Down Royal (IRE)
14:27
Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series At Punchestown Festival 2025 Qualifier Novice Handicap Hurdle
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €3.25 Place: €1.10 €2.60 €1.70 Exacta: €20.30 Tricast: €124.74 Trifecta: €86.20
Non-Runners: Chef's Kiss (unsuitable ground), Grann's Boy (withdrawn; unsuitable ground), Mujeres Isla (withdrawn; unsuitable ground), Smooth Scotch (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Timmy Tuesday (IRE) 6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 168 lbs 9/4F Won In touch with leaders - smooth headway 3 out - soon pressed leader - shaken up and led 2 out - hung left but ran on run-in - comfortably(op 3/1 tchd 10/3)
2nd 5 Kinbara Firstdraft (IRE) 6 G AVG S R B Crawford 157 lbs 9/1 6 In touch with leaders - smooth headway and led narrowly after 3 out - headed 2 out - not fluent last - soon outpaced(op 10/1 tchd 8/1)
3rd 8 Down Around (IRE) 8 G Poor P J Rothwell 147 lbs 7/1 2.25 Disputed lead - lost position and raced in third after 3 out - kept on but no match for first two(op 15/2 tchd 13/2)
4th 7 Lygon Lad (IRE) 5 G Poor Gordon Elliott 155 lbs 16/1 8 Held up in rear - raced wide but some headway after 3 out - kept on but never on terms(op 12/1)
5th 10 Whale Harbour (IRE) 6 G Poor Ian Patrick Donoghue 153 lbs 16/1 3.25 Disputed lead - not fluent 2nd - weakened after 3 out(op 12/1)
6th 9 Interchangeable (GB) 5 G AVG S R B Crawford 154 lbs 14/1 16 Took keen hold - always behind(tchd 16/1)
7th 4 Iamagetaway (IRE) 5 G Poor Aidan Anthony Howard 157 lbs 5/1 2.75 Took keen hold - held up in rear - headway into midfield after 3rd - dropped to rear before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
99th 2 Savante (IRE) 6 M AVG C A Murphy 161 lbs 5/2 - Towards rear - dropped to last with one circuit to go - detached when not fluent 5th - eased and pulled up before 3 out (vet reported mare to have coughed once but was post race normal; trainer said mare did not handle the ground)(op 9/4)