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Down Royal (IRE)
19:24
Grant Thornton Handicap
Down Royal (IRE) Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 Distance: 1m5f Type: Flat Going: Good Surface: Turf
Win: €6.50 Place: €1.80 €2.70 €1.30 Exacta: €66.90 Tricast: €164.50 Trifecta: €319
Non-Runners: Amavasya (reserve), Echinacea (reserve), Highland Harvey (reserve)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1m5f 1m6½f 1m4f 1m5f 1m6f
1st
Midfield - smooth headway and prominent 2f out - shaken up to lead inside final furlong - ridden and faced challenge inside final 110yds - kept on well(op 5/1)
4 G Poor
T G McCourt 135 lbs 11/2 Won
1m4½f 1m4½f 1m6f 2m1f 2m
1m2½f 1m4f 1m1f 1m1½f 1m4f
2nd
Midfield - headway over 1f out - went third inside final furlong - went second and challenging inside final 110yds - kept on (jockey said gelding leaned right in straight)(op 11/1 tchd 15/2)
4 G Poor
Thomas Coyle 133 lbs 8/1 0.3
1m4f 1m4f 2m½f 1m4f
1m 1m1½f 1m1½f 1m2½f 1m4f
3rd
Raced lazily - pushed along early - midfield - headway and went fourth after 2f - pushed along 4f out - disputing second over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 10/3)
3 G Poor
J P Murtagh 130 lbs 3/1F 2.25
1m4f
2m6f 3m 2m7½f 3m1f 1m6f
4th
Midfield - keeping on when switched left over 1f out - ran on well and went fourth towards finish - not reach leaders(op 14/1)
4 G Poor
John C McConnell 135 lbs 28/1 .5
1m4½f
1m 1m4½f 1m1½f 1m4½f 1m6f
5th
Led - headed but prominent after 1f - bit short of room under 2f out - no impression inside final furlong(op 13/2)
4 F Poor
T Hogan 127 lbs 9/1 1.75
1m2½f 1m4½f 1m4½f 1m6f 1m4f
2m6f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m 1m1½f
6th
Midfield - headway up the centre over 1f out - kept on - not reach leaders(op 18/1)
7 G Poor
Patrick J Flynn 125 lbs 25/1 0.2
2m4f 2m3f 2m5½f 2m3½f
1m1½f 2m 1m4f 1m5f 1m4f
7th
Prominent - went second after 2f - led under 2f out - headed inside final furlong - weakened final 110yds(op 7/1)
7 G Poor
Peter Lawlor 141 lbs 9/2 1.25
1m4½f 1m6f 2m 1m4f 1m4f
1m5f 1m4f 1m2½f 1m3½f 1m1½f
8th
Midfield - towards rear 4f out - keeping on but waiting for room over 1f out - kept on - never on terms(op 22/1)
6 G Poor
Alan Casey (10)lbs
S M Duffy 118 lbs 33/1 0.2
1m4f 1m2½f 1m4f 1m4f
1m2½f 1m2½f 1m4f 1m2½f 1m4f
9th
In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield under 2f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 40/1)
6 G Poor
Karl Thornton 142 lbs 80/1 0.3
1m3f 1m2½f
2m4f 1m6f 1m3½f 1m5f 1m5½f
10th
Towards rear - raced wide home turn - kept on inside final furlong - never near to challenge(op 33/1)
7 G Poor
H D McGuigan 129 lbs 50/1 0.05
1m4½f 1m4f 1m6f
2m 2m2f 2m½f 1m2½f 1m5f
11th
Towards rear throughout
6 G Poor
Gary McGill 135 lbs 40/1 0.3
1m4½f 1m6f 2m3½f 2m4f
1m4f 1m2½f 1m3½f 1m1½f 1m4½f
12th
Prominent on outer - led after 1f - headed under 2f out - weakened final furlong(op 10/3)
5 G AVG
Patrick J Flynn 129 lbs 7/2 0.05
1m4f 1m2½f 1m4f
1m 1m5f 1m6½f 1m5f 1m6f
13th
Never better than midfield(op 18/1)
5 M AVG
John C McConnell 136 lbs 25/1 0.3
1m4f
1m2f 1m 1m2f 1m 1m2½f
14th
In rear throughout(op 20/1)
3 G AVG
Matthew J Smith 130 lbs 10/1 7
1m½f 1m2½f