Down Royal (IRE) Races

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Down Royal (IRE)

15:03

Bluegrass Respire Handicap Hurdle (Div II)

Down Royal (IRE) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf

Win: €20.40 Place: €4.60 €4.20 €1.10 Exacta: €351.60 Tricast: €619.58

Non-Runners: Dunany Point (reserve), Gerrymandering (coughing), Kanog Bay (unsuitable ground), Rebel Cowgirl (unsuitable ground)

Previous Runs	Pos	Horse	Age/Sex	Status	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	SP	Beaten By	Formline
2m4f 2m 2m1f 2m 2m	1st	#14Let Him B (IRE) Midfield - headway before 3 out - switched left and pressed leader after 3 out - joined leader when left in lead 2 out - ridden when not fluent last - faced challenge inside final 110yds - kept on(op 8/1)	4 G	Poor	Philip Byrnes	C Byrnes	152 lbs	14/1	Won	-
2m4f 2m½f 2m3f 2m4f 2m3½f	2nd	#16Dolly Watkins (IRE) In touch with leaders - headway and not clear run when went third after 3 out - 3 lengths down when left in second 2 out - pressed winner inside final 110yds - just held(op 11/1 tchd 12/1)	6 M	AVG	Simon Torrens	Aidan Anthony Howard	150 lbs	12/1	.75	2m5½f
2m½f 2m½f 1m7½f 2m4f 2m5f	3rd	#15Pleasureofpressure (IRE) Midfield - headway before 4 out - 4 lengths down when left in third 2 out - hung left and weakening when not fluent last(op 4/1)	5 G	Poor	Shane O'Callaghan (5)lbs	P J Rothwell	146 lbs	11/4F	12	-
2m4f 2m3½f 2m3½f 2m6½f 2m6f	4th	#4Joya Del Mar (IRE) Towards rear - headway when slightly hampered 2 out - kept on and went fourth inside final 110yds(tchd 16/1 and 20/1)	6 M	Poor	Mr J P Sutton (7)lbs	Dermot A McLoughlin	157 lbs	18/1	1.5	-
2m 2m 2m1f 2m4f	5th	#7Under Cover Midfield - headway and 5 lengths down when left in fourth 2 out - weakening when not fluent last(op 18/1 tchd 16/1)	6 G	Poor	Sean Flanagan	Anthony McCann	162 lbs	20/1	.5	-
2m1f 2m4f 2m1f 2m4f	6th	#12Written In My Soul (IRE) Prominent - not fluent 2nd - weakened before 2 out(op 22/1)	4 F	Poor	Harry Sexton (7)lbs	E D Delany	148 lbs	20/1	1.75	-
2m1f 2m½f 2m½f 2m1f 2m	7th	#2Tuckmill (IRE) In touch with leaders - headway before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 28/1)	9 G	AVG	Mr R M McParland (7)lbs	Peter Fahey	160 lbs	40/1	.5	-
2m4f 2m1f 2m3½f	8th	#5Diaduit Buachaill In rear - headway before 2 out - weakened after last(tchd 20/1)	4 G	Poor	Mr D McGill (7)lbs	Gary McGill	156 lbs	18/1	3.5	-
2m6f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m6f	9th	#18Bella Union (IRE) Raced wide - midfield - headway and pressed leaders before 3 out - weakened quickly before 2 out(op 15/2)	9 G	Poor	Carl Millar (5)lbs	John C McConnell	143 lbs	8/1	7	2m3f
3m 2m4f 2m5f 2m4f 2m3f	10th	#21Midleton Rare (IRE) Prominent - not fluent 4 out - weakened before 3 out(op 14/1)	7 G	AVG	Conor Stone-Walsh	Ian Patrick Donoghue	167 lbs	16/1	2	2m6f
2m 2m3½f 2m3f 2m4f	11th	#8What's It To Ya In rear - headway before 2 out - weakened before last(op 22/1)	4 G	Poor	Keith Donoghue	Gavin Cromwell	160 lbs	28/1	6.5	-
2m3f 2m 2m3f 2m4f 2m3½f	12th	#11Little Boy Sivola (FR) Prominent - weakened before 3 out(op 12/1 tchd 14/1)	4 G	Poor	Josh Williamson (5)lbs	P J Rothwell	150 lbs	11/1	20	-
2m4f 2m½f 2m4f 2m½f	13th	#9Button Rock Pressed leader - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened(op 15/2)	5 G	Poor	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott	158 lbs	13/2	4.75	-
2m1f 2m6f 2m 2m3½f 2m4½f	14th	#1Fool Me Once (IRE) Always behind(op 11/1)	5 G	Poor	Tom Buckley	Gavin Cromwell	167 lbs	12/1	19	-
2m½f 2m½f 2m1½f 1m4f 2m3f	15th	#6Leitzel (GB) Always behind(op 33/1)	4 F	Poor	Mr N McParlan	S McParlan	162 lbs	66/1	.5	-
2m4f 3m½f 2m6½f 2m4f 2m5f	99th	#3Rolly Bowley Boy (IRE) Led but pestered - faced challenges before 3 out - joined when not fluent and fell 2 out(tchd 25/1)	7 G	Poor	J J Slevin	P J F Murphy	165 lbs	28/1	-	-
1m4f 2m 2m½f 2m3f 2m½f	99th	#20Chemdawg (IRE) Towards rear - weakened and pulled up before 2 out	6 M	Poor	Phillip Enright	Oliver McKiernan	145 lbs	8/1	-	2m5½f
2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m4f	99th	#17Shanroe Nancy (IRE) In touch with leaders - weakened after 4 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 18/1 tchd 14/1)	6 G	Poor	Ben Harvey	Karl Thornton	149 lbs	16/1	-	2m6f