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Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase

Downpatrick · 28 September 2005
  • TypeChase
  • Distance2m 2f 110y
  • GoingGood To Yielding
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners15

Almier (IRE) (5/1) won the Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick on 28 September 2005, beating Amid The Chaos (IRE) by 3 lengths under K Hadnett for trainer Michael Hourigan. 15 ran on Good To Yielding going over 2m 2f 110y; the winning time was 4m 46.20s (slow by 11.70s). The 3/1 favourite, Amid The Chaos (IRE), finished 2nd, beaten 3 lengths.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 15 — The market

Winner Almier (IRE)
SP: 5/1KTB Rating 126C J: K Hadnett T: Michael Hourigan
Won by 3 lengthsFav: Amid The Chaos (IRE) 3/1 · 2nd
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Almier (IRE) 7g K Hadnett Michael Hourigan 11-12 —126C 4:46.20 6,910 5/1
2nd Amid The Chaos (IRE) b 5g 3 Denis O'Regan D K Weld 11-7 —118C 4:46.87 1,610 3/1 fav
3rd Good Old Days (IRE) 6g 25 Robbie Moran(5) Liz Doyle 11-7 —89C 4:52.42 710 8/1
4th Keevas Boy (IRE) 5g 2½ Michael Darcy(3) E Sheehy 11-4 —84C 4:52.98 410 8/1
5th Amplified (IRE) t 8g 25 G Cotter M Halford 11-12 —92C 4:58.53 — 20/1
6th Rossdee Lad (IRE) 7g 11 R P McNally J P Dempsey 11-12 8092C 5:00.98 — 25/1
7th She's My Girl (IRE) 10m 30 P A Carberry John G Carr 11-7 —87C 5:07.64 — 10/1
F Boleyknowsbest (IRE) 7g — Niall P Madden R P Burns 11-12 —— — — 4/1
F Trampoline King (USA) 5g — P W Flood E J O'Grady 11-7 —— — — 7/2
F What If (IRE) 8g — J R Ryan(5) I Buchanan 11-7 90— — — 12/1
F Rapide Plaisir (IRE) 7g — D J Casey A L T Moore 11-12 104— — — 8/1
F Ballito (IRE) 6g — O Kelly(5) George Stanley 11-7 —— — — 20/1
PU On The Warpath (IRE) 7g — Paul W Flynn D M Leigh 11-12 —— — — 16/1
BD Anotion (IRE) 4g — John Allen(3) Joseph Crowley 10-9 —— — — 20/1
F Harry The Dealer (IRE) 6g — S P McCann Gerard Keane 11-12 —— — — 33/1

Winning time 4m 46.20s (slow by 11.70s)

Notes One fence omitted - slippery ground.

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (7 of 15 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

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Quick answers

Who won the Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick in 2005?
Almier (IRE) won the Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick on 28 September 2005, ridden by K Hadnett and trained by Michael Hourigan.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick?
1st Almier (IRE) (5/1), 2nd Amid The Chaos (IRE) (3/1F), 3rd Good Old Days (IRE) (8/1).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick?
Almier (IRE) returned a starting price of 5/1.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick?
15 horses ran in the 2005 Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick.
What was the winning time of the 2005 Robinsons Fruit Spring Beginners Chase at Downpatrick?
The winning time was 4m 46.20s (slow by 11.70s).

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