13:35 Down Royal

Monday 1 May 2023

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Ballygowan Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 180y  |   Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places)  |   19 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:35  |   Winning time: 4m 11.70s
Odds by:
The word Sky in blue and Bet in white with a red background.
Cloth number
Live Odds
Odds
1
Screaming Petrus
100/1, 125/1
150/1
2
Sign From Above
3/1, 16/5, 3/1, 11/4, 3/1
11/4
3
The Mediator
5/2, 9/4, 11/5
2/1
4
Baltic Bird
7/2, 18/5, 4/1, 9/2, 5/1, 9/2, 5/1
11/2
5
Samadabad
14/1, 12/1, 11/1
10/1
6
Lady Leanora
66/1, 50/1, 66/1
80/1
7
Big Belief
100/1, 125/1, 100/1
125/1
8
Dinoland
28/1, 33/1, 28/1
33/1
9
John W Creasy
50/1, 40/1
33/1
10
Kalsman
250/1, 300/1, 250/1, 300/1, 250/1, 300/1
250/1
11
Kilballyowen
100/1, 125/1, 150/1, 125/1, 150/1, 125/1
100/1
12
Kilkee Royal
33/1, 28/1, 33/1, 28/1
33/1
13
Monsieur Azul
7/1, 15/2, 8/1, 9/1, 10/1, 11/1, 12/1
14/1
14
Now Go Soldier Go
50/1, 40/1, 33/1, 28/1
25/1
15
That's About Right
125/1, 150/1, 250/1, 200/1, 150/1, 200/1, 150/1, 200/1
150/1
16
The Belmont Boys
250/1, 200/1
250/1
17
Top Speed
10/3, 7/2, 10/3, 7/2, 10/3, 7/2, 4/1, 7/2, 4/1
7/2
18
Alkascotch
150/1, 125/1, 150/1, 125/1, 150/1, 125/1, 150/1, 125/1
100/1
19
Lothbeg
66/1
50/1
SP Book Percentage 134.12

Non-Runners

22
Horse silk
Coffee Bay15
Weight: 11-4|  Age: 5
T: J P Flavin  J: Reserve 3
NR
21
Horse silk
Colonel Bellew490
Weight: 11-4|  Age: 6
T: H De Bromhead  J: Reserve 2
NR
20
Horse silk
Pay The Tab
Weight: 10-12|  Age: 4
T: G Elliott  J: Reserve 1
NR

Forecasts

The Mediator (2/1), Sign From Above (11/4), Top Speed (7/2), Baltic Bird (11/2), Coffee Bay (6/1), Samadabad (10/1), Monsieur Azul (14/1), Now Go Soldier Go (25/1), Colonel Bellew (25/1), John W Creasy (33/1), Kilkee Royal (33/1), Dinoland (33/1), Pay The Tab (33/1), Lothbeg (50/1), Lady Leanora (80/1), Kilballyowen (100/1), Alkascotch (100/1), Big Belief (125/1), That's About Right (150/1), Screaming Petrus (150/1), The Belmont Boys (250/1), Kalsman (250/1)

Verdict

Not so competitive as the numbers suggest and BALTIC BIRD, a useful Flat winner for the Gosdens, is fancied to build on his promising hurdles debut fourth at Down Royal (form has been franked) and open his account in this sphere. The Mediator returns from a lay-off but is still feared most from the in-form Gordon Elliott yard with Top Speed and Sign From Above both with the form to have a say too.

  1. BALTIC BIRD
  2. THE MEDIATOR (IRE)
  3. TOP SPEED (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Gaelic Arc
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 6
J: N T Prendergast  |  T: J P Ryan
25/1

Prize Money

1st: €6,000.002nd: €2,000.003rd: €1,000.004th: €499.005th: €299.006th: €200.00

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