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Galway (IRE)
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Galway Races Handicap Chase
Galway (IRE) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 Distance: 2m6½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €27.60 Place: €5.90 €1.10 €5.10 Exacta: €85.10 Tricast: €668.13 Trifecta: €707.50
Non-Runners: Broomfield Present (unsuitable ground), Cheerful Chap (unsuitable ground), Flash Collonges (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m½f 3m 2m6½f 2m4½f 3m1½f
1st
Towards rear - headway omitted last - ridden to lead towards near side run-in - kept on well (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that he ran all the usual checks after gelding's last run and nothing came to light and suggested that perhaps todays better ground contributed)(op 14/1)
7 G AVG
Cian Collins 149 lbs 18/1 Won
2m7½f 3m1f 2m6½f 2m6½f
2m4f 1m7½f 2m3½f 2m6f 3m½f
2nd
Prominent - slow jump 2nd - in touch with leaders after 5th - hampered by faller 7th - steady headway before 3 out (usual 5 out) - outpaced omitted last - rallied inside final 110yds - went second post(op 7/4 tchd 11/8)
6 G AVG
Emmet Mullins 164 lbs 6/4F 1.25
3m 2m4f
2m4½f 2m6½f 2m5f 2m5f 3m1½f
3rd
Prominent early - led before 2nd - headed before 10th - outpaced omitted last - rallied and went second inside final 110yds - lost second post(op 20/1)
7 G Poor
Paul John Gilligan 153 lbs 22/1 0.05
-
2m3½f 2m6f 2m4f 2m6½f 2m4f
4th
Led early - headed before 2nd - soon prominent - pressed leader run-in - no extra towards finish(op 15/2)
5 G Poor
Noel Meade 152 lbs 8/1 2
2m7½f 2m6½f 2m4f 2m2½f 2m4½f
3m2f 3m1f 3m½f 3m1½f 2m1f
5th
In touch with leaders - headway and prominent after 5th - lost position before omitted 2 out - rallied omitted last - no extra towards finish(op 66/1 tchd 50/1)
11 G AVG
Peter Maher 161 lbs 100/1 0.3
4m2½f 3m½f
3m1f 3m 3m1½f 3m1½f 3m2f
6th
Towards rear - headway run-in - no telling impression(op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
7 M AVG
Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 10/1 1
2m5½f
3m 3m2f 3m1f 3m1½f 2m6½f
7th
Midfield - some headway after omitted 2 out - no telling impression(op 18/1 tchd 28/1)
9 G AVG
Noel C Kelly 158 lbs 25/1 2.75
3m½f 2m6½f 2m6f
2m½f 1m5f 1m6½f 2m3½f 2m6f
8th
Midfield - in touch with leaders after 7th - headway before 8th - soon pressed leader - led before 10th - not fluent 2 out (usual 4 out) - headed run-in - weakened inside final 110yds (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at 2nd last fence)(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
9 G Poor
Hugh Paul Finegan 135 lbs 33/1 1.25
2m5f 2m7f 1m6f 2m5½f 2m
3m2f 2m7f 3m½f 3m1½f 3m½f
9th
Never better than midfield(tchd 28/1)
11 G Poor
Liam P Cusack 144 lbs 25/1 5.5
2m7f 3m½f
2m 2m6½f 3m 3m 3m½f
10th
Towards rear throughout - tailed off 2 out (usual 4 out)(op 12/1)
7 G Poor
C Byrnes 160 lbs 16/1 40
3m 2m5f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m6½f
2m1f 2m4½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m5f
99th
In touch with leaders - headway and prominent after 6th - mistake and fell 7th(tchd 20/1)
9 G Poor
Thomas Gibney 165 lbs 16/1 -
-
2m7f 3m 3m1½f 2m6f 3m½f
99th
In rear - fell 10th(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
6 M Poor
Colin Motherway 145 lbs 7/1 -
2m7½f 2m7f 2m5f 2m5f 2m5½f
2m4½f 3m½f 3m1½f 2m 2m5f
99th
In rear - hampered by faller and unseated 7th(op 5/1)
6 G Poor
James M Barcoe 134 lbs 4/1 -
2m2½f 2m5f 3m4f