13:23 Down Royal

Sunday 26 December 2021

All12:1312:4813:2313:5814:3315:0315:35

Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 13:24 | Winning time: 4m 39.7s

1^st

Ben Thomson

511-8

5/1f

T: N MeadeJ: N J Ryan (4)

Held up, slight mistake 3rd, progress 4 out, 5th entering straight, disputed before 2 out, mistake 2 out and ridden, narrow lead before last, joined again last, kept on well run-in, just prevailed close home tchd 6/1

2^nd

Magic Sea

612-0

14/1

T: Mrs S DawsonJ: T Ryan (2)

Settled behind leaders, slight mistake 3rd, 6th halfway, ridden and lost place entering straight, stayed on into 5th after 3 out, under pressure 2 out, stayed on into 3rd last, kept on well run-in, every chance closing stages, just held op 12/1

3^rd

Autumn Crusade

711-2

12/1

T: D A McLoughlinJ: J B Kane (2)

Disputed early, chased leaders from before 3rd, 3rd halfway, ridden in 4th entering straight, kept on to dispute before 2 out, narrowly headed before last, disputed again last, kept on run-in, headed and no extra close home op 16/1

4^th

Beat Of The Sea

711-6

7/1

T: S FaheyJ: B P Kennedy (4)

Disputed, led after 3rd, joined 3 out, soon ridden and headed, disputed again briefly before 2 out, headed approaching 2 out, no extra before last op 15/2

5^th

1 ¼

Uncle Gerhard

611-6

7/1

T: C O'DwyerJ: C G O'Dwyer (4)

Mid-division, slight mistake 1st, ridden in 8th entering straight, stayed on to dispute on inner before 2 out, headed after 2 out, under pressure in 4th before last, no extra run-in op 13/2

6^th

2 ¼

Herculaneum

411-0

15/2

T: N C KellyJ: Sam Ewing

Mid-division, slight mistake 4 out, progress in 7th entering straight, ridden and no impression after 3 out, jumped right 2 out, no extra tchd 7/1 and tchd 9/1

7^th

Fainche

411-0

33/1

T: E SheehyJ: Shane Fenelon (4)

Mid-division, improved to chase leaders before 4 out, disputed 3 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon no extra tchd 28/1

8^th

Colwinston

1111-7

25/1

T: Miss S BarkleyJ: Cian Cullinan (4)

Held up, mistake 4th, progress into 6th entering straight, ridden and no impression 3 out, soon no extra and weakened op 20/1

9^th

Mutadaawel

611-12

18/1

T: N SlevinJ: Kevin A Murphy (4)

Chased leaders, slight mistake 1st, 5th halfway, ridden and no extra entering straight, weakened op 14/1 tchd 22/1

10^th

Tenth Amendment

711-11

16/1

T: K H ClarkeJ: S O'Callaghan (4)

Held up early, mid-division best, ridden and no extra before straight, weakened op 25/1

Also Ran

Hillary John

1011-11

20/1

T: B R HamiltonJ: C Brassil (2)

Chased leaders, disputed briefly after 2nd, chased leader after 3rd, 2nd halfway, ridden and no extra before 4 out, weakened, pulled up before 2 out

Emma Prada

611-8

6/1

T: S DoyleJ: J P O'Sullivan (2)

Mid-division best, dropped towards rear before 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out tchd 11/2

Justice Ears

811-4

14/1

T: D P DunneJ: Liam McKenna (4)

Slight mistake 1st, always towards rear, weakened before 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 10/1

Tuckmill

511-2

6/1

T: F J FloodJ: M P O'Connor (2)

Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 3rd entering straight, no extra after 3 out, moderate 8th when hampered and fell 2 out op 9/1 tchd 11/2

That's Me Finished

410-13

66/1

T: N C KellyJ: P J Cawley (4)

Always towards rear, not fluent early, trailing halfway, pulled up before 3 out op 28/1

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Non-Runners

Monoxide²¹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: N McCluskey J: Reserve 3

Mater Matuta³¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: E D Delany J: Reserve 2

Command Chain¹⁶⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 1

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.30, £4.60, £3.90EX:£57.80Trifecta:£0.00Tricast:£826.93SF:£74.67

Forecasts

Ben Thomson (5/1), Emma Prada (6/1), Tuckmill (6/1), Beat Of The Sea (7/1), Uncle Gerhard (7/1), Herculaneum (15/2), Mater Matuta (15/2), Autumn Crusade (12/1), Magic Sea (14/1), Justice Ears (14/1), Tenth Amendment (16/1), Monoxide (16/1), Command Chain (16/1), Mutadaawel (18/1), Hillary John (20/1), Colwinston (25/1), Fainche (33/1), That's Me Finished (66/1)

BEN THOMSON needs to shrug off a lesser effort at Cork on his latest start but he had previously been shaping up okay and could well be worth another chance dropped in trip from a career-low mark. Emma Prada, Herculaneum and Uncle Gerhard are others fancied to figure in a trappy contest.

BEN THOMSON (IRE)
EMMA PRADA (IRE)
HERCULANEUM (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

Magic Sea

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 4

J: E Walsh | T: Mrs S Dawson

9/1

Prize Money

1st: €7,500.002nd: €2,500.003rd: €1,250.004th: €625.005th: €375.006th: €250.00

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