Galway (IRE) Races
Galway (IRE)
14:55
Eileen Kelly Memorial Chase
Galway (IRE)
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2023
Distance: 2m6½f
Type: Chase
Going: Yielding
Surface: Turf
Win: €1.40
Place: €1.10 €1.60
Exacta: €3.50
Trifecta: €17.70
Non-Runners: Fairyhill Run (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Saint Sam (FR) | 8 G | Good | W P Mullins | 164 lbs | 4/7F | Won | Took keen hold - jumped well - made all - clear 3rd - 12 lengths ahead with one circuit to go - eased run-in - canter(op 1/2 tchd 4/6) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Born By The Sea (IRE) | 11 G | Poor |
Danny Gilligan
(5)lbs
|
Paul John Gilligan | 152 lbs | 11/2 | 13 | Raced in second throughout - 12 lengths down with one circuit to go - no impression from 2 out(op 17/2) | |
| 3rd | 4 | Peregrine Run (IRE) | 13 G | Poor | Peter Fahey | 157 lbs | 18/1 | 11 | In touch with leaders - soon went modest third - reminders and lost third after 8th - not fluent and went third again 4 out - kept on run-in - never on terms(op 14/1 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Stumptown (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Gavin Cromwell | 157 lbs | 11/2 | 5.5 | Held up in rear - went remote fourth approaching last - kept on - never near to challenge(op 5/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 5th | 2 | Andy Dufresne (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 157 lbs | 7/1 | 30 | Jumped left on occasions - towards rear - went remote third after 8th - mistake 5 out - soon eased - tailed off (vet said gelding was blowing hard post race)(op 8/1 tchd 17/2) |