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Down Royal (IRE)
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Pilgrim's Handicap Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 Distance: 3m Type: Hurdle Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €11 Place: €2.50 €1.70 €2.70 Exacta: €61.40 Tricast: €286.50 Trifecta: €305.40
Non-Runners: Delias Pet (reserve), Divilabother (reserve), Heart Of Rome (reserve), Il Silenzio (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m6f 2m7½f 3m1f 2m6f 3m
1st
Midfield - headway and prominent before 4 out - led going easily after 3 out - went clear when ridden before last - ran on (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding appreciated the drying ground today compared to slower ground in the past)(op 12/1)
6 G AVG
John C McConnell 163 lbs 10/1 Won
2m5½f 2m7f
2m 2m3f 2m5f 2m 2m6f
2nd
Led narrowly or disputed lead early - prominent from 1st - not fluent 3 out - soon switched right - headway when bit short of room on inner before 2 out - went second when ridden after 2 out - kept on but no match for winner (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that he gave gelding a good break after his last run)(op 9/4)
5 G Poor
Declan Queally 156 lbs 11/4F 2.5
3m½f 3m 3m½f 2m5f 2m3½f
2m6f 2m6f 3m 3m 2m6f
3rd
Prominent - in touch with leaders after 7th - bit short of room when switched left after 3 out - headway when ridden after 2 out - went third run-in - no match for first two(op 12/1 tchd 17/2)
5 G Poor
S R B Crawford 148 lbs 9/1 4.25
3m
2m1f 2m2f 2m1½f 3m 2m7f
4th
Midfield - in touch with leaders after 7th - headway and prominent before 2 out - no extra when jumped slightly right and not fluent last - weakened and lost third run-in(op 14/1)
6 M Poor
Mark Fahey 162 lbs 12/1 2.75
2m7f 2m5f 2m4½f 2m2f 3m½f
2m1f 2m3f 2m4f 3m
5th
Prominent and briefly disputed lead early - led from 1st - not fluent 3 out - soon headed - edged right before 2 out - soon switched left - weakened after 2 out(op 7/1)
5 G AVG
Noel Meade 151 lbs 14/1 5
2m4½f 2m7½f 3m3½f
2m4½f 2m4f 2m7½f 3m1f 2m4½f
6th
Prominent - joined leader after 4 out - weakened before 2 out(op 10/1)
6 G Poor
Paul Nolan 168 lbs 11/1 .5
2m4f 2m5½f 2m5f 2m6½f 2m5½f
2m4f 2m3f 3m1½f 2m6f 3m
7th
Raced wide - towards rear - midfield after 4 out - in touch with leaders after 3 out - no extra after 2 out
7 G Poor
R K Watson 153 lbs 12/1 4.75
2m6f 3m 2m6f 2m7½f 3m1½f
2m4½f 2m7f 2m2f 2m1½f 2m7f
8th
Towards rear - dropped to last after 7th - headway when raced wide before 4 out - kept on but no impression after 2 out(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
10 G Poor
Noel C Kelly 152 lbs 33/1 2.75
3m 2m5f 2m4½f 2m4f 3m
2m 2m1f 1m4f 2m4½f 2m1f
9th
Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - some headway when raced wide after 3 out - kept on(op 28/1)
2 C Poor
John C McConnell 149 lbs 33/1 4.5
-
2m3½f 2m4½f 1m7½f 2m½f
10th
Didn't always jump with fluency - midfield early - towards rear 3rd - reminder after 6th - some headway before 2 out - kept on(op 33/1)
6 G Poor
Dermot A McLoughlin 145 lbs 80/1 2
2m4½f 3m½f
1m7½f 2m 2m 2m3f 2m6f
11th
Didn't always jump with fluency - midfield - no extra 2 out - mistake last(tchd 66/1)
6 G Poor
Francis Casey 150 lbs 50/1 .5
2m2f
2m4f 1m7½f 2m3f 2m6f 2m6f
12th
In touch with leaders - hit 6th - not fluent 7th - mistake 4 out - dropped to midfield when reminders before 3 out - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened(op 10/1 tchd 8/1)
7 G Poor
Noel C Kelly 154 lbs 17/2 0.3
2m6f 3m
2m3f 2m4f 3m1½f 3m 2m6f
13th
In touch with leaders - mistake 3 out - soon weakened
7 M Poor
Hugh Paul Finegan 149 lbs 20/1 .75
3m½f 2m6½f 2m6½f 3m1f 3m2f
2m4f 2m5f 2m3½f 2m3f 3m
14th
Midfield - not fluent and reminder 2nd - reminders and weakened after 4 out(op 16/1)
8 G Poor
P J Rothwell 164 lbs 25/1 1
2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 2m 2m4f
3m 3m1f 2m3½f 3m1f 3m1½f
15th
Raced wide - towards rear - midfield after 7th - in touch with leaders 4 out - weakened after 3 out(op 18/1)
7 G Poor
William Harvey 148 lbs 16/1 12
2m3½f 2m 2m4½f 3m 2m4½f
2m4f 2m2f 2m3f 2m4f 3m
16th
In touch with leaders early - midfield when hit 5th - brief headway before 3 out - weakening when jumped slightly left 2 out(tchd 15/2)
7 M Poor
Gerald Stephen Quinn 161 lbs 7/1 7.5
3m 2m3f 3m 2m3½f
2m3f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m1f 3m
17th
Raced in last - pushed along briefly after 3rd - some headway after 7th - midfield after 4 out - weakened before 3 out(op 66/1)
6 G Poor
S Michael Millar 145 lbs 40/1 5.5
-
2m4f 3m½f 2m7f 2m6f 3m½f
99th
Prominent - weakened and dropped to rear before 4 out - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(tchd 66/1)
10 G Poor
Peter Maher 159 lbs 50/1 -
2m7½f
3m 3m 2m7f 3m1f 3m1f
99th
Prominent - weakened after 4 out - dropped to rear before 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding never travelled and was subsequently pulled up)(op 11/1)
8 G Poor
Leanne Breen 155 lbs 7/1 -
3m