Galway (IRE)
14:45
Galway Handicap Hurdle
Galway (IRE) Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €3.75 Place: €1.30 €2.70 €3.80 Exacta: €25.30 Tricast: €201.82 Trifecta: €168.50
Non-Runners: Mandarin Monarch (vet's advice), Realtin Lonrach (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Midfield - in touch with leaders after 3 out - headway and challenging before last - ridden after last - led narrowly final strides(op 3/1 tchd 10/3)
6 G AVG Gerard Keane 162 lbs 11/4F Won
2nd
Prominent - led before 4 out - faced challenge before last - soon ridden - headed final strides(op 5/1 tchd 15/2)
5 M Poor M Flannery 159 lbs 7/1 0.2
3rd
Towards rear - headway on near side of group after 3 out - in touch with leaders when carried left before last - ran on and went third towards finish - no match for first two(op 14/1 tchd 11/1)
7 M Poor Edward Cawley 156 lbs 12/1 3.75
4th
Midfield - prominent after 3 out - pressed leader when not fluent 2 out - weakened approaching last - hard ridden when lost third towards finish(op 20/1)
6 M Poor Adrian Murray 158 lbs 28/1 0.3
5th
Led - joined 4th - headed and prominent before 4 out - weakening when hung left before last(op 15/2)
8 G Poor John F O'Neill 157 lbs 10/1 2
6th
Didn't always jump with fluency - midfield - pushed along after 4 out - lost position when outpaced before 2 out - kept on approaching last(op 7/1)
5 M Poor Shane Ryder 158 lbs 5/1 4.5
7th
Pushed along briefly - in touch with leaders - prominent after 2nd - joined leader 4th - weakening when not fluent 2 out(tchd 4/1 and tchd 6/1)
6 G Poor Ray Hackett 160 lbs 11/2 3.25
8th
Took keen hold - prominent - not fluent 2nd - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened(op 33/1)
8 G Poor John Neilan 150 lbs 28/1 0.3
9th
Towards rear - some headway when reminders after 5th - not fluent and pushed along 4 out - midfield when not fluent 3 out - weakening when not fluent 2 out (jockey said gelding got tight for room after jumping first hurdle)(op 18/1)
5 G Poor Brian M McMahon 159 lbs 10/1 9
10th
Didn't always jump with fluency - in rear throughout - mistake and pecked on landing 3 out(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
6 G Poor Sean Aherne 168 lbs 14/1 13
11th
In touch with leaders - weakening when not fluent 2 out(op 14/1)
7 G Poor I Madden 160 lbs 22/1 4.5
12th
In rear throughout(op 11/1)
8 M Poor Tom Dreaper 166 lbs 14/1 4.75