Galway (IRE)
13:30
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase
Galway (IRE) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 Distance: 2m6½f Type: Chase Going: Yielding To Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €3.75 Place: €1.30 €1.20 €1.50 Exacta: €6.70 Trifecta: €32.30
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Search For Glory (IRE) 7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 11/4 Won Prominent - soon went second - headway halfway - not fluent 8th - 15 lengths down after 3 out - pushed along and headway from 2 out - led after last - pushed out and went clear run-in(op 5/2)
2nd 7 Sa Majeste (FR) 7 G Good W P Mullins 166 lbs 2/1F 8 Midfield - still plenty to do 2 out - went modest fourth after last - ran on well against near rail and went second final 110yds - no match for winner(op 5/2)
3rd 6 Mint Boy (IRE) 7 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 166 lbs 4/1 1.5 Midfield - went third before 4 out - not fluent 3 out - briefly went second run-in - lost second final 110yds(op 5/1 tchd 7/2)
4th 9 Sequestered (IRE) 6 G AVG Paul John Gilligan 161 lbs 16/1 0.1 Midfield - headway disputing fourth 2 out - kept on run-in - not reach leaders (jockey said gelding made an abnormal respiratory noise from the top of the hill)(op 28/1)
5th 10 Sir Argus (GB) 8 G Poor W P Mullins 166 lbs 5/1 11 Led - clear 2nd - reduced lead halfway - went clear again 5 out - not fluent 4 out - much reduced lead when not fluent last - soon headed - weakened run-in(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)
6th 11 West Is Awake (IRE) 8 G Poor Edward Cawley 166 lbs 40/1 26 In rear - some headway from 4 out - kept on run-in - never dangerous(op 33/1)
7th 12 Pitwood Road (GB) 7 M AVG Terence O'Brien 159 lbs 22/1 .5 Towards rear - not fluent 4 out - jumped left 3 out - kept on run-in - never dangerous(tchd 20/1)
8th 3 Hillsdale (IRE) 6 G AVG J P Dempsey 166 lbs 125/1 9 Towards rear - some headway into midfield 3 out - weakened from last(op 100/1 tchd 150/1)
9th 4 Ik's Man (FR) 8 G Poor Terence O'Brien 161 lbs 66/1 5.5 Towards rear throughout(op 50/1 tchd 40/1 and tchd 80/1)
10th 2 He's Home Again (IRE) 7 G Poor Edward Cawley 166 lbs 100/1 2 Midfield - in touch with leaders 3rd - weakened from 4 out(tchd 125/1)
11th 5 Maxi Mac Gold (FR) 5 G Poor Paul Nolan 166 lbs 16/1 25 Prominent - dropped to midfield halfway - weakened from 4 out - tailed off(op 20/1)
12th 1 Arion Soldier (IRE) 7 G AVG Eamon Courtney 166 lbs 28/1 30 Never better than midfield - towards rear halfway - weakened from 3 out - tailed off(op 18/1 tchd 25/1)