampered 1st - in touch with leaders 7th - pressed leaders after last - kept on(op 9/2)
7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 100/30F .5
6th
Towards rear - hampered by faller 1st - soon dropped to rear - detached 7th - not fluent and slightly hampered 5 out - soon no impression (jockey said gelding jumped poorly; vet said gelding was stiff behind)(op 5/1)
8 G AVG M F Morris 166 lbs 11/2 22
7th
In rear - not fluent 1st - weakened when slightly hampered last(op 66/1 tchd 33/1)
7 G Poor Paul John Gilligan 163 lbs 50/1 12
99th
In rear - midfield 2nd - towards rear when mistake and fell heavily 5 out(tchd 17/2)
9 G AVG Peter Fahey 166 lbs 10/1 -
99th
Prominent - pressed leader 7th - bumped 2 out - soon eased - pulled up quickly just after last - fatally injured(op 17/2 tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1)
10 G Poor Joseph Patrick O'Brien 166 lbs 9/1 -
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99th
In touch with leaders - mistake and unseated 1st(op 20/1)
5 M Poor Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 18/1 -
99th
Prominent - mistake and unseated 4th(op 40/1)
8 G Poor Paul John Gilligan 159 lbs 80/1 -