Sligo (IRE) Races
Sligo (IRE)
16:50
Carlsberg Optional Claiming Race
Sligo (IRE)
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025
Distance: 1m2½f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Yielding
Surface: Turf
Win: €9
Place: €2.80 €1.70 €2.30
Exacta: €32.20
Trifecta: €105.80
Non-Runners: Temple City (stone bruise), Wasittheway (allergies)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13 | Antoine De Paris (IRE) | 2 G | Poor | Noel Meade | 126 lbs | 8/1 | Won | Prominent - ridden 2f out - led 1f out - ran on (trainer could offer no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(op 11/1) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Tartaraghan (IRE) | 4 F | Poor |
Keithen Kennedy
(5)lbs
|
John C McConnell | 129 lbs | 7/2F | 1.75 | In touch with leaders - headway over 1f out - ran on final furlong - went second towards finish(op 9/2) | |
| 3rd | 1 | Loingseoir (IRE) | 9 G | Poor |
Nicola Burns
(7)lbs
|
M C Grassick | 135 lbs | 6/1 | .5 | Slightly awkward start - in rear - headway over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong - went third post (jockey said gelding hung right up straight)(op 9/2 tchd 13/2) | |
| 4th | 3 | Quatrain (IRE) | 4 F | Poor | K J Condon | 142 lbs | 25/1 | 0.3 | Took keen hold - pressed leader - led over 2f out - headed 1f out - lost two places towards finish(op 16/1) | ||
| 5th | 12 | Roderick (GB) | 9 G | Poor |
Patrick McGettigan
(7)lbs
|
P Sweeney | 122 lbs | 17/2 | .75 | In touch with leaders - ridden 3f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 7/1 tchd 9/1) | |
| 6th | 4 | Capital Theory (GB) | 5 G | AVG |
Sam Coen
(7)lbs
|
H D McGuigan | 132 lbs | 7/1 | .5 | Midfield - headway 2f out - kept on inside final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 15/2 tchd 8/1) | |
| 7th | 2 | Picpoul (IRE) | 6 M | Poor |
Shay Wallace
(7)lbs
|
M M Rice | 135 lbs | 40/1 | 1.5 | Prominent - weakened final furlong(op 66/1) | |
| 8th | 6 | El Bello (GB) | 6 G | AVG |
Taylor Kingsley
(7)lbs
|
Raymond Hurley | 132 lbs | 16/1 | .5 | Held up in rear - headway over 1f out - not clear run inside final furlong - never dangerous(tchd 14/1) | |
| 9th | 5 | Dont Do Dramas (IRE) | 4 G | AVG |
Wesley Joyce
(3)lbs
|
Michael Mulvany | 136 lbs | 9/1 | 1.25 | Led but pestered - headed over 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 17/2) | |
| 10th | 8 | Powerful Hook Head (GER) | 3 C | Poor | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 134 lbs | 13/2 | 0.2 | In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield after 2f - outpaced and lost position 2f out - keeping on when short of room inside final furlong(op 5/1) | ||
| 11th | 7 | Pearl Of Australia (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Ross O'Sullivan | 134 lbs | 11/2 | 4.75 | Dwelt start - took keen hold - towards rear - hung right and weakened final furlong(op 8/1) | ||
| 12th | 11 | Guest Star (GB) | 4 G | Poor |
Cian Fahy
(10)lbs
|
John C McConnell | 119 lbs | 100/1 | 5.5 | Dwelt start - in rear on outer - weakened final furlong(op 50/1) |