Horse Alert

13 Jul 2017 17:10 Downpatrick

Winner: €11,000 (Penalty: €6,775); Distance: 2m 5f 170y; Class: 0; Eligibility: 5YO plus; Going: Good.

Joe Rea Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	5	-	Rueben James (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	P84-51 / 12	Jump (46)	S W Flanagan	C Bowe Ms D M McGuire	9/1
		chased leaders in 3rd, improved to challenge before last and soon in narrow lead, ridden and pressed run-in, kept on best closing stages
2^nd	6	2 L	Caerleon Kate (GB) (filly, chestnut, 10 11)	447-B02 / 8	Flat (387), Jump (26)	P Townend	C A McBratney Templeburn Racing…	3/1
		towards rear, closer in 5th after 5 out and went 4th after 3 out, improved to challenge in 2nd on outer before last, soon ridden and kept on without matching winner
3^rd	3	8 L	Scotch Beg (IRE) (filly, brown, 11 5)	306-751 / 5	Jump (25)	A E Lynch	A Oliver W I MacKenzie	8/1
		chased leader in 2nd, improved to dispute lead before 2 out, ridden and dropped to 3rd before last, no extra and kept on same pace run-in
4^th	2	9½ L	Polish Partisan (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	3846P7- / 12	Flat (28), Jump (94)	R C Colgan	D Broad Peter McClave	25/1
		mid-division and 4th after 5 out, ridden after 3 out and no impression in 6th from next, kept on into moderate 4th run-in
5^th	7	HD	The Bay Birch (IRE) (mare, bay, 10 11)	4360-80 / 10	Jump (22)	R A Doyle	F J Flood Mr Tony Scrivin	7/1
		soon led, not fluent 5th, joined before 2 out and soon pushed along, squeezed for room and headed before last, soon no extra and weakened
6^th	1	1½ L	Blue Empyrean (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	31424-4 / 10	Jump (26)	D N Russell	G Elliott J J Taylor	11/4
		towards rear and in rear from 5 out, pushed along and went 5th from 2 out, ridden and no impression from before last
7^th	4	NK	Polymath (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 4)	685-233 / 7	Jump (26)	B J Cooper	G Elliott Mr T Faulkner	11/4
		mid-division, dropped to 6th from 5 out, no impression in rear from 2 out