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Downpatrick (IRE)
14:40
Toals Bookmakers Rated Hurdle
Downpatrick (IRE) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 Distance: 2m3f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €5.20 Place: €1.70 €2.30 €3.70 Exacta: €37.50 Trifecta: €358.90
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1m7½f 2m½f 2m 3m 2m
1st
Tracked leaders - headway before 3 out - went second after 3 out - led going okay 2 out - soon pushed along - ridden and kept on well run-in (trainer said - regarding apparent improvement in form - that their charge had previously won at Galway and in their opinion the undulations of today's track and the sounder underfoot conditions contributed to the improved performance)(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)
6 G AVG
D K Weld 163 lbs 4/1 Won
2m1f 2m½f 3m 2m5½f 2m
2m 2m½f 2m½f 1m4f 2m
2nd
Held up in behind leaders - pushed along and headway when switched left after 2 out - went third when ridden after last - went second but no chance with winner towards finish(op 8/1)
8 G Poor
John C McConnell 158 lbs 10/1 3.25
2m4½f 2m5½f 2m6f 2m4½f 2m4f
1m6f 2m6½f 2m6f 2m4f 2m
3rd
Towards rear early - midfield 4 out - in touch with leaders when mistake 3 out - pushed along when went second approaching last - ridden and no extra after last - lost second towards finish(op 20/1)
11 G AVG
E Walsh (5)lbs
Liam P Cusack 153 lbs 16/1 4.5
2m5f 2m5f 2m6½f 3m 2m4f
2m½f 2m3½f 2m5f 2m3½f 2m½f
4th
Prominent - disputed lead after 1st - briefly headed when not fluent 4 out - soon joined leader - led narrowly 3 out - headed 2 out - soon ridden - weakened approaching last - not fluent last(op 11/1)
6 G AVG
Henry De Bromhead 165 lbs 9/1 7
2m1f 2m2f 2m4f
2m½f 2m1½f 2m 3m 3m
5th
Soon midfield - mistake 1st - headway after 3 out - pressed leaders when pushed along after 2 out - outpaced before last - ridden and no impression run-in(op 2/1 tchd 9/4 and 15/8)
10 G AVG
W P Mullins 163 lbs 2/1F 0.3
2m1f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m3½f
2m4½f 2m3f 2m4½f 2m4f 3m
6th
Towards rear early - minor headway when slightly hampered 1st - niggled along briefly after 2nd - dropped to last when pushed along after 5th - minor headway 4 out - not fluent 3 out - kept on run-in - made no impression(op 6/1 tchd 13/2 and 11/2)
9 G AVG
E J O'Grady 159 lbs 6/1 3.5
2m3f 2m4f 2m 2m4f 2m1f
2m½f 2m2f 2m½f 2m 2m4f
7th
Always towards rear - in touch with leaders when not fluent and pushed along 3 out - ridden and no impression after 2 out(op 10/1)
6 G Poor
Michael Mulvany 164 lbs 16/1 2.75
2m4f 2m1f 2m 2m5f 2m2f
2m 2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m
8th
Led - joined and disputed lead after 1st - slight lead 4 out - soon joined - headed when pushed along 3 out - soon lost second - lost position when ridden after 2 out - weakened before last (vet reported the animal to be post race normal)(op 11/2 tchd 6/1)
7 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 9/2 .75
2m4f 2m4f 3m
1m3f 2m 2m½f 2m1f 2m4f
9th
Didn't jump with fluency - in rear throughout - pushed along briefly after 5th - pushed along when detached after 4 out - weakened 3 out(op 40/1)
6 G Poor
Matthew J Smith 161 lbs 125/1 10
2m1½f 2m6f 1m2f 1m4½f 1m4f