Wednesday 15 September · Sligo, Eire
15:45 Owenmore Handicap Chase (0-102)
- Distance
- 2m 4f 55y
- Going
- Good
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 10000
- Runners
- 11
Race preview
OLD TOWN ROAD showed much improved form when a well-backed second to Mister Bells over this trip at Killarney and can go one better. The Dylan Thomas gelding was only caught on the run-in having tried to make all and is a lot less exposed than most of his rivals. Just A Normal Day hasn't been beaten far in his last two starts over fences and is clearly on a competitive mark. Claiming hurdle winner Emir Des Rots would have a chance on his second to subsequent winner Black Samurai in a handicap chase at Wexford in June while Cluan Dara has scored three times over fences in the space of the last ten months and can't be discounted. Go Battle was far from fluent when runner-up at Ballinrobe last week and will need to brush up on her jumping.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diggin Deep | 7-5P140 | Brian Hayes | P G Fahey | 12 0 | 15-2 | |
| 2 | Zagnzig | 099-866 | Shane O'Callaghan | H Smyth | 10 7 | 11-1 | |
| 3 | Still Alive | 5-65567 | Mark McDonagh | A J McNamara | 10 6 | 16-1 | |
| 4 | Emir De Rots | 32P162 | Ricky Doyle | C O'Dwyer | 11 6 | 7-2 | |
| 5 | Go Battle | 986762 | S A Mulcahy | P Byrne | 10 5 | 7-2 | |
| 6 | Sliabh Mhuire Lass | 622U-1P | D F O'Regan | Mrs G O'Connor | 11 7 | 16-1 | |
| 7 | Bellgrove | 580754 | Sean O'Keeffe | P M Cloke | 10 0 | 9-1 | |
| 8 | Just A Normal Day | 055274 | P J Cawley | Ciaran Murphy | 11 10 | 10-1 | |
| 9 | Rolling Revenge | 68-6P78 | C J Orr | Thomas Coyle | 11 3 | 33-1 | |
| 10 | Cluan Dara | 605U19 | B J Cooper | J P Ryan | 11 6 | 8-1 | |
| 11 | Old Town Road | 9U6P-62 | A W Short | Miss S J Harty | 11 1 | 7-1 |