2025-07-07 Roscommon 16:30
Roscommon

Knockcroghery Claiming Hurdle

Distance: 2m4f125y

Going: Good

Prize: €5,900

Runners: 10

Winning time: 5m 4.08s (slow by 8.28s)

Age: 4yo+

Class:

8 Ahead Of The Posse

J: Eoin Staples(7) T: Gavin Cromwell

Age:8 Weight:11st 0lbs

OR:105 SP:7/1

Raced in fourth - headway and went third 3 out - ridden disputing lead after 2 out - ran on well and led final 110yds - won going away(op 10/1)

2 2¼

2 War Correspondent

J: Paddy Cody(7) T: R P Cody

Age:6 Weight:12st 0lbs

OR:- SP:6/1

Towards rear - headway into midfield 5 out - prominent after 3 out - disputed lead after 2 out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 17/2)

3 4½ 6¾

4 Allo Al Khawaneej

J: Philip Byrnes T: C Byrnes

Age:5 Weight:11st 4lbs

OR:115 SP:16/1

Raced in third - went second 6th - outpaced approaching last - kept on and went third towards finish - no match for first two(op 14/1 tchd 12/1 and 25/1)

4 ¾ 7½

6 Dollar Value

J: Darragh O'Keeffe T: T G McCourt

Age:10 Weight:11st 4lbs

OR:120 SP:13/8F

Prominent - led after 5th - headed and lost two places after 2 out - no extra and lost third towards finish(op 7/4 tchd 6/4)

5 6 13½

3 Portarlington

J: Patrick M O'Brien(7) T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Age:6 Weight:11st 6lbs

OR:- SP:8/1

Led - raced in second - headed and raced in second after 5th - lost second 6th - weakened before 2 out(op 14/1)

6 17 30½

5 Ciao Adios

J: Eoin G Kelly(7) T: Adrian Murray

Age:6 Weight:11st 4lbs

OR:108 SP:15/2

Towards rear - some headway before 3 out - no impression after 2 out(op 10/1)

7 7 37½

7 Must Meet Cecil

J: James Smith(5) T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Age:7 Weight:11st 4lbs

OR:107 SP:5/1

Got loose beforehand - held up in rear - brief headway 3 out - soon no extra(op 11/4)

8 15 52½

1 So Des Flos

J: Jack Kennedy T: Gordon Elliott

Age:8 Weight:12st 0lbs

OR:117 SP:12/1

Never better than midfield - lost position after 4 out - soon no extra(op 7/1)

9 9½ 62

10 Balkito

J: J J Slevin T: John F O'Neill

Age:10 Weight:10st 10lbs

OR:- SP:50/1

Midfield - dropped to rear 5 out - no extra from 4 out(op 80/1)

9 Retreat Archie

J: John Shinnick(3) T: Jamie Albert Sloan

Age:6 Weight:10st 12lbs

OR:90 SP:200/1

Reluctant to line up - refused to race(op 100/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €9.50

Tote place: €2.10 €1.80 €3.70

Exacta: €54.40

Trifecta: €734.10

CSF: €50.72