Down Royal (IRE)
13:40
Coors Mares Handicap Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 Distance: 2m1f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €5.50 Place: €1.90 €1.10 €3.30 Exacta: €17.70 Tricast: €88.87 Trifecta: €217.70
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Thisistheway (IRE) 5 M Good Yvonne Latta 159 lbs 9/2 Won Travelled strongly - in touch with leaders - prominent on inner before 3 out - switched left after 3 out - challenging going best from 2 out - led last - soon clear - comfortably(op 5/1)
2nd 6 Albatala (IRE) 5 M Poor John C McConnell 152 lbs 5/2F - Prominent - joined leader before 3 out - led from 3 out - ridden and faced challenge from 2 out - headed and mistake last - kept on but no match for winner(op 9/4)
3rd 9 Miss Gitana (IRE) 4 F AVG Gordon Elliott 139 lbs 8/1 - Didn't jump with fluency - midfield early - towards rear 2nd - headway towards far side when mistake 3 out - went third but no extra from 3 out(op 7/1 tchd 10/1)
4th 7 French Hill (IRE) 5 M Poor Gavin Cromwell 151 lbs 8/1 - In touch with leaders - mistake 3rd - lost position when outpaced and pushed along before 3 out - mistake 3 out - soon ridden and headway - went modest fourth before last(op 10/1 tchd 11/1)
5th 3 Katherine (IRE) 8 M Poor Adrian Sexton 159 lbs 16/1 - In rear early - midfield when pushed along briefly after 4th - headway and prominent 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 20/1)
6th 8 Mayos Vendangeur (IRE) 5 M Poor P J Rothwell 140 lbs 100/30 - Sweating - prominent - slow jump 3 out - soon weakened (vet said mare was examined and was reported as post-race normal)(op 3/1)
7th 2 Doctor Nightingale (IRE) 4 F Poor Patrick Joseph Hayes 159 lbs 14/1 - Always behind - not fluent 3rd - detached after 5th(op 16/1)
8th 4 Lady Rose Hackett (GB) 5 M Poor Henry De Bromhead 164 lbs 8/1 - Took keen hold - soon led - joined before 3 out - headed and weakened quickly from 3 out (jockey said mare lost her action after the last)(op 11/1 tchd 15/2)
PU 1 Aurora Princess (IRE) 7 M AVG Leanne Breen 161 lbs 33/1 - Never better than midfield - weakened before 4 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (jockey said mare never travelled)(op 18/1)