July 04 / 13.35 Wexford

13.35

Good

Shamrock Enterprises Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £4876.03
  • 2m 4f 170y
  • 14 runners
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Shamrock Enterprises Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 14 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
8yo made belated debut at Ballinrobe in May, finishing 52l behind the winner; passed over
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10

5th Sep 2025

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 200y

17:37 Kilbeggan

Bubba Yeats

10st 11lb

J: Richard Deegan

T: S Curling

Modest in maidens and was beaten 22l on handicap debut at Wexford; major improvement needed; tongue-tie retained.

22/1

6th

8

8th Aug 2025

Good

3m 0f 0y

18:38 Wexford

Bubba Yeats

11st 1lb

J: J J Slevin

T: S Curling

Hasn't shown much in maidens at 16.5f-22.5f including one here; potential improver on handicap debut in first-time tongue tie; check the market.

10/1

4

22nd Jul 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 89y

17:12 Ballinrobe

Bubba Yeats

11st 4lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: S Curling

In rear in maiden hurdles at this venue and Wexford; shorter trip now; makes no appeal.

66/1

Form: 267-33

Last run: 34 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Hasn't finished outside the top three in four maidens; finished 0.75l behind the winner at Kilbeggan in May (2m1f good), before just 1l behind the winner later that month at Listowel (2m, good); contender.
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2

4th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 2

17:13 Fakenham

Dream Diamond

11st 7lb

J: Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

Comfortably won Worcester maiden (2m, good) on last summer's stable debut but has been some way below that form on all three starts since; will be fine over today's trip but needs to get career back on track.

25/1

3rd

1

18th Mar 2026

Good

1m 7f 171y

Class 4

15:45 Huntingdon

Dream Diamond

11st 12lb

J: Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

Ex-Irish 6yo who justified skinny odds with minimal fuss in Worcester maiden (2m, good) on stable debut in August; he's one of the two form picks on that and earlier evidence, but the heavy defeats in his two handicaps since tell a very different story.

7/2

7th

1

5th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 2f 191y

Class 4

15:15 Haydock

Dream Diamond

12st 2lb

J: Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

Ex-Irish 6yo who justified skinny odds with minimal fuss in Worcester maiden (2m, good) on stable debut in August; beaten the thick end of 50l on handicap debut in valuable event over 2m4f back there the following month; off since and drops back in trip with drying ground probably in his favour.

8/1

Form: 236- BF

Last run: 71 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 108

Form & Verdict
Placed in a point-to-point; excellent Leopardstown debut second and would have been second at Thurles but for ploughing through the last; below best at Kilbeggan last time but overall profile makes him a player.
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12th

4

15th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 90y

19:05 Kilbeggan

Following Orders

11st 12lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Ten-race maiden over hurdles but some good efforts in defeat last year in maidens, most notably when second at Roscommon in August; returned from break at Bellewstown 27 days ago, pulled up before last; needs improvement on chase debut up in trip, but not out of it on pick of form.

18/1

4

18th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 1f 30y

14:40 Bellewstown

Following Orders

11st 4lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Seven-race maiden but some good runs in defeat; back-to-back runner-up finishes in maiden hurdles at Roscommon and Ballinrobe last August on better ground; way below that at Downpatrick when last seen in September.

8/1

5th

6

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 5f 110y

15:56 Downpatrick

Following Orders

11st 0lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Six-race maiden but some decent runs in defeat, including back-to-back runner-up finishes on last two starts; best run was at Roscommon when a lot went wrong (interference, mistake, hung), and he was still a 1.25l second; this is the longest trip he has tackled under rules.

7/1

Form: 0/P/0

Last run: 32 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
1-11 in points; limitations exposed and lacks hurdling experience having never run over the smaller obstacles.
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5

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 7f 65y

19:43 Ballinrobe

Jimmybrien

11st 12lb

J: Ms H Phillips

T: M J Phillips

Point-to-point winner is 0-3 over both hurdles and fences; easily passed over.

100/1

4

14th Aug 2025

Good

2m 5f 180y

17:35 Tramore

Jimmybrien

11st 12lb

J: Ms H Phillips

T: M J Phillips

Record of 1-11 in points; rated only 82 over hurdles after three unplaced runs and has a lot to find on chasing debut.

33/1

6

25th Jul 2025

Good

3m 0f 100y

19:05 Kilbeggan

Jimmybrien

11st 4lb

J: Ms H Phillips

T: M J Phillips

Point-to-point winner has failed to trouble the judge under Rules'; 150-1 for last two starts and ran accordingly; tongue tie now tried.

25/1

Form: 2

Last run: 38 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Karaktar 5yo cost E78,000 as a 3yo; placed on both point-to-point runs and on hurdling debut at Ballinrobe in May when returning from a break; big player.
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7

9th May 2026

Good

3m 2f 0y

16:45 Killarney

Kamikaz Du Plessis

10st 9lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Dual hurdle winner is rated 128 in that sphere; hasn't been as good over fences in four starts but best effort came when fourth in a Clonmel novice last time; raced a bit awkwardly then; will need plenty more today.

9/1

4th

4

14th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

19:12 Clonmel

Kamikaz Du Plessis

11st 6lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Rated 130 over hurdles but yet to replicate that level over fences; beaten a cumulative distance of 97l in first three chases at Fairyhouse (2m5f, yielding), Galway (22.5f, yielding) and Leopardstown (2m1f, yielding); best form on good ground so needs the track to dry out.

3/1

3rd

2

3rd Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 1f 0y

15:55 Leopardstown

Kamikaz Du Plessis

11st 12lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

Dual hurdle winner is rated 130 in that sphere but was soundly beaten in two novice chases last October; needs to do a lot better but doesn't have form in this sort of ground.

8/1

Form: 0-86

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Moderate runs in two bumper starts; didn't improve a huge pile for switch to hurdles at Kilbeggan last month; likely to find a few too good.
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7

20th Jan 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 145y

15:20 Down Royal

Kazbek

11st 9lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Peter Fahey

Has been showing a fair standard over hurdles, making the frame in three of his last four outings; lack of chasing experience raises a doubt.

10/1

5

18th Oct 2025

Good

2m 3f 0y

14:20 Limerick

Kazbek

11st 12lb

J: Jake Coen

T: Peter Fahey

Some early promise in bumpers and hurdles but poor the last twice; blinkers need to work.

14/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Dam unraced sister to 2m4f hurdle winner Just Bobby, half-sister to winners Carrig Cathal (useful 2m2f-2m4f hurdle/chase) and Award Winner (bumper and 2m2f-3m hurdle/chase), out of 2m hurdle winner; best watched.
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4th

8

31st May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 20y

14:26 Kilbeggan

Mighty Berkshire

11st 12lb

J: Kevin Healy

T: Declan Queally

Third in a six-runner maiden hurdle over 3m1f at this venue last summer; two moderate runs over fences before last November down the field in a handicap hurdle at Limerick at Christmas and absent since.

10/1

3rd

4

22nd Aug 2025

Good

3m 1f 0y

18:25 Kilbeggan

Mighty Berkshire

11st 4lb

J: James O’Sullivan

T: Declan Queally

Shaped well at Wexford (2m5f) and Galway (2m6f), latterly behind the Ebor favourite Hipop De Loire; faces nothing of his calibre here and should have better days ahead of him.

3/1

5th

7

30th Jul 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

17:05 Galway

Mighty Berkshire

11st 12lb

J: James O’Sullivan

T: Declan Queally

His debut earlier this month was a promising fifth of 14 (beaten 14l) in a maiden hurdle at Wexford (2m5f, good); form boosted by the winner and he should improve so has to be on the shortlist.

12/1

Form: 94-33

Last run: 38 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Finished 8l behind Kamikaz Du Plessis at Ballinrobe in their clash in May (2m, good); improving but needs more.
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6

25th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

16:35 Listowel

Noticebox

11st 7lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Picked up a wound when disappointing in his latest maiden (strong favourite) and had been steadily progressive; doesn't look badly treated on his second at Wexford with the winner since going on to better things.

7/1

7th

9

5th Aug 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 59y

16:38 Roscommon

Noticebox

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Steadily progressive and the horse who beat him at Wexford (2m5f, good) last time ran well last week at Galway; every chance of going one better here.

15/8

9

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 170y

13:35 Wexford

Noticebox

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Finished 8l behind Kamikaz Du Plessis at Ballinrobe in their clash in May (2m, good); improving but needs more.

10/1

Form: 0/96-

Last run: 241 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Well beaten in points, bumpers and maiden hurdles; won't feature.
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10

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 170y

13:35 Wexford

Redondo Beach

11st 12lb

J: Ross Berry

T: J A Berry

Well beaten in points, bumpers and maiden hurdles; won't feature.

100/1

6th

5

5th Nov 2024

Good

2m 4f 110y

14:15 Fairyhouse

Redondo Beach

10st 13lb

J: Ross Berry

T: J A Berry

in rear, tailed off after 3 out

200/1

6th

5

5th Nov 2024

Good

2m 4f 110y

14:15 Fairyhouse

Redondo Beach

10st 13lb

J: Ross Berry

T: J A Berry

in rear, tailed off after 3 out

200/1

Form: 55-2

Last run: 36 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Fifth in a strong maiden hurdle at Punchestown in February (heavy); showed that wasn't a fluke when a 2l second at Limerick last time (good); one of the likelier candidates.
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7th

9

25th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

14:50 Listowel

The Mans Room

11st 4lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: C A Murphy

Runner-up in maidens at Limerick (2m1f) and Bellewstown (2m4f, good), and latest conqueror has since followed up; may find 2m on the sharp side but has each-way claims in the new cheekpieces.

6/1

2nd

4

27th Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 110y

17:25 Bellewstown

The Mans Room

11st 8lb

J: Ross Berry

T: C A Murphy

Standout effort when runner-up in 2m1f Limerick maiden hurdle in May (good); tame enough finishing efforts since at both Wexford and Cork; more needed.

7/2

6th

10

4th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 100y

15:30 Cork

The Mans Room

11st 12lb

J: Ross Berry

T: C A Murphy

Standout effort a 2l second of 10 in a maiden hurdle at Limerick (2m1f) in May; 2m5f may have been too far when disappointing on latest at Wexford; rated 115 and he's a big player dropped back in distance.

100/30

Form: 9654P-

Last run: 287 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
0-10 under rules; makes seasonal return here and would need to step up on his previous form to get involved.
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4th

4

21st Aug 2025

Good

2m 7f 100y

18:37 Killarney

Woodie Wango

11st 4lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Rosemary Connors

Maiden hasn't been beaten far at times over hurdles and fences; beaten 11l off this mark at Roscommon last time over 3m1f; should be involved.

11/2

6

5th Aug 2025

Yielding

3m 1f 10y

20:00 Roscommon

Woodie Wango

11st 5lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: Rosemary Connors

Extended record under Rules to 0-11 in a Wexford maiden hurdle last month; could come on for that first run after 287 days off and shaped ok when fourth at Ballinrobe off 4lb higher last September; easy ground a query though.

16/1

12

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 170y

13:35 Wexford

Woodie Wango

11st 12lb

J: Mr M J Kenneally

T: Rosemary Connors

0-10 under rules; makes seasonal return here and would need to step up on his previous form to get involved.

13/1

Form: 37/5P-

Last run: 118 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Hasn't reproduced debut promise of Limerick maiden run in December 2023 (heavy) in just three starts since, latest when pulled up at Gowran in March; new yard.
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13

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 170y

13:35 Wexford

Hurricane Bailey

11st 5lb

J: Harry Sexton

T: E Sheehy

Hasn't reproduced debut promise of Limerick maiden run in December 2023 (heavy) in just three starts since, latest when pulled up at Gowran in March; new yard.

40/1

Form: 5

Last run: 35 days

W: 11st 5lb

8 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Returned from a three-year absence at Tramore in May when well beaten; would need to improve a lot from that but can't be discounted coming from this stable.
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9th

8

1st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 27y

15:35 Sligo

Quarry Tiepy

11st 5lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Point winner didn't make any progress in four hurdle starts but was better on chase debut at Downpatrick last time; this longer trip looks likely to suit and looks a big player.

2/1

3rd

9

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

16:26 Downpatrick

Quarry Tiepy

11st 5lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Point winner hasn't shown progression in four hurdles starts and was reluctant to start at Kilbeggan last time; could do better in this discipline but needs to.

5/1

8

5th Sep 2025

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 200y

17:37 Kilbeggan

Quarry Tiepy

11st 4lb

J: Sean Cleary-Farrell

T: W P Mullins

Point winner ran respectably in three maiden hurdles up to 2m5f; could do better raised in trip on handicap debut for top yard; would be of major interest if strong in the market.

11/4

Form: 9-

Last run: 281 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
First reserve; beaten 18l on bumper debut last September; hurdles need to bring about big improvement.
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16

17th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 85y

17:01 Killarney

Ivy Berry

10st 11lb

J: Daniel King

T: Michael Winters

Well beaten in a bumper and maiden hurdle; best wait for handicaps.

100/1

15

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 170y

13:35 Wexford

Ivy Berry

11st 5lb

J: Mr L Burke-Ott

T: Michael Winters

First reserve; beaten 18l on bumper debut last September; hurdles need to bring about big improvement.

9th

17

26th Sep 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

17:45 Listowel

Ivy Berry

11st 3lb

J: Mr L Burke-Ott

T: Michael Winters

Dam unraced half-sister to bumper/hurdle/chase winner Clondaw Castle and bumper/hurdles winner Red Devil Boys.

20/1

Non-runners

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Payout
Exacta €16.30
Straight Forecast €16.47
Trifecta €52.30

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Kamikaz Du Plessis

RP RATINGS (IRE):

The Man's Room

TOPSPEED:

The Man's Room

POSTDATA:

Kamikaz Du Plessis

The Irish Sun:

Kamikaz Du Plessis