Down Royal (IRE)
15:15
Aspall Handicap Chase
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €6.90 Place: €2.20 €1.50 €3.60 Exacta: €41.50 Tricast: €438.15 Trifecta: €243.80
Non-Runners: Room To Roam (vet's advice)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Don't Talk (GER) 8 G AVG Karl Thornton 164 lbs 11/2 Won Travelled strongly - prominent - joined leaders going easily omitted 3 out - soon led - went clear when not fluent last - ridden out(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
2nd 1 Doonbeg Don (IRE) 6 G Poor Henry De Bromhead 168 lbs 6/1 5.5 Prominent - led omitted 3 out - soon ridden and headed - kept on but no match for winner(op 5/1)
3rd 7 Le Grand Vert (FR) 9 G Poor Noel C Kelly 160 lbs 14/1 2.75 In touch with leaders - no extra omitted 2 out - left in modest third when hampered by faller last - kept on(op 22/1 tchd 25/1)
4th 8 Rideau Canal (IRE) 9 G Poor Mrs Denise Foster 153 lbs 10/1 12 Prominent early - in touch with leaders from 1st - towards rear when reminder after 5th - badly hampered by faller 3 out (usual 5 out) - brief headway omitted 2 out - left in remote fourth last(op 12/1)
5th 9 School Lane (IRE) 11 G AVG Liam Lennon 141 lbs 8/1 1.25 Towards rear - dropped to rear when pushed along after 5th - hampered by faller 3 out (usual 5 out) - ridden omitted 3 out - soon weakened(op 10/1 tchd 13/2)
6th 5 Finnians Row (IRE) 9 G Poor Dermot A McLoughlin 159 lbs 8/1 23 Soon led - headed omitted 3 out - soon weakened(op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and 10/1)
99th 2 Quornofamonday (IRE) 7 G Poor J P Dempsey 168 lbs 8/1 - Towards rear early - in touch with leaders when not fluent 4th - mistake 2 out (usual 4 out) - bit short of room when slightly hampered omitted 3 out - soon pressed leaders - 3 lengths down when fell last(tchd 17/2)
99th 3 Rightfolksplease (IRE) 7 G Poor Paul W Flynn 168 lbs 7/4F - Held up in rear - headway 5th - in touch with leaders and 3 lengths down when fell 3 out (usual 5 out)