03 Jul 2020 19:15 Navan
Winner: €40,000 (Penalty: €24,000); Distance: 1m 2f; Class: 0; Eligibility: 3YO only; Going: Yielding.
Royal County Handicap (Premier Handicap)
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3(1) |   | - | Delphi (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 8) | 7-1 / 8 | Flat (7) | Wayne Lordan | A P O'Brien Derrick Smith &… | 3/1 | |
| dwelt and pushed along to soon lead, 1 length clear 4f out, niggled along and strongly pressed 2f out, soon ridden, kept on best under pressure final furlong | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 4(9) |   | NK | Sacramento (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 7) | 452-3 / 3 | Flat (19) | S M Crosse | J P O'Brien HLT Partnership | 15/2 | |
| towards rear, 8th 4f out, effort on outer 2 1/2f out, ridden and headway to 2nd over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, held | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 8(8) |   | 2¼ L | Sonnyboyliston (IRE) (colt, chestnut, 9 4) | 600-1 / 8 | Flat (14) | Ben Coen | J P Murtagh Patrick M O'Shea | 7/2 | |
| broke well to lead, soon headed and raced in mid-division, 6th 4f out, short of room 3f out, ridden and progress 1f out, kept on in 3rd final 100 yards, not trouble principals | ||||||||||
| 4th | 2(4) |   | 1¼ L | Baby Zeus (IRE) (gelding, brown, 9 10) | 12- / 5 | Flat (314) | Colin Keane | G M Lyons Ray Grehan | 15/2 | |
| dwelt, soon rear of mid-division, 7th 4f out, dropped to rear over 1f out, ridden 1f out, kept on final furlong, no danger | ||||||||||
| 5th | 5(5) |   | 1 L | In From The Cold (IRE) (colt, brown, 9 6) | 421-164 / 7 | Flat (14) | Chris Hayes | M Mulvany Clancy, Colthart,… | 25/1 | |
| slowly away, held up in rear, 9th 4f out, ridden and headway on outer over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer | ||||||||||
| 6th | 11(3) |   | 1 L | Simply True (IRE) (colt, chestnut, 8 11) | 510217- / 6 | Flat (258) | Ronan Whelan | A Oliver Mr Mark E Smith | 50/1 | |
| soon tracked leader and ran freely early, 2nd 4f out, strongly challenged leader 2f out, ridden and lost place over 1f out, no extra final furlong | ||||||||||
| 7th | 10(2) |   | 1¾ L | Crassus (IRE) (colt, bay, 8 13) | 7430-3 / 8 | Flat (18) | G M Ryan | N Meade J Hunt | 20/1 | |
| dwelt, soon in touch, 4th 4f out, ridden under 2f out, lost place and weakened over 1f out | ||||||||||
| 8th | 1(7) |   | NK | Protagonist (FR) (colt, bay, 9 12) | 0344-11 / 5 | Flat (8) | S Foley | Mrs J Harrington Mr Michael Buckley | 15/8 | |
| rear of mid-division, 5th 4f out, pushed along and closed under 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, weakened final 150 yards | ||||||||||
| 9th | 9(6) |   | 2½ L | Azila (FR) (filly, bay, 9 3) | 55523-8 / 3 | Flat (16) | O J Orr | D K Weld H H Aga Khan | 50/1 | |
| prominent, 3rd 4f out, under pressure and lost place 1 1/2f out, soon ridden and weakened | ||||||||||
| 7(10) |   | - | Thames River (GB) (colt, bay, 9 5) | 21-7 / 3 | Flat (16) | Declan McDonogh | J P O'Brien Sun Bloodstock | 0/0 | ||
| 6(11) |   | - | Psyche (GB) (colt, bay, 9 5) | 721-9 / 7 | Flat (16) | T P Madden | Mrs J Harrington Exors Of The Late… | 0/0 | ||
