20:15 Down Royal

Friday 26 May 2017

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:45

O2 Handicap Chase (0-123)

Off time: 20:18 | Winning time: 4m 59.00s

1^st

Curragh Golan

1210-13

3/1f

T: G J PowerJ: Paul Townend

Chased leader, 2nd halfway, travelled well to close before 2 out, ridden in 2nd before last, stayed on to challenge run-in and led close home op 11/4 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Coldstonesober

1111-1

7/2

T: J R FinnJ: Kevin Sexton

Led, joined and disputed 4 out, ridden in lead after 3 out, pressed run-in and headed close home op 3/1 tchd 4/1

3^rd

Drumhart

810-12

9/2

T: C A McBratneyJ: Donagh Meyler (3)

Chased leaders, mistake 4th, 3rd halfway, mistake 8th, dropped towards rear 5 out, slight mistake next, ridden 3 out, under pressure in 4th 2 out, kept on same pace to 3rd run-in, no impression on leaders op 4/1

4^th

4 ½

Benemeade

911-10

7/2

T: N MeadeJ: G N Fox

Chased leaders, 4th halfway, improved to dispute 4 out, ridden in 2nd after 3 out, pressed leader again and bad mistake 2 out, no extra in 3rd last, 4th and kept on one pace run-in op 9/2 tchd 3/1

5^th

Allied Victory

89-10

4/1

T: J P RyanJ: Danny Mullins

Held up, ran freely, 5th halfway, 4th 5 out, ridden and no impression 3 out, no extra 2 out op 9/2 tchd 5/1

6^th

Mia's Anthem

911-3

12/1

T: N C KellyJ: D R Fox

Always towards rear, ridden and no impression 3 out, soon no extra op 8/1 tchd 14/1

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Non-Runners

Cecil Corbett²⁵

Weight: 11-7| Age: 10

T: G Elliott J: D N Russell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.00Pl:€1.80, €2.10EX:€9.20Trifecta:€41.30SF:€14.61

Forecasts

Cecil Corbett (7/4), Curragh Golan (3/1), Coldstonesober (7/2), Benemeade (7/2), Allied Victory (4/1), Drumhart (9/2), Mia's Anthem (12/1)

Nothing here is rock solid but conditions look ideal for CECIL CORBETT and if he can reproduce his latest effort over this C&D, that might be enough to score. Coldstonesober and Curragh Golan are both into the veteran stage too but both are capable on their day and might be able to complete a clean sweep of the medals for the old boys.