Monday 29 August · Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
16:10 Daria Gapska Miss Northern Ireland Opportunity Beginners Chase
- Distance
- 2m 3f 55y
- Going
- Good (Good to Yielding in places)
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 11000
- Runners
- 6
Race preview
UHTRED makes his chase debut but is rated 138 over hurdles and won over a similar distance here earlier this month. A dual bumper winner and beaten just seven lengths in a Grade 1 last November, he showed that level of ability in winning recently and while he lacks chase experience, is well suited by trip and good ground. Chinx Of Light is built and bred for fences and is rated 137 over hurdles. His chase debut was useful and while there was no disgrace in his Galway defeat, is ideally suited by a longer distance. Blackstair Rocco was rated 127 over hurdles and while he ran well at Limerick in mid-July, was pulled up at Galway subsequently. Mr Caplan was rated 119 over hurdles and was well held by the winer on chase debut at Tipperary.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uhtred | 16F3-41 | Richard Condon | J P O'Brien | 11 12 | 6-4 | |
| 2 | Blackstair Rocco | 2229-2P | Conor Clarke | E Mullins | 11 12 | 11-2 | |
| 3 | Mr Caplan | 72122-2 | Niall Moore | G Elliott | 11 12 | 8-1 | |
| 4 | Finnians Row | 30-9477 | P J O'Hanlon | D A McLoughlin | 11 12 | 40-1 | |
| 5 | Desert Heather | 6/22325- | J P O'Sullivan | D Queally | 11 5 | 66-1 | |
| - | Chinx Of Light | P-112F5 | Kieren Buckley | J C McConnell | 11 12 | 11-8 |