| Course: DOWN ROYAL | Race date:21/06/08 | Race time:5:45 | Runners:11 |
| Race distance:1m2½f | Going:Good | Winners time:2m 20.10s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hassanali | K J Manning | J T Gorman | 1 | 9-9 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 3/1F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Sativa | C D Hayes | Adrian McGuinness | 3 | 9-7 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 1½ |
| Melody Star | W J Supple | Niall Moran | 10 | 9-5 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | ½ |
| Sweet Peak | J A Heffernan | Eamon Tyrrell | 9 | 9-11 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | ½ |
| Bricks And Porter | D P McDonogh | C F Swan | 13 | 10-0 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 4/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 1¾ |
| Hazium | P Townend | Patrick Morris | 12 | 9-2 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 1 |
| Captain Hook | M A Cleere | Daniel Mark Loughnane | 11 | 9-5 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 1¾ |
| Sydney Sling | J P Fahy | John M Oxx | 4 | 7-11 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 4½ |
| City Of New York | D J Moran | Victor Robinson | 7 | 9-10 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 1¼ |
| The Best Dub | S J Williams | Eamon Tyrrell | 6 | 7-13 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 1 |
| Try Freedom | M C Hussey | Peter Casey | 2 | 9-2 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 12 |
Hassanali held up towards rear, headway into 6th 3f out, ridden to close 1 1/2f out, kept on strongly final furlong to lead close home
Sativa held up towards rear, headway into 7th halfway, 5th 2f out, ridden into 2nd 1 1/2f out, led 1f out, kept on well, headed close home
Melody Star chased leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to lead 2 1/2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, kept on in 3rd final furlong
Sweet Peak led, ridden and headed 2 1/2f out, remained challenging, led again 1 1/2f out, headed 1f out, no extra final furlong
Bricks And Porter chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 4th 2f out, kept on same pace
Hazium chased leader, 2nd halfway, ridden to challenge 2f out, no extra in 4th 1 1/2f out, soon weakened
Captain Hook towards rear, some late headway into 8th 2f out, kept on one pace
Sydney Sling mid-division, ridden and no impression 3f out, kept on one pace
City Of New York chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden in 7th and no extra over 2f out
The Best Dub chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and weakened over 3f out
Try Freedom mid-division, 8th halfway, ridden and weakened over 3f out
HASSANALI, placed on his two previous outings this year, went into this handicap a maiden and came out on top. He arrived on the outside with his challenge, under a patient ride, and ran on for pressure to get on top well inside the final furlong to continue the good run being enjoyed by his trainer for whom he was completing a double on the card.
Sativa, winner of a 1m handicap at the Curragh two years ago, had shown very little in a light campaign since. She had dropped down the ratings and produced her best effort for some time here under a hold-up ride. She came from the back to challenge from 2f out and hit the front entering the final furlong before giving best late on.
Melody Star, whose only win was achieved over 1m4f on Dundalk's polytrack in March, had been tried over longer trips since that victory without managing to make much impact. Soon close up, she came wide to lead under 3f out and after being headed one and a half furlongs out, she kept plugging away inside the final furlong.
Bricks And Porter, a four-time winner who has scored on ground ranging from heavy to firm, had gone up 4lb for his win (his first since October 2005) over this trip at the Curragh last month. He tracked the leading group on the inner before being moved left to begin his challenge 2f out and kept on for pressure without making much impression. (TOH)
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