17:30 Down Royal

Friday 1 September 2023

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Kerry Foods Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 190y  |   Good to Yielding  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:31  |   Winning time: 4m 5.8s
1st
Horse silk
10
7/2f
T: N C KellyJ: Mr O McGill (7)
Chased leader, 5th halfway, headway into 2nd before 2 out, led last, ridden and kept on well run-in op 10/3 tchd 4/1
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
1
10/1
T: P W FlynnJ: B P Kennedy (7)
Led and soon clear, 8 lengths lead halfway, reduced advantage 2 out, soon pushed along, mistake last and headed, ridden and no impression on winner run-in op 11/1 tchd 12/1
3rd
Horse silk
½
6
1011-9
125/1
T: Miss T M ReillyJ: Thomas Reilly (7)
Rear of mid-division, mid-division 4 out, headway into 5th 2 out, pushed along and went 3rd at last, ridden and kept on one pace run-in op 100/1 tchd 150/1
4th
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1 ¼
2
9/2
T: Gerald QuinnJ: Mr N McParlan
Chased leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along after 3 out and 4th next, ridden and no impression approaching last, kept on one pace run-in op 4/1
5th
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¾
5
411-11
6/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: M P Walsh
Chased leader, slight mistake 2nd, 4th halfway, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, 6th next, kept on one pace run-in op 9/2 tchd 13/2
6th
Horse silk
3 ½
4
611-12
4/1
T: L FowlerJ: K E Buckley (3)
Chased leader, 6th halfway, headway into 3rd 2 out, soon pushed along and slight mistake last, ridden and no extra run-in op 6/1
7th
Horse silk
1
15
410-10
28/1
T: Peter FaheyJ: S D Torrens
Towards rear, headway after 3 out and went 7th next, pushed along and slight mistake last, kept on one pace tchd 25/1 and tchd 33/1
8th
Horse silk
4 ¾
13
8/1
T: R O'SullivanJ: J W Kennedy
Towards rear, headway on outer after 3 out and 8th next, no impression approaching last where not fluent, no extra op 11/1
9th
Horse silk
¾
7
40/1
T: J J HanlonJ: J S McGarvey
Mid-division, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, kept on one pace from next op 25/1
10th
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1 ½
3
25/1
T: J J HanlonJ: E Walsh (3)
Chased leader, 3rd halfway, ridden after 3 out and dropped to 9th next, no extra tchd 33/1
11th
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¾
8
40/1
T: C CollinsJ: K C Sexton
Towards rear, slightly hampered 4 out, kept on one pace from 2 out, never a factor op 50/1
12th
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15
16
16/1
T: P J RothwellJ: C Owens (7)
Always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, no extra tchd 14/1 and tchd 18/1
13th
Horse silk
16
12
14/1
T: M M McNiffJ: D E Mullins
Rear of mid-division, never a factor, no extra after 3 out, weakened op 12/1

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
14
16/1
T: G KeaneJ: R A Doyle
Mid-division, 7th halfway, fell 4 out op 12/1

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9
Horse silk
Wee Charlie26
Weight: 11-8|  Age: 6
T: T Gibney  J: D J O'Keeffe
NR
11
Horse silk
Irish Envoy50
Weight: 11-7|  Age: 5
T: Liz Doyle  J: J J Slevin
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£1.90, £3.10, £34.40EX:£48.70Trifecta:£741.80Tricast:£3,796.09SF:£39.37

Forecasts

Cave Court (7/2), Doyenna (4/1), Invictus World (9/2), Realism (6/1), Eighty Eight (8/1), Clever Currency (10/1), Wee Charlie (12/1), Irish Envoy (12/1), Turkestan (14/1), Future Proof (16/1), Mephisto (16/1), Tullybawn (25/1), Portville (28/1), Humanitarian (40/1), Speed Gang (40/1), Falak (125/1)

Verdict

The progressive and unexposed INVICTUS WORLD gets the vote off what looks a fair opening mark. It's probably best to forgive Doyenna and Realism's latest efforts and they head the dangers.

  1. INVICTUS WORLD (FR)
  2. DOYENNA (IRE)
  3. REALISM (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
One Cool Poet
Weight: 11-6  |Age: 10
J: B J Cooper  |  T: M J Smith
12/1

Prize Money

1st: €6,600.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,099.004th: €550.005th: €330.006th: €220.00

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