Down Royal (IRE) Races
Down Royal (IRE)
12:13
Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE)
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024
Distance: 2m1f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Yielding
Surface: Turf
Win: €1.29
Place: €1.02 €1.70 €1.70
Exacta: €3.90
Trifecta: €7.90
Non-Runners: Battleoftheboyne (vet's advice - lame), Dollymount (off feed), Harry's Dream (vet's advice)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Downmexicoway (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Henry De Bromhead | 162 lbs | 2/7F | Won | Travelled strongly - made all - clear going best 2 out - ran on - canter(op 2/5 tchd 4/9) | ||
| 2nd | 5 | Scalpnagoon (IRE) | 5 G | AVG |
Carl Millar
(5)lbs
|
Gordon Elliott | 155 lbs | 7/1 | 10 | In touch with leaders - headway after 4 out - went second from 3 out - no extra after 2 out - no match for winner(tchd 6/1) | |
| 3rd | 4 | Our Soldier (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | E J O'Grady | 162 lbs | 8/1 | 25 | In touch with leaders - not fluent and pushed along briefly 5th - outpaced before 3 out - kept on after 2 out - went remote third run-in(op 9/1 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 4th | 10 | Walk In The Sea (IRE) | 4 F | Poor |
James Smith
(7)lbs
|
Ian Patrick Donoghue | 148 lbs | 33/1 | 1.75 | Towards rear - not fluent 4th - headway before 4 out - went fourth after 3 out - disputing third but weakening when jumped slightly right and bumped rival 2 out(op 28/1) | |
| 5th | 11 | Written In My Soul (IRE) | 4 F | Poor |
Harry Sexton
(7)lbs
|
E D Delany | 144 lbs | 22/1 | 2 | Took keen hold - prominent early - lost position but in touch with leaders before 2 out - not fluent 4 out - weakened before 2 out(op 16/1 tchd 14/1 and tchd 20/1) | |
| 6th | 8 | Busy Being Busy (IRE) | 4 G | Good |
Alex Harvey
(5)lbs
|
Neil McKnight | 153 lbs | 7/1 | .5 | Didn't always jump with fluency - took keen hold - in rear early - pressed winner from 2nd - mistake and lost second 3 out - weakening when bumped 2 out (jockey said gelding ran too keen)(op 6/1 tchd 11/2) | |
| 99th | 3 | Knockraha Eagle (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Ian Patrick Donoghue | 162 lbs | 80/1 | - | Prominent early - mistake 1st - not fluent 5th - dropped to rear when weakened after 4 out - tailed off when pulled up 3 out | ||
| 99th | 7 | Bruno From Mars (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
Tom Harney
(7)lbs
|
Sarah Dawson | 151 lbs | 100/1 | - | Took keen hold - in rear - weakened after 4 out - tailed off when pulled up 3 out(op 150/1) |