Downpatrick (IRE)
14:15
Toals Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle
Downpatrick (IRE) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 Distance: 2m2f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding To Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €3.60 Place: €1.50 €1.80 €1.30 Exacta: €19 Trifecta: €54.20
Non-Runners: Willie The Coo (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Fathom Two (IRE) 7 G Poor Gavin Cromwell 158 lbs 7/2 Won Prominent - headway and challenging on outer approaching last - ridden to lead run-in - ran on when edged right towards finish - always doing enough(op 9/2)
2nd 1 Gone For Tea (IRE) 6 M AVG Peter Fahey 159 lbs 9/2 1.75 Led - briefly disputed lead before 1st - niggled along briefly before 4 out - faced challenge approaching last - edged left last - ridden when headed run-in - no extra when short of room and switched left towards finish - no match for winner(op 5/1 tchd 4/1)
3rd 5 Yeats Star (IRE) 6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 156 lbs 4/1 2.75 Raced in second - briefly disputed lead before 1st - challenging approaching last - bit short of room when lost second last - no extra run-in(op 11/2 tchd 13/2)
4th 3 Figurehead (IRE) 8 G Poor Michael G Cleary 151 lbs 12/1 2.25 Towards rear early - hampered 1st - headway when not fluent 3 out - went third when ridden briefly after last - kept on (jockey said gelding was having his first run back after a wind op and he rode him to get home)(op 28/1)
5th 8 Nt Field Minnesota (IRE) 7 M AVG W P Mullins 151 lbs 9/4F .5 Didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - pushed along and no extra after 2 out - no impression when lost fourth after last(op 5/4 tchd 5/2)
6th 10 All Ways And Ever (IRE) 4 F Poor T G McCourt 149 lbs 22/1 2.75 Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - steadied when not fluent 3 out - no impression after 2 out(op 18/1 tchd 16/1)
7th 9 Sally's Cave (IRE) 6 M Poor Francis Casey 144 lbs 66/1 16 Towards rear throughout - didn't always jump with fluency(op 50/1 tchd 100/1 and 40/1)
8th 7 Bayonetta (IRE) 7 M Poor Gerald Stephen Quinn 151 lbs 6/1 6 In touch with leaders - not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(op 7/1 tchd 11/2)
9th 11 Princess Lily (IRE) 4 F Poor Seamus Fahey 142 lbs 150/1 56 Didn't jump with fluency - jumped right on occasions - raced lazily - in rear throughout - jumped right and hampered rival when mistake 1st - weakened after 4 out - tailed off(op 80/1)
10th 6 Zaghraf (GB) 4 G Poor Leanne Breen 156 lbs 100/1 18 In rear throughout - mistake and weakened 3 out - tailed off(op 80/1)