14:55 Down Royal

Tuesday 23 January 2024

All12:4013:1013:4514:2014:5515:3016:00

Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 23.10s

1^st

Irish Blaze

811-11

5/1

T: C CollinsJ: Carl Millar (7)

Led, headed after 3 out, ridden in 3rd 2 out, under pressure before last, stayed on into 2nd last, led again run-in, kept on strongly to assert closing stages op 6/1

2^nd

6 ½

Captains Nephew

711-10

6/4f

T: P J RothwellJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, led after 3 out, ridden after 2 out, headed run-in, no extra in 2nd closing stages op 5/4

3^rd

3 ¾

Bleu D'enfer

611-5

4/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: D A Jacob

Tracked leaders, slight mistake 2nd, 4th halfway, improved into 2nd after 3 out, ridden 2 out and slight mistake, no impression on leader before last, 3rd and kept on one pace from last op 5/1

4^th

Ask Anything

611-12

9/4

T: G P CromwellJ: Keith Donoghue

Mid-division, mistake 1st, slight mistakes 2nd and 3rd, 5th halfway, slight mistake 5 out, ridden 3 out, no impression in 4th 2 out, kept on one pace op 15/8

5^th

Deployed

1011-3

50/1

T: G ElliottJ: Danny Gilligan (5)

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th after 3 out, no extra before next op 40/1

6^th

Hurricane Cliff

811-6

11/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore

Held up towards rear, ridden in 6th and no impression 3 out, never a factor op 16/1

7^th

Ivar The Boneless

611-3

150/1

T: R K WatsonJ: Donagh Meyler

Towards rear, ridden and no impression before 3 out, weakened op 200/1

Also Ran

Rumoroso

911-3

150/1

T: C A McBratneyJ: Sean Flanagan

Tracked leaders early, towards rear from before 5th where slight mistake, rear and slight mistake 6th, slight mistake 5 out, trailing next, pulled up before 3 out op 200/1 tchd 125/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£1.60, £1.10, £1.10EX:£12.90Trifecta:£46.80SF:£14.31

Forecasts

Captains Nephew (6/4), Ask Anything (9/4), Bleu D'enfer (4/1), Irish Blaze (5/1), Hurricane Cliff (11/1), Deployed (50/1), Ivar The Boneless (150/1), Rumoroso (150/1)

Boasting a progressive profile over hurdles, ASK ANYTHING has continued that theme over fences, off the mark in a 13-runner novice here (20f) 4 weeks ago. Open to further improvement in this sphere, he's expected to make another bold bid back down in trip. Captains Nephew and Irish Blaze are also expected to play prominent roles.

ASK ANYTHING (IRE)
CAPTAINS NEPHEW (IRE)
IRISH BLAZE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023

Limerick Lace

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 6

J: L P Dempsey | T: G P Cromwell

8/11

Prize Money

1st: €11,100.002nd: €3,700.003rd: €1,850.004th: €925.005th: €555.006th: €370.00