Racecards
15:10 Down Royal (IRE)
Club Orange Hurdle
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Good to Yielding (Yielding in places)
- Surface: Turf
- €15,500 added
- Winner: €9,300
- 2nd: €3,100
- 3rd: €1,551
- 4th: €775
- Form 41114P-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 128
- Trainer G Elliott
- Jockey J S McGarvey
tracked leaders, mistake 6th, ridden briefly at 8th, ridden in 5th 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 2/1P-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 131
- Trainer J C McConnell
- Jockey Simon Torrens
mid-division, good headway to lead 3 out, pushed along and clear when bad mistake 2 out, left further clear at last, stayed on strongly, eased inside final furlong, easily
- Form 134244-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer J Nash
- Jockey C G O'Dwyer
in touch in rear, no impression from 3 out, never a factor
- Form 9/2212P-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 125
led, joined from 7th, ridden and headed 3 out, no impression on winner from next, moderate 2nd when fell at last
- Form 576P30-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer C A McBratney
- Jockey C P McNamara
tracked leader in 2nd, 3rd from 7th, ridden in 3rd 3 out, 4th and no impression next, left moderate 2nd at last, no impression on easy winner
- Form 032545-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer Paul Traynor
- Jockey R Monaghan
led, joined from 7th, ridden and headed 3 out, soon weakened, moderate 7th when left 5th at last
- Form 336315-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 118
mid-division, progress into 6th 3 out, pushed along in moderate 3rd next, soon ridden, 3rd and no impression on winner when jumped right at last and brought down on landing
Maura Jeanne
91- Form 5/2358P-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer C A McBratney
- Jockey Richard Condon
in touch in rear, mistake 7th, ridden 3 out, moderate 5th 2 out, 5th when left moderate 3rd at last, no impression
- Form 3PS64P-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer N McCluskey
- Jockey S A Mulcahy
in touch in rear, took keen hold, mistake at 1st, ridden in 7th 3 out, no impression, moderate 6th when left 4th at last, no extra
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Gordon Elliott has a strong hand with Calagogo, who completed a hat-trick last summer but disappointed in two runs in the autumn, and Where It All Began. The latter battled to a short-head victory at Tramore on New Year's Day but that was on heavy ground and he was outclassed in the Albert Bartlett at Cheltenham. Hammersmith has had a couple of decent runs at Dundalk since showing good form over timber at the turn of the year while Angels Dawn followed an impressive maiden success at Limerick with a decent run in a Fairyhouse handicap. CHINX OF LIGHT looked one to follow when landing a Galway maiden and was nowhere near right in a Cork Grade 3 in December so hopefully is over whatever ailed him.
Formwatch
Calagogo (IRE) 20-1 (10-9) Disputed lead briefly early, soon chased leaders, 8th approaching halfway, one pace approaching 3 out, no extra approaching straight, pulled up before last, at Punchestown 3m hcp Good - Yielding in Nov.
Chinx Of Light (IRE) 9-2 (11-2) Chased leaders, mistake 1st, not fluent and pushed along 9th, ridden and weakened after 4 out, behind when pulled up before next, at Cork 3m (1) sft in Dec.
Hammersmith (IRE) 10-3 (9-13) Led, ridden under 2f out, edged left 1 1/2f out, strongly pressed under 1f out, headed final 100 yards, kept on, 2nd of 14, 1/2l behind Star Of Burma (9-12) at Gowran Park 1m 6f hcp gd in Apr.
Where It All Began (IRE) 150-1 (11-8) Towards rear, some headway 4 out, mistake 3 out, well behind and ridden 2 out, beaten when pulled up before last, at Cheltenham 3m (1) gs in Mar.
Golas Tiep (FR) 7-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders early, mid-division halfway, pushed along after 3 out, ridden and no impression before next, kept on one pace, 10th of 18, 18 1/4l behind Toofareastiswest (11-12) at Limerick 2m 5f mdn gd in Apr.
Ruhm Und Ehre (IRE) 17-2 (11-3) Towards rear, progress after 7th, ridden into 6th last, kept on same pace to 5th closing stages, 5th of 16, 10 1/4l behind Courting Vickie (10-13) at Clonmel 2m 4f hcp Yielding in Apr.
Angels Dawn (IRE) 16-1 (10-11) Towards rear, hampered 2nd, headway into mid-division approaching straight, 6th and ridden after 2 out, went 5th at last, kept on one pace, 5th of 16, 7 1/4l behind Bugs Moran (10-11) at Fairyhouse 3m hcp Good - Yielding in Apr.
Maura Jeanne 20-1 (12-0) Always towards rear, never a factor, not fluent 3rd, pushed along and detached after 5 out, behind and pulled up before 3 out, at Punchestown 3m hcp Yielding in Jan.
Social Distancing (IRE) 8-1 (11-11) Mid-div, mstk 1st, 7th 1/2way, rdn & drpd to rr aftr 3out, pu qckly aftr 2out, at Loughanmore 3m mdn Good - Yielding in Apr.