✅ Result In
Medical Technology Ireland Expo Galway Handicap Hurdle
📏 2m0f11y
🌿 YIELDING TO SOFT
🏟️ Turf
💰 €9,000
🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Shellrunforbriggs
4/1
1st
Castleheath
3/1
3rd
Just For One
9/1
📏
Distance
2m0f11y
🌿
Going
YIELDING TO SOFT
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
€9,000
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Hurdle
| Pos | Horse / Form | Age/Wgt | Jockey / Trainer | OR | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |
6y 166 lbs |
Peter Smithers(5) E Bolger |
118 | 5/2F | |
| 4 |
4y 164 lbs |
Philip Byrnes C Byrnes |
117 | 14/1 | |
| 🥇 1st |
5y 164 lbs |
Eoghan Finegan(5) Ciaran Murphy |
116 | 3/1 | |
| 🥈 2nd |
5y 160 lbs |
Brian Hayes M Winters |
112 | 4/1 | |
| 6 |
9y 159 lbs |
Mr R Sugrue(7) P J Rothwell |
111 | 16/1 | |
| 8 |
5y 156 lbs |
Simon Torrens P J Rothwell |
108 | 18/1 | |
| 7 |
5y 150 lbs |
Danny Gilligan John Patrick Ryan |
102 | – | |
| 🥉 3rd |
5y 149 lbs |
Michael Kenneally(3) Daniel G Murphy |
101 | 9/1 | |
| 7 |
5y 140 lbs |
Daniel King Thomas Mullins |
92 | 5/1 |
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RACING POST VERDICT
Castleheath heads our ratings on 123, three pounds clear of Shellrunforbriggs and Rockbrook on 120, and that narrow edge is enough to make him the one to beat over two miles of soft ground at Galway. He is narrowly ahead of a competitive group rather than miles clear, so this is no gift, but the figures give him the best credentials in a nine-runner field. Shellrunforbriggs and Rockbrook are the obvious dangers, with Inthenickoftime a few pounds further back on 114 and capable of making the frame if the principals falter. Castleheath is our selection.
Racing Post Pick
Castleheath