Danny Mullins rides huge 125-1 winner at the Down Royal racecourse
Jockey Danny Mullins and trainer Ross Crawford stunned the racing world on Tuesday with a 125-1 winner in the opening race of the Down Royal card and jockey JJ Slevin rode two winners over the line.
Mullins piloted Green Hope to a stunning success in the two mile and a furlong maiden hurdle to hand Crawford his first winner since taking out his training licence. Elsewhere on the card, jockey JJ Slevin helped himself to a double on the day.
Read below for a full rundown of the Down Royal card courtesy of BOYLE Sports, who offer the very latest horse racing odds.
Up first was the big win on the day for Mullins and Crawford as Green Hope was a one and a quarter length winner of the maiden hurdle (12.50) at massive odds and speaking to Racing TV afterwards, Mullins said: “Ross said to ignore the price.
“That’s his first winner under his own name, and they are lads with a good depth of knowledge.”
Slevin picked up his first winner of the day in race two at Down Royal (1.20) on Jony R, a cosy seven and a half length winner from Night Moon in second at odds of 15/2 and there was another Crawford name in the winners’ enclosure here, this time for trainer Stuart.
The Philip Dempsey-trained Missus Beeton was a sorcerer in the mares handicap hurdle (1.50) at odds of 13/2, seeing off 10/1 winner Mi Lucky Cailin and Catchabird was 7/2 joint-favourite back in third.
There was another big winner on the card in the two mile and a furlong handicap hurdle (2.20) with 28/1 chance Verbal Sparring, who was a one and three quarter length winner for the Desmond McDonagh yard for jockey Carl Millar.
Slevin’s second win of the afternoon came on the Tom Gibney-trained Anotherway (9/1), a five length winner from He’s Gorgeous (7/4) while the penultimate race of the day (3.20) finally saw a favourite win on the card, 10/11 shot Shanroe Act getting the job done in the two and a half mile handicap chase for trainer Karl Thornton.
Lucky Lyreen was the winner of the last at Down Royal on Tuesday, with high-powered duo Jack Kennedy and Gordon Elliott teaming up for the win in the three-mile handicap chase, winning by a neck to Born Braver (5/1) and a huge 26 lengths further back to joint favourite Al Kalila.
Down Royal results – Tuesday
12.50 – Green Hope 125/1
1.20 – Jony R 15/2
1.50 – Missus Beeton 13/2
2.20 – Verbal Sparring 28/1
2.50 – Anotherway 9/1
3.20 – Shanroe Act 10/11 F
3.50 – Lucky Lyreen 4/1.
