Galway (IRE)
20:20
Caulfield Industrial Handicap
Galway (IRE) Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 Distance: 1m½f Type: Flat Going: Yielding To Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €5.80 Place: €1.60 €1.60 €1.80 Exacta: €37 Tricast: €130.30 Trifecta: €218.80
Non-Runners: Chicago Storm (reserve), Dazzling Spirit (reserve), Desert Wind (stone bruise)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Complete Fiction (IRE) 8 G AVG Jarlath P Fahey 142 lbs 4/1J Won Bumped rival start - held up in rear - headway from over 2f out - keeping on when switched left and raced wide home turn - ran on inside final furlong - led final strides (jockey said gelding hung right throughout)(op 7/2)
2nd 15 Arch Enemy (IRE) 6 M Poor Patrick Magee 132 lbs 7/1 0.3 Dwelt start - soon midfield - in touch with leaders before halfway - headway from over 1f out - led inside final furlong - headed final strides(op 14/1)
3rd 7 Khafaaq (GB) 8 G AVG Andrew Slattery 134 lbs 4/1J .75 In touch with leaders - prominent halfway - challenging over 2f out - led over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - lost second towards finish(op 9/2 tchd 5/1)
4th 8 Starting Monday (IRE) 8 G Poor Gillian Scott 141 lbs 9/2 3.25 Soon midfield - not clear run repeatedly from over 2f out - headway when switched right over 1f out - ran on and went fourth towards finish
5th 6 Dabana (IRE) 5 M Poor Mark Fahey 134 lbs 7/1 .5 Midfield - headway on near side of group under 2f out - ran on final 110yds - nearest finish(op 8/1 tchd 13/2)
6th 16 Golden Warrior (IRE) 4 G Poor T J O'Mara 139 lbs 80/1 0.1 Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders over 3f out - prominent on inner over 1f out - soon switched left - weakened final 110yds(op 50/1)
7th 10 Coviglia (IRE) 9 G Poor H D McGuigan 140 lbs 33/1 .5 Towards rear - headway then waiting for room from over 2f out - kept on inside final furlong - never on terms
8th 19 Brown Eagle (IRE) 3 G Poor M C Grassick 139 lbs 20/1 1.75 In touch with leaders - prominent on near side of group after 2f - challenging 2f out - bumped home turn - weakened gradually final furlong(op 16/1)
9th 5 Blackcastle Storm (GB) 7 G Poor Matthew J Smith 141 lbs 16/1 2 Soon led - headed over 1f out - weakened gradually final furlong (jockey said gelding hung left)(op 18/1)
10th 3 Mercurial (IRE) 6 G Poor John J Nallen 135 lbs 14/1 0.3 Slightly awkward start - bumped start - soon midfield - brief headway on inner over 1f out - weakening when switched left inside final furlong
11th 17 Gometra Ginty (IRE) 7 M Poor Denis Gerard Hogan 129 lbs 22/1 0.3 Took keen hold - soon raced in second - lost second 2f out - weakening when bumped rival home turn(op 18/1)
12th 12 Humanitarian (USA) 6 G Poor John Joseph Hanlon 140 lbs 40/1 .75 In touch with leaders - weakened gradually from over 1f out(op 25/1 tchd 50/1)
13th 13 Little Jo (GB) 8 G Poor John C McConnell 140 lbs 22/1 1.5 Never better than midfield(op 25/1 tchd 28/1)
14th 11 Highland King (IRE) 6 G Poor John C McConnell 137 lbs 33/1 1 Prominent - outpaced over 2f out - weakening when short of room over 1f out (jockey said she had to take a check 2f from the finish)(op 25/1)
15th 18 Noble Crusade (USA) 6 G AVG John C McConnell 139 lbs 50/1 .75 Dwelt start - in rear throughout - eased inside final furlong(op 25/1)
16th 4 Safari Quest (IRE) 2 G AVG A J Martin 142 lbs 11/1 .5 Slowly into stride - in rear throughout(op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
17th 14 The Mpex Kid (IRE) 8 G AVG Ciaran Murphy 140 lbs 14/1 0.1 Soon prominent - outpaced under 3f out - weakened 2f out - dropped to rear when eased inside final furlong(tchd 12/1)
18th 9 Albion Princess (GB) 5 M AVG Donal Kinsella 140 lbs 66/1 32 Towards rear of midfield - weakened and dropped to last over 2f out - eased final furlong - tailed off(op 20/1 tchd 80/1)