Galway (IRE) Races
Galway (IRE)
14:10
Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase
Galway (IRE)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025
Distance: 2m2f
Type: Chase
Going: Good
Surface: Turf
Win: €8
Place: €2.50 €1.50 €3.20
Exacta: €30.60
Tricast: €169.16
Trifecta: €315
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Gold Dancer (FR) | 6 G | Good | W P Mullins | 155 lbs | 7/1 | Won | Prominent behind clear leader - not fluent 2nd - pushed along and went second when 4 lengths down after last - soon ridden - ran on well to lead inside final 110yds(op 6/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 2nd | 8 | Westport Cove (FR) | 6 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 155 lbs | 85/40F | 2.5 | Led - soon clear - 5 lengths ahead 4th - reduced lead 2 out - went clear again after last - ridden home straight - headed and no extra inside final 110yds(op 7/4 tchd 9/4) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Intellotto (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 155 lbs | 11/1 | 9.5 | Prominent behind clear leader - bad mistake 1st - dropped to midfield 5 out - some headway after last - went third home straight - no match for first two(op 9/1) | ||
| 4th | 10 | Birdie Or Bust (IRE) | 6 M | AVG | Henry De Bromhead | 148 lbs | 15/2 | 3.5 | Midfield - not fluent 3 out - some headway after 2 out - briefly went third after last - soon no extra(op 10/1 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Special Cadeau (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Henry De Bromhead | 155 lbs | 14/1 | 7 | Midfield - mistake 4 out - went fourth 3 out - no extra after last(op 11/1) | ||
| 6th | 9 | Belle The Lioness (IRE) | 8 M | AVG | S Curling | 148 lbs | 66/1 | 9 | In rear - detached 4 out - stayed on from 2 out - never dangerous | ||
| 7th | 6 | Runcok (FR) | 4 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 155 lbs | 22/1 | 1.5 | Towards rear - bumped 4th - not fluent 5th - mistake 5 out - midfield when jumped left 4 out - jumped left 2 out - no extra after last(op 20/1) | ||
| 8th | 11 | Gale Mahler (IRE) | 6 M | Good | Adrian Paul Keatley | 148 lbs | 5/1 | 12 | Towards rear throughout - not fluent and bumped rival 4th - carried left 4 out(op 15/2) | ||
| 9th | 2 | Fine Margin (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 155 lbs | 25/1 | 7 | Towards rear throughout - pecked on landing 2 out(op 22/1) | ||
| 10th | 5 | Itsalladream (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Paul John Gilligan | 155 lbs | 16/1 | 25 | Prominent behind clear leader - not fluent 7th - bad mistake 5 out - weakened after 3 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at 4th last)(op 18/1 tchd 20/1) | ||
| 11th | 1 | Pied Piper (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 162 lbs | 5/1 | 6.5 | Midfield - prominent behind clear leader 7th - went second before 4 out - weakened quickly after last (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; vet reported gelding to be clinically abnormal post race)(tchd 11/2) |