16:15 Down Royal

Sunday 14 April 2024

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Fibrus Say Bye Bye To Buffering Beginners Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   2m 4f  |   Yielding  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:15  |   Winning time: 4m 18.03s
1st
Horse silk
4
7/1
T: J C McConnellJ: S D Torrens
Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, headway after 3 out and led after next, kept on well and drew clear run-in op 11/1
2nd
Horse silk
5 ½
5
5/4f
T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy
Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along to challenge 2 out, ridden approaching last and no impression on winner run-in, kept on one pace op 11/8 tchd 11/10
3rd
Horse silk
¾
9
14/1
T: P NolanJ: J C Gainford
Mid-division, 6th halfway, pushed along and headway in 4th when pecked 2 out, 3rd and kept on one pace run-in op 11/1
4th
Horse silk
6 ½
2
9/1
T: G P CromwellJ: K M Donoghue
Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along after 3 out and soon ridden, 5th and no impression after next, kept on one pace tchd 10/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ½
6
4/1
T: R O'BrienJ: D E Mullins
Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, slight mistake 9th, headway to lead 3 out, pushed along and headed after next, dropped to 3rd at last and no extra run-in op 9/2 tchd 5/1
6th
Horse silk
2 ½
11
4/1
T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore
Rear of mid-division, 7th halfway, 6th and no impression approaching 2 out, kept on one pace
7th
Horse silk
11
3
40/1
T: T CooperJ: Sam Ewing
Rear of mid-division, moderate 8th halfway, closer in 7th 4 out, no impression after next, no extra op 20/1
8th
Horse silk
13
8
911-12
200/1
T: L ComerJ: Shane Fenelon (7)
Led, headed 3 out and dropped to 8th before next, soon no extra op 66/1
9th
Horse silk
19
7
611-12
200/1
T: C A McBratneyJ: S Fitzgerald
Rear of mid-division, never a factor, detached when mistake 8th, no threat from 4 out, no extra op 100/1
10th
Horse silk
29
12
100/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: J Coen (5)
Always towards rear, never a factor, slow 4th and detached, no threat from halfway, tailed off op 50/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
40/1
T: L P CusackJ: J B Foley
Always towards rear, never a factor, detached halfway and no impression when bad mistake 9th, well behind and pulled up before 3 out op 20/1

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10
Horse silk
Now Is The Hour14
Weight: 11-12|  Age: 7
T: G P Cromwell  J: S W Flanagan
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£1.70, £1.20, £3.30EX:£22.80Trifecta:£150.00SF:£17.54

Forecasts

Duffle Coat (5/4), Now Is The Hour (5/2), Extrapolation (4/1), Miss Tempo (4/1), Dreal Deal (7/1), Bardenstown Lad (9/1), Jasmin De Cotte (14/1), Brave Adam (40/1), Ballyglass Beauty (40/1), Petit Dejeuner (100/1), Fourbi (200/1), Falvio (200/1)

Verdict

NOW IS THE HOUR is the pick on hurdling form and shaped encouragingly when second at Cork on chasing debut. With the return to this trip in his favour, he's preferred to Duffle Coat, with Dreal Dreal a potential player if he can return to form back over fences.

  1. NOW IS THE HOUR (IRE)
  2. DUFFLE COAT (IRE)
  3. DREAL DEAL (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: €6,600.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,101.004th: €550.005th: €330.006th: €220.00

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