15:47 Down Royal

Friday 10 November 2023

All12:1712:5213:2714:0214:3715:1215:47

Freixenet Flat Race

Off time: 15:47 | Winning time: 4m 16.30s

1^st

Firefox

512-3

1/6f

T: G ElliottJ: Mr H C Swan (5)

Made all, pushed along over 2f out, soon asserted and kept on strongly inside final furlong, easily op 1/5

2^nd

5 ½

Quint Major

511-7

10/1

T: M A MolloyJ: Mr J L Gleeson (5)

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along on inner to go 2nd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon no extra and kept on one pace inside final furlong op 14/1

3^rd

4 ½

Wrecking Ballbilly

412-0

17/2

T: N C KellyJ: Mr O McGill (7)

Towards rear, went 4th over 2f out, headway on outer to go 3rd entering straight, kept on one pace from over 1f out op 9/2

4^th

9 ½

Ilitch

511-7

14/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: Mr D G Lavery

Chased leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along and dropped to 3rd over 2f out, soon no extra and kept on one pace from over 1f out op 28/1

5^th

Feast

612-0

100/1

T: J J LambeJ: Anna McGuinness (7)

Towards rear, 4th halfway, pushed along over 3f out, soon no extra and kept on one pace op 66/1

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Non-Runners

The Yellow Clay²²⁹

Weight: 12-3| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Mr H C Swan

Cailin Deas⁵⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: J Fahey J: Miss H Heffernan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.17Pl:£1.10, £2.70EX:£2.20Trifecta:£5.90SF:£3.09

Forecasts

Firefox (1/6), The Yellow Clay (11/8), Wrecking Ballbilly (17/2), Quint Major (10/1), Cailin Deas (12/1), Ilitch (14/1), Feast (100/1)

FIREFOX is a cut above this field and should have little issue making a successful return from 7 months off. His stablemate The Yellow Clay looks the likeliest to capitalise if the selection underperforms, although Wrecking Ballbilly can't be completely dismissed.

FIREFOX (IRE)
THE YELLOW CLAY (IRE)
WRECKING BALLBILLY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Carnfunnock

Weight: 12-0 |Age: 5

J: Mr B G Crawford | T: S R B Crawford

9/4

Prize Money

1st: €7,200.002nd: €2,400.003rd: €1,200.004th: €600.005th: €360.006th: €240.00