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Devil's Bit Beginners Chase

Thurles · 7 January 2012
  • TypeChase
  • Distance3m
  • GoingHeavy
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners12

Berties Dream (IRE) (6/4J) won the Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles on 7 January 2012, beating Marlay Park (IRE) by 24 lengths under A E Lynch for trainer Henry De Bromhead. 12 ran on Heavy going over 3m; the winning time was 7m 2.20s (slow by 1m 2.20s).

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 12 — The market

Winner Berties Dream (IRE)
SP: 6/4 jt-favKTB Rating 138A J: A E Lynch T: Henry De Bromhead
Won by 24 lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Berties Dream (IRE) p 9g A E Lynch Henry De Bromhead 11-12 —138A 7:02.20 5,520 6/4 jt-fav
2nd Marlay Park (IRE) 9g 24 Danny Mullins Ms Margaret Mullins 11-12 124111A 7:08.20 1,280 6/4 jt-fav
3rd Saville Row (IRE) 7g 12 Robbie Power Mrs John Harrington 11-12 —104C 7:11.20 560 8/1
4th False Messenger (IRE) b 7m 7 A P Heskin(5) Michael Hourigan 11-0 —92C 7:12.95 320 10/1
5th American Touch (IRE) t 7g 11 Tom Doyle T J Nagle Jr 11-12 —104C 7:15.70 — 18/1
6th Mr Pernickety (IRE) b 7g 6½ Eddie Power R P Burns 11-12 —104C 7:17.32 — 25/1
7th Castlesaffron (IRE) 9g 3½ Martin Ferris C O'Keeffe 11-12 —104C 7:18.20 — 25/1
8th Mister Watzisname (IRE) 10g ¾ Robert Jones(5) Gerald Penfold 11-7 8399C 7:18.39 — 50/1
9th Ifsoluso (IRE) 6g 73 Paddy Kennedy(5) Eugene M O'Sullivan 11-7 —99C 7:36.64 — 100/1
PU Paddyonas (IRE) b 10g — Keith Donoghue(3) Garvan Donnelly 11-9 —— — — 66/1
UR The Same Again (IRE) 7g — B J Cooper Thomas Cooper 11-12 —— — — 100/1
PU Crystal Wave (IRE) 8g — Andrew J McNamara P A Fahy 11-12 —— — — 14/1

Winning time 7m 2.20s (slow by 1m 2.20s)

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 12 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 2012?
Berties Dream (IRE) won the Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles on 7 January 2012, ridden by A E Lynch and trained by Henry De Bromhead.
What was the finishing order of the 2012 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
1st Berties Dream (IRE) (6/4J), 2nd Marlay Park (IRE) (6/4J), 3rd Saville Row (IRE) (8/1).
What price was the winner of the 2012 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
Berties Dream (IRE) returned a starting price of 6/4J.
How many horses ran in the 2012 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
12 horses ran in the 2012 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles.
What was the winning time of the 2012 Devil's Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles?
The winning time was 7m 2.20s (slow by 1m 2.20s).

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