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)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Paddy's Milestone (IRE) 5 G AVG S R B Crawford 158 lbs 4/1 Won 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)
2nd 10 Schiehallion (IRE) 7 G Poor Dermot A McLoughlin 154 lbs 16/1 1.25 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)
3rd 3 Emily In Paris (IRE) 7 M Poor D E Fitzgerald 161 lbs 7/1 .5 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)
4th 16 Container Madness (IRE) 5 G Poor Martin Brassil 147 lbs 12/1 .5 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)
5th 12 Brandt (IRE) 6 G AVG Cian Collins 157 lbs 7/2F 0.3 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)
6th 9 Mullaghmore Wave (IRE) 9 M AVG John C McConnell 156 lbs 14/1 3.25 Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - lost position after 8th - keeping on when hampered 2 out - no extra run-in
7th 7 Falak (IRE) 11 G AVG T G McCourt 161 lbs 66/1 4.5 Towards rear - headway into midfield when slightly hampered on inner 2 out - kept on(op 40/1)
8th 1 Sammy Smart (GB) 9 G Poor Thomas Gibney 168 lbs 10/1 1 In touch with leaders - prominent when not fluent 4 out - not fluent 3 out - soon reminder - weakening when hampered 2 out(op 14/1)
9th 5 Tilloughna (IRE) 7 M Poor David Kenneth Budds 165 lbs 9/1 2.75 Prominent - not fluent 5th - lost position after 4 out - weakening when jumped slightly left 3 out(op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
10th 14 Speranza Wilde (IRE) 7 M Poor R K Watson 154 lbs 14/1 0.2 Midfield - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened
11th 8 Mon Storm (IRE) 13 G AVG Victor Wilson 161 lbs 50/1 73 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)
99th 13 Il Silenzio (GB) 8 G AVG Martin Brassil 156 lbs 10/1 - Prominent and briefly disputed lead - not fluent 5th - weakened before 3 out - dropped to rear when mistake 2 out - fell last(op 16/1)
99th 11 Jimli's Cave (IRE) 7 G Poor R K Watson 159 lbs 7/1 - 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)