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Down Royal (IRE)
13:00
Lough Construction Ltd. Handicap Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 Distance: 3m Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €5 Place: €1.70 €4.60 €2.40 Exacta: €71.10 Tricast: €453.27 Trifecta: €383.60
Non-Runners: Everystep Oftheway (temperature), Kelly's Birr (lame), Summertime Romance (cast in box)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m3½f
1st
Midfield - prominent on inner after 3 out - led going okay from 2 out - ridden and stayed on after last - reduced lead towards finish - always doing enough(op 7/2)
5 G AVG
S R B Crawford 158 lbs 4/1 Won
2m5f 3m1½f
2m6f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m5½f 2m6f
2nd
Jumped right on occasions - raced lazily at times - towards rear - headway before 3 out - prominent when jinked right and hampered rivals 2 out - ran on after last - went second towards finish(op 20/1)
7 G Poor
Dermot A McLoughlin 154 lbs 16/1 1.25
3m 3m½f 3m 3m 2m6f
2m6f 2m7½f 2m6f 2m5½f 3m
3rd
Prominent - led narrowly after 3 out - headed from 2 out - lost ground when not fluent last - kept on towards finish(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
7 M Poor
D E Fitzgerald 161 lbs 7/1 .5
3m½f 2m7f 2m4f 3m1½f 2m7½f
2m 2m 1m7½f 2m4½f 2m5f
4th
Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - headway after 4 out - prominent on near side of group after 3 out - challenging 2 out - weakened and lost two places towards finish(op 11/1 tchd 10/1)
5 G Poor
Martin Brassil 147 lbs 12/1 .5
3m½f 3m½f 3m2f 3m1f 2m7f
2m5f 2m4f 2m5½f 2m7½f 2m5f
5th
Raced lazily at times - didn't always jump with fluency - held up in last and detached early - towards rear when pushed along after 4 out - headway after 3 out - nearest finish (vet reported gelding to be post-race normal)(op 4/1 tchd 10/3)
6 G AVG
Cian Collins 157 lbs 7/2F 0.3
3m1f 3m2f 3m4½f 4m 3m7½f
2m4½f 2m7½f 3m1½f 2m7½f 2m7½f
6th
Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - lost position after 8th - keeping on when hampered 2 out - no extra run-in
9 M AVG
John C McConnell 156 lbs 14/1 3.25
3m½f 3m½f
2m 2m1f 2m1f 2m2½f 2m½f
7th
Towards rear - headway into midfield when slightly hampered on inner 2 out - kept on(op 40/1)
11 G AVG
T G McCourt 161 lbs 66/1 4.5
2m4f
2m4f 2m6f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m7f
8th
In touch with leaders - prominent when not fluent 4 out - not fluent 3 out - soon reminder - weakening when hampered 2 out(op 14/1)
9 G AVG
Thomas Gibney 168 lbs 10/1 1
3m 2m4½f 3m 2m3½f 2m6f
2m6½f 2m7½f 2m7½f 2m6f 3m
9th
Prominent - not fluent 5th - lost position after 4 out - weakening when jumped slightly left 3 out(op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
7 M Poor
David Kenneth Budds 165 lbs 9/1 2.75
2m5f 2m6f
2m2f 2m3f 2m5f
10th
Midfield - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened
7 M Poor
R K Watson 154 lbs 14/1 0.2
2m7½f
2m4½f 3m 2m7½f 2m4½f 3m
11th
Took keen hold - midfield - not fluent 2nd - prominent on near side of group after 5th - weakened and dropped to last after 4 out - eased and tailed off after 3 out(op 28/1)
13 G AVG
Victor Wilson 161 lbs 50/1 73
2m7½f 2m4f 3m1½f
2m3f 2m2f 2m½f 2m3½f 2m6f
99th
Prominent and briefly disputed lead - not fluent 5th - weakened before 3 out - dropped to rear when mistake 2 out - fell last(op 16/1)
8 G AVG
Martin Brassil 156 lbs 10/1 -
3m1f 2m7f 3m1f
3m1½f 2m6f 3m 3m 2m6f
99th
Soon led narrowly or disputed lead - headed after 3 out - weakening when mistake and badly hampered 2 out - soon pulled up (jockey said he felt gelding had gone wrong but trotted up fine; vet reported gelding to be post-race normal)(op 15/2)
7 G Poor
R K Watson 159 lbs 7/1 -
2m6f 2m7½f 3m1½f 2m7½f 3m1f