IREGalway (IRE) Races

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Galway (IRE)
14:10
Guinness Beginners Chase
Galway (IRE) Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 Distance: 2m6½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €6.20 Place: €2.30 €1.70 Exacta: €21.80 Trifecta: €87.30
Non-Runners: Another Choice (unsuitable ground), Pearl Of The West (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m5½f 2m4½f 2m5½f 3m1f 2m2f
1st
Soon prominent - pressed leader after 7th - joined leader 2 out - led and kept on well when ridden run-in(op 9/2 tchd 6/1)
9 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 11/2 Won
2m6f 3m 2m5½f 2m4½f 2m4½f
2m3f 2m4½f 2m7½f 3m½f 2m7½f
2nd
Didn't always jump with fluency - took keen hold - prominent - led from 1st - headed from 2nd - led again after 5th - joined 2 out - ridden and headed run-in - kept on(tchd 4/1)
8 G Poor
W P Mullins 166 lbs 11/4 1.5
2m6½f 2m4f 2m4f
3m 2m7½f 3m½f 2m6½f 2m3½f
3rd
Prominent - raced in second after 1st - led from 2nd - headed and prominent after 5th - not fluent 3 out - dropped to last when ridden after last - kept on and went modest third run-in - no match for first two(op 4/1 tchd 9/4)
9 G AVG
C Byrnes 159 lbs 11/4 7.5
2m5½f 2m3f 3m 2m4½f 3m
2m4½f 2m 2m3f 3m 2m4f
4th
In touch with leaders - prominent when mistake and pushed along briefly 5 out - challenging 2 out - no extra after last - weakening when lost third run-in(op 9/5 tchd 7/4 and tchd 9/4)
8 G AVG
Paul Nolan 166 lbs 2/1F 10
2m3½f 2m7f 2m4½f 3m½f 3m½f
2m 2m 2m5f 2m½f 2m4½f
5th
Held up in rear - briefly went fourth and pecked on landing last - weakened run-in(op 66/1 tchd 50/1)
8 G Poor
Brian M McMahon 166 lbs 100/1 17
2m7f 2m4f 2m1½f 3m1f 3m2f
2m7f 3m 3m 2m7½f 2m3f
99th
Didn't jump well - briefly led - wandered on approach and not fluent 1st - soon dropped to rear - detached after 3rd - pulled up after 5th (jockey said mare jumped poorly)(op 13/2 tchd 11/2)
7 M AVG
Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 15/2 -
2m4½f