17:30 Down Royal

Friday 8 September 2023

All15:5016:2517:0017:3018:0518:4019:10

Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap (47-70)

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 1m 29.19s

1^st

(2)

Velvet Skies

29-3

5/1

T: M MulvanyJ: Wesley Joyce (7)

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along and headway on inner under 2f out, 2nd and ridden 1f out, led over 100 yards out, kept on well tchd 11/2

2^nd

(7)

The Bear Trap

29-8

5/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: Shane Foley

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, carried wide on bend 2f out, ridden and headway to lead over 1f out, headed over 100 yards out, no impression on winner op 7/1

4^th

(1)

Finsceal Annie

28-7

12/1

T: L McAteerJ: Jamie Powell (5)

Prominent and led after 2f, edged left and bumped rival 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, 3rd and no impression on principals inside final furlong (finished 3rd, placed 4th) op 16/1

3^rd

(9)

Expecto

28-12

6/1

T: J S BolgerJ: Rory Cleary

Led early, headed after 2f and 2nd halfway, slightly hampered 2f out, 4th and ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong (finished 4th, placed 3rd) op 11/2 tchd 13/2

5^th

(8)

Poppadom

29-11

4/1f

T: A SlatteryJ: Andrew Slattery

Rear of mid-division, 7th halfway, pushed along on outer 2f out and no impression 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong to go 5th closing stages op 5/2

6^th

(6)

Rogerwaswrong

28-9

28/1

T: Sean DavisJ: N G McCullagh

Edged right from stalls and bumped rival, towards rear, pushed along and no impression 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace inside final furlong, never a factor op 40/1

7^th

(4)

Hasshoffman

29-5

11/2

T: J P O'BrienJ: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Mid-division, 5th 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra inside final 150 yards op 6/1 tchd 5/1

8^th

1 ¼

(5)

Burn The Bridges

29-3

17/2

T: J P MurtaghJ: Ben Coen

Slightly hampered from stalls and pushed along early towards rear, 8th halfway, ridden and some headway in 6th over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 8/1 tchd 7/1

9^th

(3)

Chou Chou

29-5

6/1

T: N MeadeJ: Colin Keane

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, pushed along and dropped to rear over 1f out, no extra op 7/1

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Result Amended

Expecto - Original Position 4th. Amended Position 3rd.

Finsceal Annie - Original Position 3rd. Amended Position 4th.

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£1.10, £1.30, £3.10, £3.80EX:£35.10Trifecta:£276.00, £558.20Tricast:£156.53SF:£31.22

Forecasts

Poppadom (4/1), Velvet Skies (5/1), The Bear Trap (5/1), Hasshoffman (11/2), Expecto (6/1), Chou Chou (6/1), Burn The Bridges (17/2), Finsceal Annie (12/1), Rogerwaswrong (28/1)

Though VELVET SKIES failed to progress when fifth of 11 on his first run in a nursery at the Curragh, that was a respectable effort nonetheless, particularly bearing in mind that he was 4 lb 'wrong' at the weights. Able to race off his correct mark here and likely to benefit from the return to this trip, he could be the answer. Expecto wasn't disgraced at Killarney last time and may emerge as the main danger ahead of Poppadom.

VELVET SKIES (IRE)
EXPECTO (IRE)
POPPADOM (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Pub Talk

Weight: 9-8 |Age: 2

J: Colin Keane | T: N Meade

3/1

Prize Money

1st: €6,300.002nd: €2,100.003rd: €1,050.004th: €525.005th: €315.006th: €210.00