14:20 Down Royal

Friday 18 June 2021

All13:2013:5014:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:10

E M Gray & Company Ltd Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 4f 80y  |   Good  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:22  |   Winning time: 4m 48.0s
1st
Horse silk
3
66/1
T: Colm MurphyJ: P J Cawley (4)
Mid-division, slightly hampered before 3 out, pushed along and headway in 5th next, under pressure and kept on well run-in to lead final 50 yards op 80/1
2nd
Horse silk
hd
11
25/1
T: S R B CrawfordJ: C Brassil (2)
Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along before 4 out, ridden after 3 out and went 2nd after 2 out, under pressure and kept on well run-in, just failed op 50/1
3rd
Horse silk
sh
7
11/2
T: C ByrnesJ: G P Brouder
Rear of mid-division, pushed along and headway on outer into 2nd 3 out, challenged when wandered before 2 out, dropped to 5th at last, under pressure and kept on well run-in, just failed op 7/2 tchd 6/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
5
9/4j
T: D A McLoughlinJ: D J Hand (4)
Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, headway to lead approaching 3 out, pressed before next, under pressure and kept on run-in, headed 50 yards out, no extra op 15/8
5th
Horse silk
2 ½
9
9/4j
T: E MullinsJ: M P O'Connor (4)
Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, pushed along and closer 3 out, 4th and ridden when wandered before next, 5th and no impression run-in, kept on one pace op 15/8 tchd 11/4
6th
Horse silk
13
13
28/1
T: M A MolloyJ: E Walsh (2)
Towards rear, some headway 3 out and ridden to go 6th before next, soon no impression and no extra run-in op 33/1 tchd 16/1
7th
Horse silk
5
16
66/1
T: S R B CrawfordJ: P J O'Hanlon (4)
Tracked leaders, slight mistake 5th, 5th halfway, pushed along and no impression before 3 out, ridden and no extra approaching 2 out tchd 50/1
8th
Horse silk
hd
1
14/1
T: N C KellyJ: Dylan Johnston (4)
Soon led, headed approaching 3 out, pushed along and dropped to 7th before 2 out, no extra op 18/1 tchd 12/1
9th
Horse silk
2
14
410-10
7/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: S D Torrens
Rear of mid-division, not fluent 3rd, pushed along and no impression when stumbled approaching 3 out, ridden and no extra in 9th before 2 out op 10/1 tchd 15/2
10th
Horse silk
13
2
5/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: J C Gainford (4)
Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along and stumbled badly approaching 3 out, soon weakened op 11/2 tchd 9/2
11th
Horse silk
3
4
20/1
T: Caroline MccaldinJ: R Deegan
Mid-division on outer, pushed along and towards rear approaching 3 out, soon no extra op 25/1 tchd 16/1
12th
Horse silk
38
15
410-10
125/1
T: C A McBratneyJ: J P O'Sullivan (2)
Always rear, slight mistake 2nd, jumped left 4th and soon detached, no threat from halfway, tailed off

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
8
150/1
T: J O CliffordJ: W J Gleeson (4)
In rear, detached after 3rd and slow next, no extra and well behind when pulled up before 3 out op 100/1
UR
Horse silk
10
611-6
28/1
T: J P RyanJ: S Fitzgerald (4)
Towards rear, mistake and unseated rider 6th op 11/1

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Non-Runners

17
Horse silk
It Ain't Me12
Weight: 11-6|  Age: 5
T: M Torrens  J: Reserve 2
NR
18
Horse silk
Ask Stampy184
Weight: 11-6|  Age: 5
T: Colm Murphy  J: Reserve 3
NR
12
Horse silk
Bennystiara28
Weight: 10-13|  Age: 6
T: H De Bromhead  J: H Morgan
NR
6
Horse silk
Offaly Star11
Weight: 11-6|  Age: 5
T: S Curling  J: T N Brett
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£85.20Pl:£18.90, £7.90, £1.40EX:£0.00Trifecta:£0.00SF:£1,205.92

Forecasts

Look Dont Touch (9/4), Shake Him Up (9/4), Grangeclare Native (5/1), Bennystiara (5/1), One For Joe (11/2), Pikaia (7/1), Offaly Star (10/1), Bachelor (14/1), Ballyearl (20/1), Perryville (25/1), Farrawaybay (28/1), Synone (28/1), It Ain't Me (33/1), Ask Stampy (33/1), Aldo The Apache (66/1), Ceejaythedeejay (66/1), Xquisite (125/1), Rathbourne Banks (150/1)

Verdict

LOOK DONT TOUCH's second at Punchestown recently is comfortably the best piece of form on show and he should be able to go one better taking on a bunch of rivals that, in the main, have plenty to prove. One For Joe is a danger if tuned up on his return, while Grangeclare Native could improve for the fitting of blinkers, so he's not totally ruled out.

  1. LOOK DONT TOUCH (IRE)
  2. ONE FOR JOE (IRE)
  3. GRANGECLARE NATIVE (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: €6,000.002nd: €2,000.003rd: €1,000.004th: €500.005th: €300.006th: €200.00

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