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Down Royal (IRE)
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Ballygowan Opportunity Maiden Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 Distance: 2m1f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €5.40 Place: €1.70 €1.10 €1.50 Exacta: €14.30 Trifecta: €61.80
Non-Runners: Coffee Bay (reserve), Colonel Bellew (reserve), Pay The Tab (reserve)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m½f 2m5½f 2m 2m½f
1st
Made all - jumped well - 4 lengths ahead halfway - reduced lead after 2 out - shaken up approaching last - ran on well run-in - comfortably(op 100/30 tchd 4/1)
7 G Poor
Henry De Bromhead 158 lbs 7/2 Won
2m½f 2m½f 2m 2m1½f 2m4f
2m 2m 2m
2nd
Prominent throughout - went third before 2 out - soon pushed along - went second approaching last - ridden and kept on run-in - no match for winner(op 5/2)
8 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 163 lbs 2/1F 2.5
2m 2m1f 1m6f 2m 1m6f
1m4f 1m5f 1m6f 2m 2m
3rd
In touch with leaders - hampered 5th - headway and went fourth before 3 out - pushed along 2 out - went third approaching last - ridden and ran on well run-in(op 3/1 tchd 16/5)
7 G AVG
Peter Fahey 164 lbs 11/4 .75
2m 1m5f 1m4f 1m6f 2m4f
-
4th
Midfield - headway from 2 out - ridden and ran on from last - went fourth final 110yds - not reach leaders(op 66/1)
6 M Poor
S R B Crawford 149 lbs 50/1 6.5
2m1f 2m1f 2m4f 2m3f
2m 2m½f 2m4½f
5th
Midfield - hampered 5th - pushed along before 2 out - ridden approaching last - kept on run-in - not reach leaders(op 50/1)
7 G AVG
Ms Margaret Mullins 154 lbs 33/1 1.5
2m3½f 2m½f 2m6f 2m2½f 2m7½f
2m
6th
In touch with leaders - headway disputing second halfway - went second after 4 out - pushed along and lost two places approaching last - weakened run-in - burst blood vessel (jockey said gelding burst a blood vessel; vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils)(op 7/1)
5 G Poor
Paul Nolan 158 lbs 14/1 3
2m 2m 2m1f
2m1f
7th
Never better than midfield - pushed along after 2 out - kept on from last(op 50/1)
5 G Poor
S R B Crawford 154 lbs 25/1 7.5
2m7½f 3m1½f
1m4f 2m 2m
8th
Prominent - disputing second halfway - pushed along and lost position after 2 out - soon no extra(op 14/1)
4 G Poor
Miss Ellmarie Holden 158 lbs 10/1 1
-
2m4f 2m4f
9th
Midfield - hampered 5th - pushed along before 2 out - soon no extra(op 100/1 tchd 150/1)
5 G Poor
A J Martin 156 lbs 100/1 1
2m3f
-
10th
Towards rear of midfield - pushed along after 2 out - no extra approaching last (jockey said gelding got badly hampered at the first down the back straight)(op 33/1 tchd 28/1)
7 G Poor
Jamie Albert Sloan 154 lbs 33/1 .5
2m 2m 2m1f 2m4½f 2m4f
1m 1m 1m1f 1m 1m
11th
Towards rear - hampered by faller after 1st - headway into midfield after 2nd - pushed along and weakened from 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 50/1)
8 M Poor
A J Martin 159 lbs 80/1 .5
2m1f 2m1f 1m7½f 1m2½f 2m
2m 2m 2m½f
12th
Towards rear throughout - pushed along 2 out - soon no extra(op 125/1 tchd 250/1)
7 G AVG
P J Rothwell 154 lbs 150/1 0.1
2m 3m 2m6f 2m4f 2m4½f
2m 2m7f 2m1½f
13th
Towards rear throughout - pushed along and no extra after 2 out(op 28/1)
6 G AVG
John C McConnell 154 lbs 33/1 2
2m3f 2m5½f 3m½f 3m1½f 3m1½f
-
14th
Towards rear throughout - bad mistake 2 out - soon no extra(op 150/1)
5 M Poor
S R B Crawford 147 lbs 100/1 7.5
2m 2m4½f
1m4f 1m2½f 1m2½f 1m4f 1m4f
15th
Jumped left on occasions - towards rear throughout(op 100/1)
5 G Poor
Seamus Fahey 154 lbs 125/1 11
-
2m 2m 2m4f 2m1f 2m
99th
Towards rear - brought down after 1st(op 250/1 tchd 200/1)
6 G Poor
Dermot A McLoughlin 154 lbs 250/1 -
2m
1m3½f 1m6f 1m6f 1m4f 2m1f
99th
In touch with leaders - fell 5th(op 7/2)
5 G AVG
William Durkan 158 lbs 11/2 -
2m1f 1m4f 2m2½f 2m3f 2m4f
2m 2m3f 2m½f 2m1f 1m4f
99th
Towards rear - wandered around before 1st - fell 1st(op 250/1 tchd 300/1)
7 G Poor
Liam Lennon 154 lbs 250/1 -
2m 2m1f 2m 1m2½f 1m
1m4f 1m4f
99th
Midfield - mistake and unseated 1st(op 100/1)
N/A Poor
P J Rothwell 166 lbs 150/1 -
2m1f 2m½f