Galway (IRE)
18:40
Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap
Galway (IRE) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 Distance: 2m1f Type: Flat Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €5.40 Place: €1.90 €3.70 €4.90 Exacta: €81.90 Tricast: €1142.42 Trifecta: €1656.30
Non-Runners: Baltic Bird (unsuitable ground), Dalton Highway (reserve), Nibiru (reserve)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 14 Teed Up (IRE) 8 G AVG Emmet Mullins 153 lbs 7/2F Won Travelled strongly - soon midfield - bit short of room after 3f - headway over 4f out - challenging 3f out - led under 2f out - hard ridden and raced wide over 1f out - ran on towards near side inside final furlong - reduced lead towards finish(tchd 10/3)
2nd 15 The Very Man (IRE) 9 G AVG Mrs John Harrington 160 lbs 14/1 .5 Held up in rear - steady headway from over 2f out - keeping on when raced wide home turn - ridden over 1f out - soon switched right - ran on and went second towards finish(op 12/1 tchd 16/1)
3rd 10 Shajak (IRE) 5 G Poor Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 25/1 .5 In touch with leaders - outpaced and midfield when pushed along over 4f out - headway when ridden over 2f out - ran on towards finish(op 28/1)
4th 1 HMS Seahorse (IRE) 6 G AVG Paul Nolan 165 lbs 10/1 3.25 Soon briefly led - prominent after 2f - waiting for room from over 3f out - pressed leaders on inner over 2f out - ridden and challenging home turn - weakened final 110yds(op 20/1)
5th 19 Whiskey Sour (IRE) 9 G Poor W P Mullins 153 lbs 25/1 1 Soon in touch with leaders - headway and led over 3f out - headed under 2f out - weakened final 110yds(op 20/1)
6th 2 Lot Of Joy (IRE) 6 M AVG W P Mullins 168 lbs 4/1 5.5 Towards rear - headway over 4f out - midfield over 4f out - in touch with leaders over 2f out - no extra final furlong(op 5/1)
7th 22 Black Hawk Eagle (IRE) 6 G AVG Noel Meade 154 lbs 22/1 1.25 Held up in rear - steady headway from over 2f out - keeping on and raced wide home turn - no extra when switched right inside final furlong - never on terms(op 18/1)
8th 16 Dutch Schultz (GB) 8 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 152 lbs 18/1 .5 Soon towards rear of midfield - some headway over 2f out - in touch with leaders when slightly hampered home turn - soon no extra(op 16/1)
9th 18 Female Soldier (IRE) 4 F Poor Thomas Mullins 151 lbs 50/1 2.25 In touch with leaders - midfield when squeezed out and lost position over 2f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 66/1)
10th 8 Maze Runner (IRE) 7 G AVG W P Mullins 157 lbs 9/1 .5 Upset in stalls - held up in rear - headway when raced wide under 3f out - ridden into midfield when carried left under 2f out - soon no impression(op 15/2)
11th 3 Powerful Aggie (FR) 4 F AVG Joseph Patrick O'Brien 165 lbs 16/1 2.75 Midfield - in touch with leaders when ridden over 2f out - weakened 1f out(op 20/1)
12th 20 Line Out (IRE) N/A Good John E & Thomas Kiely 152 lbs 20/1 0.3 Soon midfield - headway and in touch with leaders over 4f out - challenging 3f out - outpaced over 2f out - soon weakened(op 14/1)
13th 12 Scaramanga (IRE) 7 G AVG W P Mullins 161 lbs 11/1 4.5 Never better than midfield
14th 17 Dartan (GB) 8 G AVG Matthew J Smith 158 lbs 50/1 0.3 Never better than midfield(op 25/1)
15th 5 Phoenix Cowboy (USA) 7 G Poor John Joseph Hanlon 159 lbs 80/1 14 In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield before halfway - weakened 2f out(op 66/1 tchd 100/1)
16th 4 Magellan Strait (IRE) 5 G AVG Joseph Patrick O'Brien 166 lbs 66/1 16 Soon in touch with leaders - joined leaders before halfway - briefly led after halfway - challenging when ridden under 4f out - weakened quickly over 2f out
17th 6 Almuhit (IRE) 5 G AVG Denis Gerard Hogan 157 lbs 28/1 7.5 Prominent - joined leaders before halfway - weakened from 3f out(op 20/1)
18th 9 Zinc White (IRE) 7 G Good Ian Williams 157 lbs 8/1 24 In touch with leaders - weakened from 3f out(op 6/1)
19th 7 Cougar (JPN) 6 G AVG Padraig Roche 164 lbs 18/1 11 Prominent - led after 2f - joined before halfway - briefly headed after halfway - headed over 3f out - soon weakened(op 20/1 tchd 14/1)
20th 11 Burren Song (IRE) 7 G AVG Andrew Slattery 154 lbs 28/1 75 Prominent - pressed leader after 5f - joined leaders before halfway - lost position over 5f out - weakened quickly over 4f out - detached when eased from 3f out(op 25/1)