15.15
GoodThomas Donovan Construction Maiden Hurdle
- Prize money: £4876.03
- 3m 0f 100y
- 14 runners
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Runners: 14 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
22/1
Form: 22/P0-
Last run: 151 days
W: 11st 12lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Rated 108; bumper winner was placed in his first three maiden hurdles in soft conditions; pulled up at Gowran on return from a 427-day absence (3m, soft to heavy); made little impression in a Punchestown maiden hurdle last time (2m3f, heavy); others preferred |
22/1 |
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11th 2 |
3rd Feb 2025 Soft To Heavy 2m 3f 92y |
11st 12lb |
held up in rear, hampered by faller 2nd |
11/1 |
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11th 2 |
3rd Feb 2025 Soft To Heavy 2m 3f 92y |
11st 12lb |
held up in rear, hampered by faller 2nd |
11/1 |
7/2
Form: 155-32
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 113
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 |
10th Aug 2025 Good 2m 5f 180y |
11st 12lb |
Winner of a Fairyhouse bumper on debut in November (yielding); some reasonable efforts in maiden hurdles at around 3m without winning; not so fluent at Kilbeggan last time when fading into second (24.5f, good to yielding); needs a bit more to win and needs to give weight away to most, but one of the leading contenders. |
11/4 |
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2 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Fairyhouse bumper winner; rating of 113 gives him every chance and he's posted decent efforts at around this trip on his last three starts; obvious chance in first-time blinkers. |
5/2 |
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3 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Rated 113; Fairyhouse bumper winner last November; looked short of pace when 10l third over 3m1f at Tipperary and last time when 2.5l second at Punchestown (2m7f); possibilities back up in trip |
7/2 |
15/2
Form: 7 BF
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
24th Oct 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 1f 80y |
11st 4lb |
Point winner in 2024 ran too badly to be true on rules debut in a Listowel bumper (6/4 fav) in June; better over hurdles twice since, notably at Thurles last time when first past the post over 2m6f but demoted for interference; the cheekpieces worn then are retained; should go close but has a tendency to hang left. |
5/4 |
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1st 1 |
16th Oct 2025 Good 2m 6f 154y |
11st 12lb |
Winner of his second point start before being sold for 160,000GBP; ran very disappointingly on rules debut at Listowel when well backed; rider reported he hung badly left throughout that day and had to stop riding to keep straight; put in a better showing at Wexford last time when a 9.75l fifth on hurdles debut; cheekpieces on now and one of the main players. |
11/8 |
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4 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
6l Punchestown point winner last year; backed into favouritism on return from 464-day absence at Listowel last month but beaten 127l; can improve but questions to answer |
15/2 |
25/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th 2 |
5th Aug 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 59y |
11st 12lb |
Placed in points but did go 0-6 and didn't show a great deal on 3m hurdle debut; cheekpieces turned to. |
50/1 |
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5 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Makes rules debut following some placed finishes in maiden point-to-points; best was last time when a 3.75l third; likely to find this too hot. |
25/1 |
18/1
Form: 4/5-UP
Last run: 25 days
W: 11st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 1 |
2nd Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 2f 72y |
11st 12lb |
Placed four times over hurdles but had been out of form (largely over fences) until a close third at 66-1 over 2m here on St Stephen's Day (yielding) on handicap hurdle debut; up 3lb for that but chance if he can back it up; slight question mark on this ground. |
5/1 |
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4 |
6th Aug 2025 Good 2m 3f 130y |
11st 8lb |
Placed four times over hurdles; chase form is unconvincing; new headgear combination following an unplaced maiden hurdle run at this venue. |
16/1 |
33/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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7 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Makes rules debut; has only completed two of five point starts but the best of those was last time when a distant second; unlikely to feature |
33/1 |
9/1
Form: 344F-
Last run: 173 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
4th Jun 2026 Good 2m 7f 70y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Miles clear with one other when beaten just over 1l in a Market Rasen 0-125 handicap latest (3m, good; RPR 118), and this novice contest isn't anywhere near as deep; yet to register form of that calibre with give underfoot, but possible he could get away with it here even if rain arrives. |
4/11 |
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2nd 4 |
8th May 2026 Good 2m 7f 16y Class 3 |
11st 10lb |
The same combination of a sharp track, good ground and stayers' trip of his peak Irish effort similarly worked the oracle at Bangor last time; a 9lb re-raise demands another big step forward, though that's not impossible having won with far more in hand than the near-3l verdict may infer. |
15/8 |
4/1
Form: 5D154-3
Last run: 55 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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3 |
11th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Disqualified for a banned substance after winning a 2m4f Wexford maiden hurdle last October; solid third places over C&D and back at Wexford lately; should go close with cheekpieces added. |
6/4 |
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9 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Made all in a maiden hurdle at this track last October but subsequently disqualified for a banned substance (2m4f, yielding); returned to form following a pair of underwhelming runs when a 3.75l third at Cork in May; interesting contender. |
4/1 |
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3rd 4 |
10th May 2025 Good 3m 0f 80y |
11st 12lb |
disputed lead |
11/2 |
25/1
Form: 06
Last run: 34 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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9th 2 |
2nd Oct 2025 Good 2m 4f 35y |
11st 12lb |
Has been well beaten in four maiden hurdles and has to find plenty of improvement even in this lesser race; blinkers need to work. |
14/1 |
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7 |
17th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 85y |
11st 4lb |
Little sign of winning potential in three maiden hurdles and best wait for handicaps. |
200/1 |
50/1
Form: —
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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7 |
25th Aug 2025 Good 2m 6f 61y |
11st 1lb |
Twice second in points; remote third in a maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan 16 days ago; makes handicap debut; others have more convincing claims |
16/1 |
3/1
Form: 5943-2 BF
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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12 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Top-rated of the four holding a mark; ran on well to take third in a Punchestown handicap hurdle in April (2m3f, yielding); stepped up in trip and denied by a nose when slightly hampered at the last fence back at that track last time (2m7f, good to yielding); the trip of this race is up his alley. |
3/1 |
|
9 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 4lb |
Showed ability fourth in a heavy ground maiden hurdle at this venue in February (reportedly coughed post race); comes into the reckoning on the evidence of his staying-on run in the final of the Adare Manor Opportunity Series at the festival meeting; enough stamina in the pedigree to encourage support. |
4/1 |
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3rd 25 |
30th Apr 2025 Yielding 2m 3f 58y |
11st 2lb |
Best run yet when fourth in a heavy ground maiden hurdle here last time (reportedly coughed post race); his better runs have come on softer ground than this. |
40/1 |
66/1
Form: /7000-
Last run: 120 days
W: 10st 11lb
5 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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13 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
10st 11lb |
No impression in bumpers or maiden hurdle starts; might be one for handicaps. |
66/1 |
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11th 11 |
6th Mar 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 5lb |
towards rear, in touch with leaders halfway |
50/1 |
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10th 10 |
25th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 4f 90y |
11st 5lb |
towards rear |
10/1 |
66/1
Form: P6-0
Last run: 24 days
W: 10st 11lb
6 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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15 |
22nd Jul 2025 Yielding 2m 1f 89y |
10st 11lb |
Winner and twice second in points; no encouragement from her racecourse form; huge price when pulled up at Wexford last time. |
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14 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
10st 11lb |
Point winner but well beaten in a hunter's chase in March and same story in a Sligo maiden hurdle last month; tongue tie added to cheekpieces but hard to fancy |
66/1 |
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11 |
10th Jun 2025 Good 2m 1f 157y |
11st 7lb |
Won a point-to-point at Comea in February; cheekpieces reached for after heavy defeat on Rules' debut in a Downpatrick maiden hunter chase; hard to fancy after that run. |
50/1 |
Form: 6P3-P
Last run: 57 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3rd 4 |
30th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Third in a hunter chase here last year and returns to rules action after winning a point two weeks ago; however, others have more pressing claims when this is his handicap debut. |
20/1 |
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7th 2 |
27th Aug 2025 Good 2m 4f 110y |
11st 10lb |
Point-to-point winner placed in a Tramore hunters' chase, pulled up after trailing throughout in Wexford maiden hurdle latest; easily passed over. |
33/1 |
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15 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
First reserve; 1-9 in points; pulled up in a Tipperary hunters' chase last time; has failed to make much impact in his forays into rules races. |
Non-runners
Strong Link, Plomeur, Tamara Jane
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €9.20 |
| Straight Forecast | €7.74 |
| Trifecta | €28.50 |