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Downpatrick (IRE)
16:10
J Murdoch Contracts Handicap Hurdle
Downpatrick (IRE) Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €4.20 Place: €1.50 €3.90 €1.20 Exacta: €50.10 Tricast: €136.46 Trifecta: €392.20
Non-Runners: Morricone (temperature), O'Faolains Glory (in season), Queen Kulina (unsuitable ground), Sally's Cave (coughing)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m4f 2m1½f 2m4f 2m 2m
1st
Soon raced in second - lost position but prominent before 6th - headway on inner approaching last - went second again when switched left after last - soon led and went clear - ridden out (trainer said gelding ran previously at Warwick where he was not suited by the track - a return to Downpatrick - where he has performed well in the past - may have brought about any apparent improvement in form)(op 6/1)
6 G Poor
Neill McCluskey 158 lbs 9/2 Won
2m4f 3m 2m 2m1f 2m1f
2m1f 3m1½f 2m 2m2f 2m2f
2nd
Jumped left on occasions - soon led - mistake 5th - faced challenge when mistake 2 out - ridden when headed and switched left run-in - kept on - no match for winner
7 G Poor
Neill McCluskey 146 lbs 12/1 6
2m 2m5f 2m7½f 2m2f 2m½f
2m 2m6f 2m4½f 2m4f 3m
3rd
Took keen hold - towards rear early - midfield after 4th - prominent before 6th - soon pressed leader - challenging 2 out - mistake last - soon lost second and slightly hampered - no extra towards finish(op 7/4)
5 G Poor
Eoin Griffin 155 lbs 15/8F 4
2m 2m4½f
2m½f 2m 2m6f 2m2f 2m2f
4th
Took keen hold - held up in rear - headway after 3 out - pressed leaders when bit short of room before last - weakened run-in(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
6 G Poor
Gavin Cromwell 162 lbs 17/2 8.5
2m3f 2m 1m7½f 2m2f 2m2f
2m7½f 2m6f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m5½f
5th
Didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - mistake and pushed along 3 out - soon lost position - dropped to rear when not fluent 2 out - kept on run-in(op 9/1)
12 G Poor
P Cluskey 158 lbs 8/1 7
2m6f 2m3½f 2m6f
1m6f 3m 2m3½f 2m5½f 3m½f
6th
In touch with leaders - prominent before 6th - midfield when bumped 3 out - no impression before 2 out(op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
10 G Poor
R K Watson 153 lbs 25/1 4.75
3m 2m6½f
2m 2m3f 2m 2m1f 2m
7th
Didn't always jump with fluency - midfield and took keen hold early - dropped to rear before 4th - some headway when bit short of room on inner and lost position before 2 out - no extra after 2 out - weakened before last(op 15/2)
5 G Poor
Noel Meade 166 lbs 9/1 31
2m 2m5f
2m4½f 1m4f 2m2f 2m1½f 2m
99th
Towards rear early - midfield when not fluent 6th - jumped slightly left and bumped rival 3 out - soon headway - pressed leaders after 2 out - weakening when fell last(op 7/1 tchd 13/2)
6 M Poor
Adrian Sexton 155 lbs 15/2 -
2m½f 2m4½f 2m 1m4f 2m
2m 2m2½f 2m1f 2m5f 2m
99th
In rear - dropped to last when bad mistake 4 out - soon pulled up(op 22/1)
7 M Poor
W J Lanigan 159 lbs 40/1 -
2m4½f
2m6f 2m1½f 2m2f 3m
99th
Prominent early - dropped to midfield when niggled along briefly after 5th - towards rear when reminder after 6th - lost touch after 4 out - pulled up before 3 out(op 9/1)
6 M Poor
Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 10/1 -
2m4f 2m7½f