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Down Royal (IRE)
13:35
Ballygowan Maiden Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Mon, 04 May 2026 Distance: 2m1½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €57.10 Place: €6.90 €4 €2.10 Exacta: €1347.60 Trifecta: €1334.70
Non-Runners: Betty's Glen (reserve), Brave Lady (reserve), Brohatna (reserve), Oriole (coughing)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1m2½f 2m 2m 1m7½f 2m1f
1st
Midfield - headway 4th - led just after 2 out - clear when hit last - comfortably(tchd 22/1)
3 G Poor
Andrew McNamara 149 lbs 25/1 Won
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1m4f 2m 2m1½f 2m 2m½f
2nd
Led - mistake 1st - hit 3rd - briefly headed after 3 out - hit 2 out - soon headed - kept on(tchd 14/1)
6 M Poor
Peter Fahey 144 lbs 12/1 5.5
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2m½f 2m½f 2m 2m1f 2m4f
3rd
Prominent - disputing third 2 out - kept on(op 9/2 tchd 7/2)
6 G AVG
Henry De Bromhead 166 lbs 4/1 .5
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1m4f 1m4½f 1m4f 2m1f 1m4f
4th
Midfield - headway after 5th - went fourth run-in - stayed on(op 15/2 tchd 10/3)
3 G AVG
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 161 lbs 7/2 0.3
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2m1f 2m 2m 2m6½f 2m
5th
Prominent - briefly led after 3 out - lost second 2 out - no extra run-in(op 1/2 tchd 4/5)
4 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 8/11F 2.75
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1m4f 2m2f 2m½f 2m½f 2m1f
6th
Midfield - kept on from 2 out(op 18/1)
7 G Poor
Peter Fahey 166 lbs 28/1 1.75
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2m 2m 2m
7th
Held up in rear - hampered by faller 4th - steady headway after 5th - stayed on from 2 out(tchd 50/1)
5 M Poor
P E Collins 144 lbs 66/1 1.5
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2m4f 2m½f
8th
Held up in rear - some headway into midfield after 5th - stayed on run-in(op 150/1)
5 G Poor
Peter Fahey 151 lbs 200/1 1.75
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2m6½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f
9th
Pressed leader - lost second 3rd - soon outpaced - weakening when mistake last(op 80/1)
6 M Poor
D M Christie 151 lbs 100/1 1
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2m 1m4f 1m2½f 1m4f 1m4f
10th
Towards rear - some headway after 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 66/1)
4 G AVG
Denis Gerard Hogan 166 lbs 100/1 5.5
2m3½f
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11th
Midfield - weakened after 3 out(op 125/1)
5 G Poor
Dermot A McLoughlin 158 lbs 200/1 15
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12th
Midfield - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 40/1 tchd 80/1)
8 M Poor
John Patrick Ryan 146 lbs 66/1 10
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7f 7f 2m 2m 2m
13th
Always behind - tailed off(op 150/1 tchd 300/1)
5 G AVG
D Broad 159 lbs 250/1 9
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1m7½f 2m½f 1m7½f 2m½f
14th
Always behind - tailed off
4 G Poor
Edward Buckley 158 lbs 66/1 6
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2m 2m½f 2m 2m
15th
Always behind - tailed off(op 125/1)
4 F Poor
Liz Doyle 148 lbs 200/1 20
2m
1m1½f 1m2f 1m 2m 2m
16th
Midfield - weakened 3 out - tailed off(op 100/1)
4 F Poor
John Joseph Hanlon 152 lbs 200/1 33
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2m6f 2m4f
99th
Towards rear - fell 4th(op 200/1 tchd 300/1)
5 G Poor
Simon Cavanagh 158 lbs 250/1 -
3m½f
2m 2m 2m 2m1½f 2m½f
99th
In touch with leaders - weakened before 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding burst blood vessel)(op 7/1)
6 G AVG
M K Flannery 159 lbs 6/1 -
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2m 1m2½f 1m6f 1m2½f 1m2½f
99th
Always behind - pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding bust blood vessel)(op 50/1)
4 C Good
Denis Gerard Hogan 166 lbs 80/1 -
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