June 17 / 15.30 Downpatrick

15.30

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Tote Always SP Or Better At Downpatrick Handicap Chase

  • Prize money: £5743.36
  • 2m 3f 55y
  • 7 runners
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Tote Always SP Or Better At Downpatrick Handicap Chase

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Scattered showers

8/13 (Won)

  • Win: £1.70
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 056-11 D

Last run: 8 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Progressive since joining this stable after an initial defeat when favourite for a handicap hurdle at Tramore; recovered losses at Limerick and made a successful transition to chasing at Clonmel; 10lb rise does not look enough to stop him from following up in a weak race.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

3

14th Jan 2026

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

13:45 Fairyhouse

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11st 2lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: Declan Queally

In fine form during the summer; notching up a hat-trick over hurdles and fences at Galway and Kilbeggan at 2m6f-3m1f; well beaten favourite in Cork National last time and now reverts to hurdles; best form on better ground.

11/2

6th

8

2nd Nov 2025

Good To Yielding

3m 4f 0y

15:20 Cork

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10st 13lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Declan Queally

Who won two handicap hurdles during the summer before comfortably exploiting a good mark back over fences at Kilbeggan (3m2f); should be in peak form again after a run at Galway last Sunday; might not want the ground too soft.

5/1

6th

8

2nd Nov 2025

Good To Yielding

3m 4f 0y

15:20 Cork

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10st 13lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Declan Queally

Who won two handicap hurdles during the summer before comfortably exploiting a good mark back over fences at Kilbeggan (3m2f); should be in peak form again after a run at Galway last Sunday; might not want the ground too soft.

5/1

14/1

  • Place: £5.00

Form: 605-58

Last run: 17 days

W: 10st 0lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 76

Form & Verdict
AW Flat winner, maiden over jumps; 3lb out of the handicap, makes little appeal on recent form; fading when making a bad mistake at the last over C&D early last month; down the field over hurdles at Wexford since then.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

11th

15

21st Feb 2024

Heavy

2m 4f 41y

16:25 Punchestown

Monoxide

10st 13lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: Neill McCluskey

Flat winner; 0-36 over jumps, perhaps some chance of breakthrough after recent second over fences at Down Royal; overall profile makes it hard to be confident.

10/1

2nd

13

23rd Jan 2024

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 100y

15:30 Down Royal

Monoxide

10st 9lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: Neill McCluskey

didn't always jump with fluency, led, clear before 4th

16/1

Form: /75-16 C

Last run: 15 days

W: 10st 10lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Returned from a long absence to record a course handicap hurdle win last month; failed to go forwards from that at Tramore last time; modest chase form suggests she may find a couple too good.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

9

15th Jun 2024

Good

2m 5f 180y

14:15 Downpatrick

Tick Along

11st 13lb

J: Mr J L Gleeson

T: T G McCourt

C&D winner last year on the back of a year off; struggled here when last seen in August but may bounce back from just 1lb above her winning mark.

10/1

10th

2

13th Aug 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 5f 165y

16:40 Downpatrick

Tick Along

11st 12lb

J: Thomas Reilly

T: T G McCourt

prominent, dropped to midfield 3 out, weakened before 2 out

10/1

6th

8

8th Aug 2023

Heavy

2m 5f 57y

19:30 Roscommon

Tick Along

11st 0lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: T G McCourt

The ground was good to yielding when winning a Downpatrick handicap hurdle over this trip in May but she goes on soft and was just ahead of Royal Juniper when third to Seskin Flyer at Kilbeggan (2m3f); unlikely to be far away.

5/1

Form: 67PU3-

Last run: 50 days

W: 10st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Is 0-29 under rules; wide-margin point winner against weak opposition at Ballinaboola in February; managed a respectable third in Punchestown's confined Bishopscourt Cup; 2lb out of the handicap, rider excellent value for 5lb claim.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4th

9

28th Aug 2023

Good

2m 3f 55y

16:55 Downpatrick

Lesssaidthebetter

10st 9lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: P J Rothwell

Winning pointer but a longstanding maiden under rules (0-24 hurdles, 0-9 chasing); overall profile strikes a note of caution but a breakthrough is not out of the question; the outcome could hinge on his ability to reverse Tramore form with Brehon Star who beat him quite handily there; 6lb better off and blinkered for the first time.

4/1

2nd

15

20th Aug 2023

Yielding

1m 7f 150y

14:45 Tramore

Lesssaidthebetter

10st 0lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: P J Rothwell

midfield, jumped right and bumped rival 1st, hampered by faller when left in third 5th, went second before 2 out, challenging approaching last, went clear with winner run-in, kept on

14/1

OUR TIP

Form: 2856-5 C

Last run: 36 days

W: 12st 0lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
Showed a liking for this venue as a hurdler, winning here last July and running well in defeat later; does not appear particularly well treated over fences; handicap chase debut.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

13th

7

10th Oct 2023

Yielding

2m 0f 140y

14:25 Punchestown

Diamondinthemud

11st 7lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Nigel Thomas Slevin

Maiden hurdle winner last year has been below form in handicaps the last twice (beaten when unseated at Listowel) and needs his best.

20/1

0

2

23rd Sep 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

15:55 Listowel

Diamondinthemud

12st 0lb

J: Carl Millar

T: Nigel Thomas Slevin

prominent, led after 3rd, headed after 2 out (usual 3 out), weakening when badly hampered by faller and unseated last (usual 2 out)

18/1

7th

7

23rd Aug 2023

Good

2m 4f 141y

19:10 Sligo

Diamondinthemud

11st 4lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Nigel Thomas Slevin

Last four runs have been over fences; best hurdles form last season was at Downpatrick, soundly beaten over fences at that venue last time.

14/1

Form: 55088- D

Last run: 239 days

W: 10st 1lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Low-grade handicap hurdler; tailed off at Down Royal in October 2021 on her only chase start; struggled on the Flat at Navan last week.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

0

12

15th Sep 2023

Good

2m 1f 165y

14:50 Downpatrick

Let Her Flow

10st 0lb

J: Conor Maxwell

T: J Larkin

Shown very little in four starts for new yard; 1lb wrong.

50/1

0

14

8th Aug 2023

Heavy

2m 5f 57y

19:30 Roscommon

Let Her Flow

10st 2lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: J Larkin

in rear, reminders after 3rd, soon detached, pulled up before 6th

66/1

11th

18

4th Jul 2023

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 14y

15:05 Tipperary

Let Her Flow

10st 0lb

J: Tom Kelly

T: J Larkin

Unexposed at this game but well adrift on both starts so far over fences and looks to have her work cut out here from 5lb out of the handicap proper.

66/1

Form: 2/35-5

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 0lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 74

Form & Verdict
Twice runner-up in handicaps in 2021; may have needed her Limerick run last month after a break; 5lb out of the handicap, but a good claimer takes some of the sting of that disadvantage.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

8th

13

28th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 5f 100y

15:00 Tramore

Go Battle

10st 8lb

J: Aidan Kelly

T: Philip M Byrne

Placed in four of her 12 races over fences; best form was two seasons ago; let down by her jumping on her last two outings but not without a chance on 4l second at Thurles three starts ago.

10/1

0

10

9th Nov 2023

Heavy

2m 4f 96y

15:25 Clonmel

Go Battle

10st 5lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Philip M Byrne

Placed in four of her 11 races over fences; best form was two seasons ago; jumped badly at Thurles last week; not without a chance on previous 4l second at that venue.

13/2

18

2nd Nov 2023

Soft

2m 2f 66y

13:30 Thurles

Go Battle

10st 0lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Philip M Byrne

didn't always jump with fluency, midfield early, mistake 5th, dropped to rear when struggling after 6th, pulled up 3 out

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Payout
Exacta €15.30
Straight Forecast €14.53
Trifecta €77.60

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