Club Orange Beginners Chase.
Down Royal · Monday, 4 May · 17:20
· 2m 3f 150y
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:20
Off time
6
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT (IRE
🥈 Second
SCALPNAGOON (IRE
🥉 Third
CINAMMON ROLL (FR
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.80
4/5
02 · 🥈 2nd
4
3/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
6
5/1
04 · —
7
6/1
05 · —
7
6/1
06 · —
11
10/1
07 · —
15
14/1
08 · —
51
50/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 1 | — |
Astley (G)
Modest form at best over hurdles but has run to a fairly useful level in a couple of maidens switched to fences this spring. More will be needed here, though.
|
Eoghan Finegan | Paul Traynor | 6 | 75.3 kg |
7
6/1
|
| — | 2 | — |
Cinammon Roll (G)
[P]
Fairly useful hurdle bumper/dual hurdle winner last summer. Given time since a below-par run in Gowran handicap hurdle last autumn. A point background provides hope he'll take to fences but Staffordshire Knot looks very much the Elliott nu…
|
Paddy Cleary | G Elliott | 6 | 75.3 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 1st | 3 | — |
Court Canyon (G)
[T]
Fair hurdle winner for Gavin Cromwell. Only mid-field on Fairyhouse handicap debut over Easter on her first outing for current yard. Best watched now chasing.
|
P J O'Hanlon | Ian Donoghue | 6 | 75.3 kg |
11
10/1
|
| — | 4 | — |
Impero (G)
Useful hurdler, including wins around 2m at Ballinrobe and Kelso last spring. Off since a poor run on the Flat at Galway last August so peak fitness has to be taken on trust ahead of this chase debut.
|
Ben Harvey | C Collins | 7 | 75.3 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 4th | 5 | — |
Sampoet (G)
[P]
Placed in 3 hunters but struggled in ordinary handicaps on last 2 starts and looks firmly up against it here.
|
Ben Harvey | D M Christie | 9 | 75.3 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 2nd | 6 | — |
Scalpnagoon (G)
[T]
Fairly useful winner over hurdles and translated that ability to chasing at the second time of asking when third in 17f Cork maiden last month. Should go well with a repeat of that form.
|
Kevin Healy | G Elliott | 6 | 75.3 kg |
4
3/1
|
| 6th | 7 | — |
Staffordshire Knot (G)
FAV
[B]
Runner-up on the first of 2 chase starts at the end of 2024. Improved over hurdles last season, including a win in the Grade 2 Boyne at Navan in February. Should be hard to beat back chasing.
|
James Smith | G Elliott | 8 | 75.3 kg |
1.80
4/5
|
| 3rd | 8 | — |
Takenasred (G)
[H]
Fair hurdler. 18/1, below form tenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (2½m, soft) 29 days ago. Makes chase debut. Best to look elsewhere.
|
John Shinnick | S R B Crawford | 8 | 75.3 kg |
15
14/1
|
Betting forecast: Staffordshire Knot (4/5), Scalpnagoon (3/1), Impero (5/1), Astley (6/1), Cinammon Roll (6/1), Court Canyon (10/1), Takenasred (14/1), Sampoet (50/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 7800.0 EUR |
| P2 | 2600.0 EUR |
| P3 | 1300.0 EUR |
| P4 | 650.0 EUR |
| P5 | 390.0 EUR |
| P6 | 260.0 EUR |