Downpatrick Results Fri, 22nd May, 2026

See also » Asphalt Cowboy gains repeat win in featured hunters chase
He won the two hunters chases here last year. He loves it here and is a different horse around here. The other horse (Cause For Comment) is a much classier horse but this lad when he comes around here, he seems to light up. We'll work back from here next year!. He's unbelievably talented, but he just has his own ideas about it. He's a yard favourite. He would be a right horse for the Ulster National. I would look at that; sure it is a 50 grand race. Cause For Comment ran a blinder, he was unlucky. He was very lucky to stand up. He's finished for the season, but he will be a lovely horse for next year. S G Carey, trainer

The Raceday Stewards fined Garry Aherne, trainer, €65, for failing to fit the declared cheekpieces to Our Story, prior to entering the parade ring

Mr B. O'Neill, rider of Fortune Lad, trained by D.M. Christie, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount was badly hampered throughout by the loose horse

GENERAL INFORMATION The following Raceday Stewards acted on behalf of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board at this race meeting: Mr. Robert Steele (Chairman), Mr. Joe Collins, Mr. Michael Todd, Rev. Colin Hall Thompson, Mr. H. Hynes

For this race meeting, the Raceday Stewards suspended the ‘Starting Procedures for Tape Starts’, and the IHRB suspended Rule 208 (i) and Rule 209 (i)

A steeplechase for ] Certified Hunters five years old and upwards that have between 1st October, 2022 and 17th May, 2026 been placed either first, second, third or fourth in a Point-to-Point Steeplechase or in a Certified Hunters Steeplechase in Ireland or Great Britain and that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing after 1st March, 2025 other than a Certified Hunters Steeplechase or a Farmers Race
Weights - 12st. Mares allowed 7lbs.
Riders - Qualified Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules. ? A Hunters Certificate valid in accordance with Rule 78 for the 2025/2026 season for each horse engaged must be registered at the Offices of the INHSC, The Curragh, Co. Kildare not later than 15th May, 2026 or the horse will not be qualified to start. In the case of horses from Great Britain, Hunters Certificates must have been duly registered at the Racing Calendar Office. The IHRB have modified the relevant Rules to permit horses for which Hunters Certificates have been registered and which are eligible to run in Hunters Steeplechases in Great Britain to run in this race. However, horses with a Hunters Certificate that have run in any race other than a Hunters Steeplechase since 1st December, 2025 are excluded. A person who is registered as a current Keeper with the British Horseracing Authority may enter and run a horse in this race.