Racecards
20:30 Leopardstown (IRE)
Irish Champions Festival Handicap
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f 180y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- €20,000 added
- Winner: €12,000
- 2nd: €4,000
- 3rd: €2,000
- 4th: €999
- Form 00-0555
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer J P Murtagh
- Jockey Ben Coen
towards rear of mid-division, 8th halfway, headway to 5th when ridden over 2f out, bumped 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong
- Form 1470-02
- Age 6
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer Dermot Kilmartin
- Jockey Ronan Whelan
led, pushed along over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon no extra and weakened quickly over a furlong out, tailed off
- Form 1246
- Age 5
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer C O'Brien
- Jockey Keithen Kennedy
settled towards rear, 7th halfway, pushed along under 4f out, badly hampered under 2f out, no extra, tailed off
- Form 213-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer J J Hanlon
- Jockey G M Ryan
tracked leader, 3rd halfway, pushed along 3f out, clipped heels and unseated rider when short of room under 2f out
- Form 551-320
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer C Timmons
- Jockey Colin Keane
prominent, 2nd halfway, ridden over 2f out, led briefly, weakened quickly under 2f out, no extra
Nita (GER)
49- Form 1123-80
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer D A McLoughlin
- Jockey James Ryan
towards rear, pushed along under 3f out, not clear run over 2f out, switched right and ridden under 2f out, kept on one pace
- Form 1606-89
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer T Mullins
- Jockey J A Heffernan
slowly into stride, in rear, 2 lengths detached and ridden over 3f out, tailed off
- Form 53600-5
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer D H Kelly
- Jockey Jimmy Dalton
mid-division, 5th halfway, raced wide approaching straight, ridden along over 1f out, went clear with winner inside final furlong, kept on but just held final strides
- Form 90-2312
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer N Meade
- Jockey Chris Hayes
mid-division, 4th halfway, ridden along to lead 2f out, faced challenge inside final furlong, kept on well, just held on final strides
- Form 05089-1
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer S Lavery
- Jockey Rory Cleary
mid-division, 6th halfway, headway to 4th over 2f out, switched left 2f out and bumped rival, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong
Previous results
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Formwatch
Ob La Di (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along 2f out, 3rd and ridden over 1f out, 5th and no impression inside final 150 yards, 5th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Royal Entry (10-0) at Down Royal 1m 2f hcp fll gd in Jun.
La Dame Blanche (IRE) 14-1 (10-3) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to go 2nd over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 3l behind No Niki No (10-8) at Tramore 1m 4f hcp fll gd in Jul.
Pavilion End 3-1 (10-0) Towards rear, 5th halfway, headway on outer to go 3rd entering straight, soon pushed along, 5th and ridden when edged right over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, last of 6, 4 1/2l behind Gracesolution (9-1) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp pol in Mar.
Los Toldos 12-1 (11-7) Tracked leader, 2nd before 5th, led before 6th, joined after 4 out, led narrowly after 3 out, kept on well run-in, won at Cork 2m 1f mdn gd in May beating Killeaney Bear (11-7) by 1 3/4l, 16 ran.
Pearl Jewel (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Raced wide early, pressed leader, led with one circuit to go, headed 5f out, led again 3f out, headed and weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 11 3/4l behind Tides Of War (9-9) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Nita (GER) 50-1 (10-3) Took keen hold, always behind, 12th of 17, 19 3/4l behind Solomon Coop (9-10) at Fairyhouse 1m 2f hcp Yielding in May.
Super Exceed (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 9th of 15, 8 3/4l behind Shaool (9-7) at Leopardstown 1m 1f hcp fll sft in Jun.
Louiescall (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Broke sharply, led, joined for lead at halfway, pushed along and headed over 3f out, ridden under 2f out, no impression inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 5 1/4l behind Red Hugh O'Donnell (9-9) at Killarney 1m mdn Yielding - Soft in Jul.
Tatum (IRE) 3-1 (9-13) Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, headway to lead approaching straight, ridden 2f out and kept on well, headed inside final 100 yards, no impression on winner, 2nd of 18, 1 1/4l behind Fervent (9-8) at Fairyhouse 1m 4f hcp Good - Yielding in Jun.
Miss Nifty (IRE) 66-1 (8-7) In rear, headway entering straight, improved and ridden to lead on outer 2f out, soon went clear, stayed on strongly final furlong, easily, won at Naas 1m 2f hcp gd in Jun beating Theophilos (10-0) by 4l, 13 ran.