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Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle

Downpatrick · 9 May 2008
  • TypeHurdle
  • Distance2m 1f 172y
  • GoingGood
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners10

Princess Nicole (IRE) (3/1J) won the Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick on 9 May 2008, beating Sabina Park (IRE) by 4½ lengths under Mark Bolger for trainer M J Grassick. 10 ran on Good going over 2m 1f 172y; the winning time was 4m 3.30s (fast by 11.70s).

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 10 — The market

Winner Princess Nicole (IRE)
SP: 3/1 jt-favKTB Rating 112A J: Mark Bolger T: M J Grassick
Won by 4½ lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Princess Nicole (IRE) 5m Mark Bolger(7) M J Grassick 10-9 106112A 4:03.30 8,292 3/1 jt-fav
2nd Sabina Park (IRE) 9m 4½ G Cotter Mrs D A Love 10-11 109109A 4:04.20 1,932 7/2
3rd Lucky Slipper (IRE) 8m 1 A E Lynch H Rogers 11-2 94113A 4:04.40 852 7/2
4th Coscorrig (IRE) 6m 2 Charles Greene(7) Andrew Lynch 10-9 101104A 4:04.80 492 3/1 jt-fav
5th Sevengreatpersians (IRE) t 6m 6 Paul Carberry Gordon Elliott 10-11 —99A 4:06.00 — 10/1
6th Our Nicole (IRE) 5m 7 Ian Power S Donohoe 10-11 —91A 4:07.40 — 25/1
7th Flashing Rivers (IRE) 7m 27 Michael Darcy Anthony Mullins 10-11 —80C 4:12.80 — 16/1
8th Noalliteration (IRE) 4f 2½ Alan Crowe Adrian McGuinness 10-3 7772C 4:13.30 — 33/1
9th Dilin O Deamhas (IRE) 4f 30 Mark Walsh Thomas O'Neill 10-3 8072C 4:19.30 — 25/1
PU Kentstown Hall (IRE) 5m — Sean McDermott(3) Miss Jane Thomas 10-8 —— — — 50/1

Winning time 4m 3.30s (fast by 11.70s)

Non-runners Bobby's Taken, Loughmore Lady

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (9 of 10 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 Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick in 2008?
Princess Nicole (IRE) won the Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick on 9 May 2008, ridden by Mark Bolger and trained by M J Grassick.
What was the finishing order of the 2008 Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick?
1st Princess Nicole (IRE) (3/1J), 2nd Sabina Park (IRE) (7/2), 3rd Lucky Slipper (IRE) (7/2).
What price was the winner of the 2008 Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick?
Princess Nicole (IRE) returned a starting price of 3/1J.
How many horses ran in the 2008 Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick?
10 horses ran in the 2008 Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick. Non-runners: Bobby's Taken, Loughmore Lady.
What was the winning time of the 2008 Downpatrick (Mares) Hurdle at Downpatrick?
The winning time was 4m 3.30s (fast by 11.70s).

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