Result 15:45 · Leopardstown (IRE)

P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes

Group 31m 2fGood3yo · 9 ran

Result

Official · time 2m 09.80s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Piz Badile (IRE)	Gavin Ryan	Donnacha Aidan OBrien	—	5.00	5.24
2	Buckaroo (GB)	Shane Crosse	Joseph Patrick O'Brien	shd	5.50	6.80
3	Duke De Sessa (IRE)	Chris Hayes	D K Weld	3¾L	4.33	4.75
4	Bluegrass (IRE)	R L Moore	A P O'Brien	5½L	6.50	8.20
5	Scriptwriter (IRE)	Wayne Lordan	A P O'Brien	6L	9.50	11.2
6	Swan Bay (IRE)	Declan McDonogh	Joseph Patrick O'Brien	11½L	8.00	10.3
7	Absolute Ruler (USA)	Killian Leonard	Donnacha Aidan OBrien	13½L	41.0	43.7
8	Manu Et Corde (IRE)	Kevin Manning	J S Bolger	19½L	11.0	12.9
9	Vina Sena (IRE)	W J Lee	Henry De Bromhead	22L	19.0	21.4

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1 (3)

Duke De Sessa (IRE)

3yo · 9-8 · OR 106

3161 J Chris Hayes T D K Weld —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Oct 21	Leopardstown	1m 1f	Good	—	1/13	—	6.50
12 Sep 21	Curragh	7f	Good	—	6/7	10¼L	9.00
21 Aug 21	Curragh	1m	Soft	—	1/11	—	2.50

2 wins from 4 · placed 3

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2 (2)

Absolute Ruler (USA)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 101

1306 J Killian Leonard T Donnacha Aidan OBrien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Mar 22	Dundalk	1m	Standard	—	6/8	9¾L	4.50
01 Oct 21	Dundalk	7f	Standard	—	10/11	4¼L	2.88
11 Sep 21	Leopardstown	1m	Good	—	3/10	¾L	6.00

1 win from 4 · placed 2

1 run here without a win

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3 (1)

Bluegrass (IRE)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 98

614 J R L Moore T A P O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Oct 21	Newmarket	1m 2f	Good	C1	4/9	3½L	7.00
27 Aug 21	Curragh	1m	Good	—	1/9	—	3.50
08 Aug 21	Curragh	7f	Yielding	—	6/15	6½L	4.50

1 win from 3 · placed 1

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Buckaroo (GB)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 107

316 J Shane Crosse T Joseph Patrick O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Sep 21	Leopardstown	1m	Good	—	6/10	1½L	4.33
31 Jul 21	Galway	1m 110y	Good	—	1/7	—	2.00
12 Jul 21	Killarney	1m	Yielding	—	3/10	4½L	5.50

1 win from 3 · placed 2

1 run here without a win

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Manu Et Corde (IRE)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 102

591452 J Kevin Manning T J S Bolger —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 Sep 21	Curragh	1m	Good	—	2/5	4¾L	15.0
11 Sep 21	Leopardstown	1m	Good	—	5/10	1L	21.0
21 Aug 21	Curragh	7f	Soft	—	4/6	8¼L	41.0

1 win from 6 · placed 2

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6 (4)

Piz Badile (IRE)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 105

12 J Gavin Ryan T Donnacha Aidan OBrien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Oct 21	Leopardstown	1m 1f	Good	—	2/13	½L	11.0
12 Jul 21	Killarney	1m	Yielding	—	1/10	—	4.00

1 win from 2 · placed 2

1 run here without a win

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Scriptwriter (IRE)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 102

615 J Wayne Lordan T A P O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Oct 21	Newmarket	1m	Good	C1	5/10	6L	15.0
18 Sep 21	Gowran Park	1m	Yielding	—	1/13	—	2.38
21 Aug 21	Curragh	7f	Soft	—	6/17	3L	5.00

1 win from 3 · placed 1

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Swan Bay (IRE)

3yo · 9-5 · OR 101

214 J Declan McDonogh T Joseph Patrick O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 Sep 21	Curragh	1m	Good	—	4/5	5¼L	2.88
07 Sep 21	Galway	1m 110y	Good	—	1/10	—	1.61
08 Aug 21	Curragh	7f	Yielding	—	2/15	nk	6.00

1 win from 3 · placed 2

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Vina Sena (IRE)

3yo · 9-5

1 J W J Lee T Henry De Bromhead —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Dec 21	Dundalk	1m	Standard	—	1/13	—	4.20

1 win from 1 · placed 1

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