Downpatrick (IRE)
16:27
Randox Ulster National Handicap Chase
Downpatrick (IRE) Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 Distance: 3m4½f Type: Chase Going: Yielding To Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €8.50 Place: €2.70 €1.50 €3.10 Exacta: €31.50 Tricast: €127.03 Trifecta: €329.60
Non-Runners: Beggars Rock (reserve), Flash De Touzaine (allergy), The Gradual Slope (reserve)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
In touch with leaders on inner - bit short of room before 4 out - good headway and went third 3 out - switched left before 2 out - switched right approaching last - ridden to lead run-in - soon clear(op 9/1)
6 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 157 lbs 15/2 Won
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2nd
Prominent throughout - not fluent 11th - disputed lead 3 out - led when mistake and headed 2 out - kept on and went second towards finish - no match for winner(op 9/4 tchd 7/4)
6 G AVG W P Mullins 156 lbs 15/8F 5
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3rd
Disputed lead - led after 2nd - faced challenge 3 out - briefly headed before 2 out - headed run-in - no extra and lost second towards finish(op 12/1)
10 G AVG Ian Patrick Donoghue 136 lbs 8/1 1.25
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4th
Midfield - not fluent 5th - headway 5 out - outpaced after 3 out - went fourth approaching last - soon no impression(op 28/1)
7 G AVG Gary McGill 145 lbs 20/1 6.5
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5th
Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 10th - lost position before 3 out - kept on from last - not reach leaders
7 G AVG Ian Patrick Donoghue 161 lbs 22/1 4.5
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6th
Towards rear - headway into midfield 3 out - kept on from last - never on terms(op 18/1 tchd 22/1)
6 G Poor Cian Collins 146 lbs 20/1 3.25
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7th
Towards rear - headway from 4 out - in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
7 G AVG Cian Collins 143 lbs 16/1 17
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8th
Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 8th - weakened from 2 out(op 9/1 tchd 12/1)
7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 154 lbs 11/1 10
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9th
Pressed leaders - soon went second - not fluent 11th - weakened 3 out(op 17/2)
7 G AVG Ian Patrick Donoghue 151 lbs 11/1 9
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10th
Never better than midfield - hampered by faller 9th - no extra from 3 out
8 G AVG Seamus Neville 161 lbs 33/1 13
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11th
Midfield - hampered by faller and lost position 9th - soon in rear - no extra from 3 out(op 22/1)
7 G Poor John C McConnell 143 lbs 28/1 8.5
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99th
Prominent - fell 9th(op 5/1 tchd 8/1)
5 G Poor W P Mullins 160 lbs 15/2 -
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99th
Towards rear - some headway into midfield with one circuit to go - weakened 3 out - pulled up 2 out(op 16/1)
11 G Poor Thomas Mullins 146 lbs 14/1 -
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99th
Never better than midfield - not fluent 3 out - pulled up approaching last(tchd 12/1)
8 G AVG John C McConnell 152 lbs 10/1 -
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99th
Towards rear throughout - pulled up 2 out(op 25/1)
6 G Poor P J Rothwell 142 lbs 33/1 -
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