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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Non-Runners: Chef's Kiss (unsuitable ground), Grann's Boy (withdrawn; unsuitable ground), Mujeres Isla (withdrawn; unsuitable ground), Smooth Scotch (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m½f 2m 2m5f 2m4½f 2m2½f
1st
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)
6 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 168 lbs 9/4F Won
3m½f 2m3½f 3m 2m6½f 2m7½f
2m 2m5f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4½f
2nd
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)
6 G AVG
S R B Crawford 157 lbs 9/1 6
2m 2m3f 2m4½f
3m 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 2m
3rd
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)
8 G Poor
P J Rothwell 147 lbs 7/1 2.25
2m3½f 2m4½f 3m½f 2m6f 2m7f
2m4f 2m3½f 2m 2m 2m2½f
4th
Held up in rear - raced wide but some headway after 3 out - kept on but never on terms(op 12/1)
5 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 155 lbs 16/1 8
2m4f
2m1f 2m4f 2m3f 2m½f 2m4f
5th
Disputed lead - not fluent 2nd - weakened after 3 out(op 12/1)
6 G Poor
Ian Patrick Donoghue 153 lbs 16/1 3.25
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2m6½f 2m4f 2m 2m3½f 2m2½f
6th
Took keen hold - always behind(tchd 16/1)
5 G Poor
S R B Crawford 154 lbs 14/1 16
2m1f 2m1f 2m3½f
2m 2m2½f 2m½f 2m5f 2m4f
7th
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)
5 G Poor
Aidan Anthony Howard 157 lbs 5/1 2.75
2m5½f 2m3½f 2m7½f 2m3½f 2m7f
2m1f 2m4½f 2m1f 2m4f 2m2f
99th
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)
6 M AVG
C A Murphy 161 lbs 5/2 -
3m 2m3½f 2m5f 2m7½f