19:50 Bellewstown

Friday 5 July 2019

All17:1017:4518:1518:4519:2019:5020:2520:55

Seamus Mulvaney Crockafotha Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:52 | Winning time: 4m 49.20s

1^st

Roi De Dubai

711-0

4/1

T: J C McConnellJ: A W Short (5)

Pushed along briefly early, not fluent 1st, soon led, slight mistake 2 out, asserted between last 2, stayed on well run-in op 5/1

2^nd

4 ¾

Trans Wood

710-6

10/1

T: G M DoyleJ: Mr T Power Roche (7)

Waited with towards rear, closer in 9th and headway from 6th, effort straight, kept on without matching winner from between last 2 op 9/1

3^rd

Lethal Steps

411-5

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: D F O'Regan

Tracked leaders, impeded 1st, 5th from 6th, not fluent 7th, effort straight, kept on without matching winner from between last 2 op 9/2 tchd 11/2

4^th

2 ¾

Blottos

711-3

12/1

T: G P CromwellJ: J B Kane (5)

Pushed along briefly early, not fluent 1st, pushed along again after 2nd, soon mid-division, 6th from 6th, slight mistake 4 out, effort straight, kept on same pace from 2 out tchd 11/1

5^th

1 ¼

Monbeg Chit Chat

811-3

10/1

T: H De BromheadJ: H Morgan (7)

Pushed along briefly early, soon prominent, mistake 6th, no impression in 4th when slight mistake last, one pace op 9/1

6^th

1 ¾

Adimelo

910-13

33/1

T: M M McNiffJ: D R Fox

Led, not fluent 1st and headed, not always fluent jumping and soon lost place and towards rear, some headway from before 3 out, one pace next

7^th

2 ¼

Mutadaffeq

611-0

7/2f

T: G P CromwellJ: J M Moore

Soon mid-division, 7th from 6th, effort straight, one pace 2 out op 4/1 tchd 9/2

8^th

Gold Seal

511-5

10/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: J J Slevin

Tracked leaders, some slight mistakes, one pace 2 out

9^th

8 ½

Antimatter

1010-13

16/1

T: D DugganJ: Ricky Doyle (5)

Soon mid-division, 8th from 6th, slight mistake 4 out, one pace 2 out

10^th

Sam King

109-12

20/1

T: T M WalshJ: Darragh O'Keeffe (7)

Waited with, soon towards rear, 10th from 6th and headway, one pace 2 out

11^th

6 ½

Court Martialed

89-11

33/1

T: G A KingstonJ: C D Maxwell

Towards rear, not fluent 1st, kept on same pace from before 2 out

12^th

Electric Concorde

811-12

25/1

T: E M O'SullivanJ: M J M O'Sullivan (7)

Waited with, 11th and and pushed along briefly after 6th, no impression from 4 out, soon no extra op 28/1

13^th

Castlehume

710-13

28/1

T: S J MahonJ: C Brassil (5)

Raced in 3rd early, a little slow at 3rd, mistake 4th and almost unseated rider, slight mistake 4 out and weakened, tailed off op 33/1

Also Ran

Benny In Milan

810-9

6/1

T: D HoganJ: A Ring

Waited with, not fluent 1st, not fluent 4th and reminder, behind from before 7th, soon pulled up op 12/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.50Pl:€2.10, €2.80, €2.30EX:€55.80Trifecta:€602.40Tricast:€215.78SF:€45.47

Forecasts

Mutadaffeq (7/2), Roi De Dubai (4/1), Lethal Steps (5/1), Benny In Milan (6/1), Trans Wood (10/1), Monbeg Chit Chat (10/1), Gold Seal (10/1), Blottos (12/1), Antimatter (16/1), Sam King (20/1), Electric Concorde (25/1), Castlehume (28/1), Adimelo (33/1), Court Martialed (33/1)

The Gordon Elliott yard have sent in five handicap hurdle winners at this meeting in the last four years from 21 runners giving the operation a 24% strike rate and their Cheveley Park-owned, LETHAL STEPS can add to his win at Sligo in April. The improving four-year-old can land the spoils ahead of his main challengers, Blottos, formerly with Sue Smith, the luckless, Trans Wood and the Joseph O'Brien-trained, Gold Seal.

Lethal Steps
Blottos
Trans Wood

Previous Winners

2018

Babbling Stream

Weight: 11-10 |Age: 7

J: H Morgan | T: H De Bromhead

20/1

Prize Money

1st: €9,751.002nd: €3,151.003rd: €1,502.004th: €676.005th: €346.006th: €182.00