Racecards
16:10 Down Royal (IRE)
McConville Construction Hunters Chase
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 2m 7f
- Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
- Surface: Turf
- €6,999 added
- Winner: €4,830
- 2nd: €1,121
- 3rd: €490
- 4th: €280
- Form 216211-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer L Lennon
- Jockey Mr M J O'Hare
made all, soon clear, reduced advantage 5 out, left clear 4 out, easily
- Form 172/125-
- Age 12
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer D M Christie
- Jockey Mr R O'Sullivan
chased leader in 2nd early, 3rd from 3rd, dropped off leaders 6 out, left moderate 2nd 4 out, ridden and no impression, kept on one pace
Unanswered
46- Form 113464-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer Mrs D Foster
- Jockey Mr A T Duff
chased leaders, moderate 2nd from 3rd, closed 6 out, fell 4 out
- Form 751PP-0
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M Hourigan
- Jockey M P Fogarty
settled in rear, poor 4th from 6 out, left 3rd 4 out, pulled up quickly next
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Busy Monkey looks up against it in this company and though Unanswered has won a couple of point-to-points, he's struggled in three starts over regulation fences this year. A prolific winner between the flags, Royal Ranger has just the single chase victory to his name and has a bit to find with ROWDY RAMPAGE on last month's running at Limavady. The latter arrives on the back of a couple of point-to-point wins and went close in a maiden hunter chase at Downpatrick in March. He gets the vote here on only his fourth start in a chase.
Formwatch
Rowdy Rampage (IRE) 1-2 (12-0) Ld & disp, chall & hdd last, rallied to ld late, won at Maralin 3m ire ptp gd in Apr beating Theroadtocroker (12-0) by hd, 5 ran.
Royal Ranger (IRE) 5-4 (11-7) Ww, prog to ldrs 5out, ld 4out, hdd & wknd aftr 3out, noex, 5th of 8, 23l behind Lord Multifix (11-7) at Largy 3m ire ptp gd in Apr.
Unanswered 20-1 (11-1) Rear of mid-division, moderate 8th halfway, no impression in 5th after 3 out, kept on one pace, 4th of 19, 20l behind Good Egg (11-2) at Down Royal 2m 4f hts chs hvy in Mar.
Busy Monkey 25-1 (11-2) Soon towards rear, struggling from halfway, tailed off, 13th of 15, well behind Jamie's Darling (11-2) at Cork 2m mrs N H flat gd in Apr.