17:25 Down Royal

Monday 28 September 2026

All13:2413:5914:3415:0915:4416:1916:5017:25

Molson Coors Beverage Handicap

Off time: 17:27 | Winning time: 2m 52.94s

1^st

(9)

Pillar Of Hope

89-6

22/1

T: P SweeneyJ: Patrick McGettigan (5)

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, headway on inner to lead over 1f out, soon ridden and kept on well inside final furlong op 18/1

2^nd

4 ½

(11)

Sea Eagle

610-0

50/1

T: Gerard O'LearyJ: Danny O'Leary (10)

Rear of mid division, headway on inner to go 5th entering straight, soon ridden and kept on to go 2nd over 100 yards out, no impression on winner op 40/1

3^rd

(12)

Cooley's Mist

49-4

9/2

T: H RogersJ: Chris Hayes

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, headway to lead over 3f out, pushed along entering straight, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra and dropped to 3rd over 100 yards out op 5/1

4^th

(16)

Rakki

59-9

7/2f

T: W P MullinsJ: Ben Coen

Mid division, 6th halfway, pushed along to go 3rd entering straight, soon ridden and no extra over 1f out, dropped to 4th over 100 yards out op 10/3

5^th

(8)

Neptunes Staircase

69-12

16/1

T: G M LyonsJ: James Ryan

Rear of mid division, pushed along entering straight, ridden to go 6th over 1f out, soon no extra and kept on one pace inside final furlong op 25/1

6^th

(4)

Youcansaythatagain

39-8

9/2

T: A OliverJ: Gary Carroll

Tracked leaders, mid division halfway, progress to go 4th over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra in 5th over 100 yards out, lost a further place close home op 5/1

7^th

2 ½

(10)

Genoah

59-9

5/1

T: M O'CallaghanJ: Reese Holohan (7)

Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway into mid division entering straight, soon ridden and no extra, kept on one pace from over 1f out op 13/2

8^th

4 ¾

(15)

Open Secret

59-11

16/1

T: G ElliottJ: Nina Doherty (10)

Tracked leaders, mid division halfway, weakened over 3f out op 12/1

9^th

4 ½

(6)

Sarangpur

49-9

33/1

T: Paul MulliganJ: Rory Cleary

Always towards rear, never a factor op 25/1

10^th

(7)

Nod Of Approval

39-2

7/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: Wayne Lordan

Dwelt, towards rear, pushed along in mid division over 3f out, soon ridden and no impression from over 2f out tchd 13/2

11^th

1 ¼

(14)

Faro Island

49-6

12/1

T: A OliverJ: Ronan Whelan

Towards rear, progress to track leaders entering straight, soon ridden and no extra over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 11/1

12^th

(1)

Rock Of Ireland

59-13

8/1

T: Rory DevineJ: Rory Mulligan (5)

Led, pushed along and headed over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off op 9/1

13^th

(2)

Ephesus

59-10

28/1

T: D HoganJ: J M Sheridan

Chased leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along over 3f out, soon no extra and weakened, tailed off op 22/1

14^th

(3)

Michinaga

39-4

66/1

T: C WeldJ: Luke McAteer

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along on inner over 3f out, soon no extra and weakened, tailed off op 33/1

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Non-Runners

(13)

Neo Smart¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: J S Bolger J: Reserve 3

(5)

Flying Fortress²⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Robert Whearty

(17)

Earthsong⁹⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: W McCreery J: Billy Lee

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£30.30Pl:£6.20, £15.10, £2.30EX:£1,778.10Trifecta:£0.00Tricast:£5,757.94SF:£886.21

Forecasts

Rakki (7/2), Cooley's Mist (9/2), Youcansaythatagain (9/2), Genoah (5/1), Flying Fortress (5/1), Neo Smart (13/2), Nod Of Approval (7/1), Rock Of Ireland (8/1), Earthsong (10/1), Faro Island (12/1), Neptunes Staircase (16/1), Open Secret (16/1), Pillar Of Hope (22/1), Ephesus (28/1), Sarangpur (33/1), Sea Eagle (50/1), Michinaga (66/1)

RAKKI stepped up on his reappearance to open his account on the level at Tramore just over 6 weeks ago and far from handicapped out of things from 4 lb higher, Willie Mullins' 5-y-o gets the verdict to follow up. Flying Fortress is knocking at the door so he can provide most resistance, with Nod of Approval and Sarangpur another couple worthy of consideration, too.

RAKKI
FLYING FORTRESS
NOD OF APPROVAL (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025

Glenroyal

Weight: 9-4 |Age: 3

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle | T: J P O'Brien

15/8

Prize Money

1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €300.00