18:50 Down Royal

Friday 23 June 2017

All17:4518:1518:5019:2019:5520:3021:00

Mount Charles Hurdle

Off time: 18:51 | Winning time: 4m 57.20s

1^st

Rashaan

511-12

8/13f

T: C KiddJ: Sean Flanagan

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along briefly to close after 3 out, challenged before 2 out, ridden to dispute 2 out, led last, kept on well run-in op 8/11 tchd 4/7

2^nd

2 ½

Marinero

811-12

9/4

T: H De BromheadJ: B J Cooper

Led, slightly slow and disputed 7th, narrow lead and pressed before 2 out, joined and disputed 2 out, soon ridden, headed last, kept on same pace op 5/2 tchd 3/1

3^rd

4 ½

Brontide

410-8

16/1

T: C O'DwyerJ: Ricky Doyle (7)

Chased leader in 2nd, improved to dispute from 7th, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon no extra in 3rd and kept on one pace op 12/1

4^th

Important Moment

811-12

33/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: A E Lynch

Held up in rear, slight mistake 4 out, slight mistake next and ridden, soon no impression, weakened before 2 out op 25/1

Also Ran

Stone Hard

711-6

7/1

T: G ElliottJ: Keith Donoghue

Held up, mainly 4th, bad mistake and unseated rider 4th op 13/2

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Non-Runners

Fagan¹⁷³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: D N Russell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.40Pl:€1.02, €1.20EX:€2.90Trifecta:€15.70SF:€2.54

Forecasts

Rashaan (8/13), Marinero (9/4), Fagan (3/1), Stone Hard (7/1), Brontide (16/1), Important Moment (33/1)

Previous course winner RASHAAN holds the strongest claims in this feature contest. A talented all round performer, he was possibly a shade flattered when beating Apples Jade here in November, and whilst over 2m, that is by far and away the strongest recent hurdles form on offer. Fagan is yet to be tested outside of novice company (albeit very strong form), and he has a few questions to answer with his progress stunted since his Albert Bartlett career best. Therefore, Marinero should give the selection most to think about. He's lost his way over fences, but was previously talented over hurdles, and did win over 2m6f at this track in the past.