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Devil's Bit Beginners Chase

Thurles · 6 January 2011
  • TypeChase
  • Distance3m
  • GoingSoft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners15

Slippers Percy (IRE) (33/1) won the Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles on 6 January 2011, beating Arabella Boy (IRE) by 4½ lengths under D G Hogan for trainer Denis Gerard Hogan. 15 ran on Soft going over 3m; the winning time was 6m 35.30s (slow by 35.30s). The 8/13 favourite, Arabella Boy (IRE), finished 2nd, beaten 4½ lengths.

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

Winner Slippers Percy (IRE)
SP: 33/1KTB Rating 129A J: D G Hogan T: Denis Gerard Hogan
Won by 4½ lengthsFav: Arabella Boy (IRE) 8/13 · 2nd
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Slippers Percy (IRE) 9g D G Hogan(3) Denis Gerard Hogan 11-9 —129A 6:35.30 5,520 33/1
2nd Arabella Boy (IRE) 6g 4½ Ms N Carberry E Bolger 11-12 130127A 6:36.43 1,280 8/13 fav
3rd Paddy The Oscar (IRE) 8g 4½ Sean Flanagan Denis Ahern 11-12 —122A 6:37.55 560 33/1
4th Ballyvoile (IRE) 8g 2 Ken Whelan Ms M Flynn 11-12 —120A 6:38.05 320 10/1
5th For The Staff (IRE) 7g 14 Paul Townend W P Mullins 11-12 —104A 6:41.55 — 5/1
6th Golden Alou (IRE) t 8g 4 Lenny Flynn(3) Mrs Maureen Danagher 11-9 10297A 6:42.55 — 25/1
7th Jolily (IRE) 9g 1½ Michael Darcy Timothy Doyle 11-12 —99C 6:42.93 — 33/1
8th That Beats Banaher (GB) 7g 30 Brian O'Connell(3) Liam Kenny 11-9 —96C 6:50.43 — 50/1
9th Roxboro Lodge (GB) 8g 4 Roger Loughran D T Hughes 11-12 —99C 6:51.43 — 25/1
UR Lunaburg (FR) b 7g — Eddie Power(3) Alan Daly 11-9 —— — — 66/1
PU Shouson Hill Boy (IRE) 9g — Mr R A Latta(7) Roy W Tector 11-5 —— — — 25/1
PU Cottage Cross (IRE) 8g — Martin Ferris Ciaran O'Brien 11-12 —— — — 50/1
PU Otay Kawn (IRE) t 8g — Robbie Power W P Mullins 11-12 125— — — 7/1
F Preswell Lad (IRE) 8g — Tommy Treacy Michael Joseph Fitzgerald 11-12 —— — — 50/1
PU Present Promise (IRE) t 7m — Niall P Madden James Cousins 11-7 —— — — 50/1

Winning time 6m 35.30s (slow by 35.30s)

Non-runners A Thousand Men (lame), Pocketfullapennies (reserve), Pocketsandperry (reserve)

Notes After a stewards' inquiry, the placings remained unaltered.

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 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 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles in 2011?
Slippers Percy (IRE) won the Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles on 6 January 2011, ridden by D G Hogan and trained by Denis Gerard Hogan.
What was the finishing order of the 2011 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
1st Slippers Percy (IRE) (33/1), 2nd Arabella Boy (IRE) (8/13F), 3rd Paddy The Oscar (IRE) (33/1).
What price was the winner of the 2011 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
Slippers Percy (IRE) returned a starting price of 33/1.
How many horses ran in the 2011 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
15 horses ran in the 2011 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles. Non-runners: A Thousand Men (lame), Pocketfullapennies (reserve), Pocketsandperry (reserve).
What was the winning time of the 2011 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
The winning time was 6m 35.30s (slow by 35.30s).

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