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Down Royal (IRE)
14:28
Bluegrass Respire Handicap Hurdle (Div I)
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €17.20 Place: €4.50 €1.60 €2 Exacta: €87.90 Tricast: €163.26 Trifecta: €640.20
Non-Runners: Aswellasabentley (withdrawn; injured on the way to post), Bruno From Mars (stone bruise), Cozone (coughing), Jaynemax (unsuitable ground), Party Pack (coughing), Somersby Roost (reserve), Stardhem (reserve), The Son Of Brega (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m5f 2m6f 2m4½f 2m5f 2m1f
1st
Prominent - pressed leader 6th - led after 7th - ridden and faced challenge after 3 out - kept on well - always doing enough(Mkt1: op 12/1 tchd 14/1)
6 M AVG
Anthony McCann 163 lbs 11/1 Won
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2m 2m5½f 2m1f 2m4f 2m3f
2nd
Prominent - pressed leader after 3 out - outpaced approaching last - rallied and kept on run-in(Mkt1: op 4/1 tchd 5/1)
5 M Poor
Gordon Elliott 148 lbs 7/2 .75
2m6f
2m4f 2m4½f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m
3rd
Held up in rear - headway 6th - went third before 2 out - outpaced approaching last - no impression run-in(Mkt1: op 7/2 tchd 4/1)
5 G Poor
Ian Patrick Donoghue 135 lbs 16/5F 4
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2m1f 2m 2m4f 2m 2m4½f
4th
In touch with leaders - outpaced 3 out - kept on run-in - went fourth final 110yds - stayed on(Mkt1: op 16/1 tchd 20/1)
5 G Poor
S R B Crawford 165 lbs 18/1 0.3
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2m4f 2m5f 3m½f 2m 2m3f
5th
Raced wide - midfield - in touch with leaders 7th - prominent 5 out - outpaced 2 out - lost fourth final 110yds(Mkt1: op 33/1 tchd 18/1)
6 M Poor
Gary McGill 163 lbs 14/1 2.75
2m6f
2m1½f 2m 2m4f 2m4f 2m7f
6th
In touch with leaders - outpaced but in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened 2 out - tailed off(Mkt1: op 16/1 tchd 25/1)
4 F Poor
Andrew McNamara 157 lbs 20/1 24
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2m6f 2m4f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m7f
7th
Held up in rear - headway 6th - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened - tailed off(Mkt1: op 16/1 tchd 13/2)
8 M Poor
P J Rothwell 136 lbs 5/1 4.25
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2m 2m 2m 2m 1m7½f
8th
Led - headed after 7th - bad mistake 3 out - soon weakened(Mkt1: op 9/1 tchd 12/1; Mkt2 tchd 7/1)
4 G Poor
Edward Buckley 156 lbs 15/2 16
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2m1f 2m1f 2m3f 2m1f 2m1f
99th
Raced wide - in touch with leaders - bad mistake 3rd - lost ground 6th - struggling 7th - pulled up before 3 out(Mkt1: op 20/1 tchd 40/1)
5 G Poor
Seamus Neville 147 lbs 33/1 -
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1m7½f 2m1½f 2m½f 2m 2m
99th
Towards rear - headway into midfield 5th - outpaced 3 out - weakened 2 out - pulled up approaching last(Mkt1: op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
6 G Poor
Mark Michael McNiff 163 lbs 10/1 -
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2m5½f 2m 2m4f 2m3f 2m1f
99th
Pressed leader - not fluent 3rd - lost ground quickly 5th - pulled up before 6th (jockey said gelding burst a blood vessel; vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils)(Mkt1: op 28/1 tchd 25/1)
7 G Poor
Peter Fahey 166 lbs 22/1 -
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2m2f 3m 2m4f 2m4f 2m
99th
Midfield - dropped to rear with one circuit to go - mistake 4th - soon struggling - pulled up before 7th(Mkt1: op 33/1)
4 G Poor
Sean O O'Brien 145 lbs 50/1 -
2m6f
2m3f 2m 2m
99th
In touch with leaders - mistake and lost position 4th - weakened 7th - pulled up before 3 out(Mkt1: op 50/1 tchd 125/1)
5 M Poor
Riceal Dunne 148 lbs 100/1 -
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3m1f 2m4½f 2m 2m½f
99th
Never going well - outpaced in rear - slow jump 3rd - lost touch 6th - pulled up before 7th(Mkt1: op 15/2 tchd 9/1)
5 G Poor
C Byrnes 161 lbs 13/2 -
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