July 11 / 18.15 Cork

18.15

Good

Mallow Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £4876.03
  • 2m 0f 190y
  • 17 runners
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Mallow Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 17 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Sunny

20/1 (Won)

  • Win: £51.80
  • Place: £4.80

Form: P-8308

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 3lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 93

Form & Verdict
Poor Flat form; minor promise in maiden hurdles but was beaten 15l on her handicap debut last month; doesn't look well treated on anything she's achieved so far.
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1st

4

14th Jul 2026

Good

2m 1f 165y

15:07 Downpatrick

Small Bucks

11st 8lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: P E Collins

Won at Cork last July off 1lb lower; hasn't really clicked into top gear yet this term and well beaten on latest but handicapper is at least giving her a chance so can't be totally discounted.

14/1

10th

4

5th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 113y

17:40 Clonmel

Small Bucks

11st 10lb

J: Hugh Horgan

T: P E Collins

A 33-1 winner on good ground at Cork last summer; shaped nicely at Down Royal last month when staying on late (2m2f, good) and built on that when fourth of 13 at Downpatrick over the same trip four days later; this ground suits her and she's getting her act together.

6/1

16/1

  • Place: £4.50

Form: /65-60

Last run: 56 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 98

Form & Verdict
Dual winner over timber but losing run goes back more than two years; wasn't disgraced in a beginners' on chase debut last time out and back below his last winning mark but others have stronger claims.
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2

4th Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 20y

14:30 Cork

Vale Of Glory

12st 0lb

J: Eoin G Kelly

T: Adrian Murray

Two wins over hurdles; losing run goes back more than two years, but has to be taken seriously after C&D second last month; fourth-placed Thats All won at Kilbeggan a fortnight later.

9/2

2nd

5

11th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 190y

18:15 Cork

Vale Of Glory

11st 12lb

J: Eoin G Kelly

T: Adrian Murray

Dual winner over timber but losing run goes back more than two years; wasn't disgraced in a beginners' on chase debut last time out and back below his last winning mark but others have stronger claims.

16/1

10th

10

16th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 90y

19:05 Kilbeggan

Vale Of Glory

11st 12lb

J: Eoin G Kelly

T: Adrian Murray

Two wins over hurdles, should be better for a recent run; makes chasing debut now at ten and is probably vulnerable.

14/1

7/2

  • Place: £1.50

Form: 1-5332 D BF

Last run: 7 days

W: 11st 1lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 87

Form & Verdict
More prolific over fences than hurdles but his mark reflects that and he was only beaten a head back in this sphere at Wexford last week; up 2lb but likely to be firmly in the mix again and he's more consistent than plenty of these.
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2

21st May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 157y

16:43 Limerick

Prince Of Air

12st 0lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: David O’Sullivan

Hurdles and three-time chase winner; best form at Tramore; was demoted from first in Killarney chase last summer; never sighted in first three starts for this yard; blinkers go on now.

16/1

11th

11

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 80y

17:42 Tramore

Prince Of Air

11st 2lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: David O’Sullivan

One hurdle and two chase wins at this venue; was demoted from first in a Killarney chase last autumn; has a chance if back to form after two poor chase efforts for this new yard.

9/2

6th

9

6th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 45y

14:25 Cork

Prince Of Air

10st 0lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: David O’Sullivan

Likes a sharp 2m and good ground; first past the post against useful rival at Killarney in October and better for recent comeback; 2lb wrong and ground may not be dry enough.

20/1

20/1

  • Place: £2.70

Form: 370-97

Last run: 43 days

W: 10st 5lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Hit the frame at Punchestown in December but she's lost her way since; may ideally want the ground a bit slower.
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9th

9

9th Jun 2026

Good

2m 4f 162y

20:00 Sligo

Thats All

10st 10lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Timothy Doyle

Sole win over hurdles came at Kilbeggan last year and some decent runs in defeat since; however, was poor on return at Punchestown and tried to refuse then unseated rider last time at Limerick; risky.

22/1

10

28th May 2026

Good

2m 6f 0y

19:20 Limerick

Thats All

10st 8lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: Timothy Doyle

Only one win from 21 starts over hurdles but was generally reliable last summer/autumn; 2m an inadequate test on return at Punchestown this month; better expected with the cobwebs blown away.

20/1

12th

17

13th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

18:20 Punchestown

Thats All

10st 9lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: Timothy Doyle

Only one win from 20 starts over hurdles but was generally reliable last summer/autumn; has tended to show her best form over longer distances; win was over 2m3f, second on final start over an extended 2m6f.

8/1

Form: F69-37

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 6lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Three-time Flat winner; placed in a Clonmel claimer in May but didn't beat a rival in a Sligo claimer subsequently; workable mark but percentage call is to look elsewhere.
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7th

1

14th Jul 2026

Good

2m 5f 185y

16:47 Downpatrick

Mephisto

11st 13lb

J: Eoghan Finegan

T: Gerard Keane

Three wins last season and shaped nicely on return to hurdling at Bellewstown (24.5f, good) 10 days ago; never won off a mark this high but definite place shout dropped back in trip.

11/1

4th

6

4th Jul 2026

Good

3m 0f 116y

19:48 Bellewstown

Mephisto

11st 2lb

J: Eoghan Finegan

T: Gerard Keane

Dual-purpose performer is 3-21 over hurdles with all three gained in an eight-day period in August last year; has been ticking over nicely on the Flat without winning of late; could make his presence felt.

16/1

6th

9

(9)

7th Jun 2026

Good

1m 5f 0y

17:12 Navan

Mephisto

9st 7lb

J: Colin Keane

T: Gerard Keane

Two solid runs since return from winter break; 4l third at Dundalk (1m4f), then 0.5l behind Jurality when third at Down Royal (Synchronize fourth); 2lb rise for that seems a touch harsh, but place claims again.

11/2

Form: 5640-2

Last run: 40 days

W: 11st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Minor promise in maiden hurdles and took a step forward on handicap debut when runner-up at Kilbeggan last month; up 5lb thanks to finishing a long way clear of the third and less exposed than plenty of these rivals.
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3rd

2

13th Jun 2026

Good

1m 7f 214y

Class 3

17:42 Uttoxeter

Ballykinlar

11st 4lb

J: James Bowen

T: Mickey Bowen

Won three times (2m2f, 2m4f) when trained in Ireland last summer; unplaced in three valuable handicap hurdles (2m4f-2m7f) for new trainer this spring; the drop back in trip for his chasing debut may not be in his favour.

9/2

16th

13

30th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 7f 110y

16:15 Punchestown

Ballykinlar

10st 7lb

J: Shane Fenelon

T: Mickey Bowen

Won three consecutive handicaps last summer up to 2m4f for Donncha Duggan; some fine runs in defeat after including since switched to this yard; has to prove he stays this trip.

28/1

7th

18

10th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 1

13:45 Aintree

Ballykinlar

11st 3lb

J: James Bowen

T: Mickey Bowen

Consistent results in Ireland this term featured three summer wins; not disgraced with midfield finish at the Cheltenham Festival (2m4f, soft) on debut for new stable but needs to improve on that bare form.

33/1

Form: 201-75

Last run: 44 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 88

Form & Verdict
Surprise 40-1 winner at Thurles in March but tailed off in two subsequent starts in this sphere and low-key Flat effort in the interim; up against it at present.
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8

27th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 0y

16:42 Wexford

Tasmanian Girl

10st 8lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Aengus King

Won a handicap hurdle at Thurles in March 2025; otherwise undistinguished form, including when tailed off in this race 12 months ago; should at least strip fitter as a result of a recent Flat run.

25/1

8th

11

(13)

11th May 2026

Good

1m 4f 46y

20:23 Roscommon

Tasmanian Girl

9st 4lb

J: Jessica O’Gorman

T: Aengus King

Won a handicap hurdle at Thurles in March 2025; rated just 34 on the Flat and she's an unlikely winner; new headgear combination applied.

66/1

Form: 0059-9

Last run: 44 days

W: 10st 11lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Struggling to get competitive under rules and didn't show enough on May's reappearance to be of interest.
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12

2nd Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 35y

15:55 Clonmel

Fear The Deere

10st 10lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: Timothy Doyle

Maiden was second at Wexford in July but was then pulled-up there and well beaten at Navan so questions now.

22/1

15

20th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

15:45 Navan

Fear The Deere

10st 9lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: Timothy Doyle

Maiden's standout effort came when a 3.75l second on his penultimate start at Wexford (2m4f, good); failed to back that up on latest when pulled up; risks attached.

8/1

Form: 649-77

Last run: 41 days

W: 12st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Flat winner off a mark of 84 in Britain but yet to show enough in six starts over timber for his new connections; now tried with blinkers dropping back in distance.
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5

2nd Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

18:23 Limerick

Qaasid

11st 9lb

J: Paddy Hanlon

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Five-time Flat winner in Britain; promoted winner of C&D handicap in which Friar Hogan was carried out; he had also suffered interference caused by the first-past-the-post; went up 6lb and failed to distinguish himself at Punchestown.

10/1

13th

10

7th Jun 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 12y

15:07 Punchestown

Qaasid

11st 2lb

J: Ms K M Ryan

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Five-time Flat winner in Britain; rightly got controversial 2m4f Limerick handicap hurdle in the stewards' room after being badly hampered by the first past the post; finished off well that day and likely drier ground here is a positive.

7/1

1st

1

28th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 200y

18:20 Limerick

Qaasid

11st 12lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Five-time winner on the Flat in Britain; 0-11 hurdling for this yard, best effort yet when runner-up in a claimer at Clonmel in February; leading when slipped up going to three out at the same venue nine weeks ago; not ruled out.

8/1

Form: 4567F- D

Last run: 274 days

W: 10st 11lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Winner from 3lb lower just under a year ago and had been in good form on the Flat for her new yard before her latest effort at Roscommon; interesting back in this sphere if fully tuned up after two months off.
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6

(11)

2nd Sep 2025

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:55 Gowran Park

Grizabella

9st 1lb

J: Robert Whearty

T: Paul W Flynn

Won the fourth race of her career when running away with a Ballinrobe handicap over just short of 1m2f; disappointing off higher marks since but has a chance down to this grade.

100/30

15th

10

(14)

21st Aug 2025

Good

1m 1f 0y

18:55 Leopardstown

Grizabella

9st 5lb

J: Paddy Harnett

T: Paul W Flynn

Was allowed to dominate when scoring readily at Ballinrobe in July; raised 11lb for that and was unable to control the race from the front at Sligo.

14/1

5th

8

(2)

6th Aug 2025

Yielding

1m 2f 129y

17:20 Sligo

Grizabella

8st 13lb

J: Robert Whearty

T: Paul W Flynn

Dual-purpose mare won over C&D in May and ran away with a Ballinrobe handicap over just short of 1m2f last time; hit with a 9lb rise for that but goes well here so one to consider.

4/1

Form: 030-07 D

Last run: 35 days

W: 10st 9lb

10 yo Mare

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
No wins since maiden hurdle success in 2021 and no signs a return to the winners' enclose is near in two runs this season.
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9th

16

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 80y

17:42 Tramore

Go Gill Go

10st 1lb

J: Daniel King

T: James Grace

Just 1-34 over hurdles and her regression continues so not much appeal until showing more spark.

33/1

9th

18

20th Jan 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 1f 33y

14:20 Down Royal

Go Gill Go

10st 5lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: James Grace

On losing run since Sligo maiden hurdle win in 2021; no signs of ending the barren spell in recent starts.

14/1

Form: 036-

Last run: 132 days

W: 11st 9lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Hit the frame in a maiden hurdle at Catterick in January and sixth in a much deeper race at Navan subsequently; didn't beat a rival on the Flat last month but that may have just been a pipe opener for his return to this sphere; not ruled out on handicap debut with cheekpieces fitted.
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12th

6

11th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 190y

18:15 Cork

Bursinel

11st 9lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Cian Collins

Hit the frame in a maiden hurdle at Catterick in January and sixth in a much deeper race at Navan subsequently; didn't beat a rival on the Flat last month but that may have just been a pipe opener for his return to this sphere; not ruled out on handicap debut with cheekpieces fitted.

8/1

Form: 000-03

Last run: 44 days

W: 10st 1lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Was really struggling for form before a close third on handicap debut at Wexford; up 1lb and will need to build on that in a deeper race this time but not one to put a line through.
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13th

15

14th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 116y

18:20 Clonmel

Amron Diamond

10st 2lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: James M Barcoe

Made the frame last year in 2m1f handicaps at Wexford and Cork on good ground; pulled up over C&D when last seen in October on easier ground; changed yards since and debuts for new trainer.

14/1

14

2nd Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 35y

15:55 Clonmel

Amron Diamond

10st 4lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: J Motherway

Best runs this year when third at Wexford and fourth at Cork, both over 2m1f; has a shout if as effective over this longer trip.

10/1

Form: /4P8-U

Last run: 59 days

W: 11st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 86

Form & Verdict
Struggling for form on the Flat of late and she was out of form when last seen in this sphere too.
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13th

15

14th Jul 2026

Good

2m 1f 165y

15:07 Downpatrick

Stormy Jenn

10st 5lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: P Cluskey

Two wins on the Flat but 0-15 over hurdles; didn't run badly in this sphere at Navan in November but pulled up the next day at Fairyhouse and fell at Tramore on return from break latest; others more persuasive.

18/1

13

30th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 50y

19:30 Tramore

Stormy Jenn

10st 5lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: P Cluskey

Two-time Flat winner; 0-14 over hurdles; okay run at Navan in November (2m, heavy) but pulled up when last seen at Fairyhouse in December; others preferred.

18/1

12

24th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 112y

15:10 Sligo

Stormy Jenn

10st 8lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: P Cluskey

Two-time Flat winner at Gowran; 0-11 hurdling, standout run when second in 2m1f Wexford handicap (good) over the summer in first-time cheekpieces, most recently didn't count in midfield at Roscommon last month; more needed but don't rule out.

12/1

OUR TIP

Form: 6156U- D

Last run: 71 days

W: 12st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Won from 6lb lower at Wexford last summer and got off the mark over fences at Down Royal in November off a mark of 104; unseated early at Punchestown Festival when last seen but rated a stone lower in this sphere so warrants respect; ground ideal.
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10th

20

30th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 0f 75y

16:50 Punchestown

Tuckmill

10st 0lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Peter Fahey

Unseated at the first in this race last year; no sign of his best form for a long time; unplaced off his lower hurdles mark last time; 2lb out of the handicap.

66/1

Form: 95-0

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 88

Form & Verdict
Shown very little in three runs so far and beaten a long way out on return from a year off last month; would need to improve plenty on handicap debut here.
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1st

10

24th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 2f 0y

15:15 Listowel

Carlas Pet

11st 0lb

J: G B Noonan

T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy

Best maiden run came here on debut but well beaten in three starts since and was pulled up on handicap debut at Cork in July; watch on first run for new yard.

100/1

9

11th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 190y

18:15 Cork

Carlas Pet

11st 2lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: Darren Collins

Shown very little in three runs so far and beaten a long way out on return from a year off last month; would need to improve plenty on handicap debut here.

25/1

3

10th Jun 2025

Good

2m 1f 157y

17:58 Sligo

Carlas Pet

11st 7lb

J: James Smith

T: Darren Collins

Didn't show a lot in two maiden hurdles for Eoin McCarthy; off since 28l defeat last June; best watched on return for new yard.

13/2

Form: 2719-5 D

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 1lb

11 yo Mare

OR: 87

Form & Verdict
Signed off 2024 with a 4l success at Thurles in November; well held twice since including from lower chase mark latest; would need her best effort for some time to defy this handicap mark.
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4

24th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 112y

15:10 Sligo

Romella

11st 7lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

Five-time hurdles winner at 2m on decent ground, including on reverting back from chasing at Tipperary early this month, having been left in front two out (having looked likely winner); up 7lb but still some way off her career-high so obvious respect.

5/1

Non-runners

Dream Shaper, Danielle D, Bannow Blaze, Hidalgo Des Mottes

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Payout
Exacta €1831.60
Straight Forecast €589.18
Tricast €2923.39

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Prince Of Air

The Irish Sun:

Amron Diamond

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Dream Shaper

POSTDATA:

Prince Of Air