15:15 Down Royal

Thursday 17 March 2022

All13:5514:3515:1515:5516:3517:1517:50

Powered By Bluegrass Novice Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 4f  |   Soft (Yielding to Soft in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:16  |   Winning time: 5m 20.0s
1st
Horse silk
8
8/1
T: D HoganJ: D G Hogan
Held up, closer in 6th halfway, close 4th 4 out, disputed before straight, ridden to lead after 3 out, joined next, led narrowly before last, kept on strongly run-in op 7/1
2nd
Horse silk
4
5
610-12
6/1
T: R TynerJ: P T Enright
Settled mid-division, progress in 4th 3 out, ridden to dispute 2 out, headed before last where slight mistake, no extra run-in, kept on same pace tchd 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¾
1
611-12
7/4f
T: S R B CrawfordJ: Mr B G Crawford (7)
Tracked leaders, slight mistake 1st, 3rd halfway, close up and disputed briefly 8f out, close 2nd 4 out, disputed before straight, ridden and headed after 3 out, kept on, no extra in 3rd 2 out, kept on same pace op 15/8 tchd 85/40
4th
Horse silk
nk
10
9/1
T: A J MartinJ: P J Carberry
Held up towards rear, slight mistake 3rd, progress after 4 out, 5th 3 out, ridden and no impression in 4th before 2 out, kept on same pace op 12/1
5th
Horse silk
31
2
6/1
T: R O'SullivanJ: J B Foley (5)
Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, close 3rd 4 out, disputed briefly before straight, ridden in 3rd before 3 out, no extra in 5th before 2 out op 5/1 tchd 13/2
6th
Horse silk
1 ½
3
50/1
T: G ElliottJ: Niall Moore (7)
Held up towards rear, ridden and no impression before straight
7th
Horse silk
¾
6
11/1
T: B R HamiltonJ: M P O'Connor (5)
Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, slight mistake 4 out, ridden and no extra 3 out op 15/2
8th
Horse silk
30
4
20/1
T: G ElliottJ: Sam Ewing
Tracked leaders briefly, dropped towards rear 2nd, slight mistake 3rd, ridden and no extra 4 out, weakened and tailed off op 18/1
9th
Horse silk
19
7
11/2
T: S O O'BrienJ: M M McDonagh (7)
Soon tracked leaders, close 2nd halfway, led and disputed 8f out, ridden and headed before straight, soon no extra and weakened, tailed off op 13/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
9
50/1
T: W J BrysonJ: L P Dempsey
Led and ran freely, slight mistake 2nd, headed 8f out, soon ridden, weakened before 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 100/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.10Pl:£2.90, £1.10, £1.20EX:£32.00Trifecta:£76.60Tricast:£122.51SF:£55.61

Forecasts

O'Toole (7/4), Kingston Retreat (11/2), Womalko (6/1), Paddys Planet (6/1), Wild Hunt (8/1), Nathaniel's Dream (9/1), Justicialism (11/1), Cute Cherry (20/1), Fire Squadron (50/1), Sam Lorenzo (50/1)

Verdict

This looks a warm little race. WOMALKO appeals as one to go on improving on the back of his Limerick win and can defy a rise but there are a few possible threats, headed by ready Clonmel scorer Wild Hunt and Stuart Crawford's unexposed top weight O'Toole.

  1. WOMALKO (FR)
  2. WILD HUNT
  3. O'TOOLE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021
Papal Lodge
Weight: 11-2  |Age: 5
9/2

Prize Money

1st: €8,700.002nd: €2,900.003rd: €1,449.004th: €725.005th: €436.006th: €290.00

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