14.30
GoodLee Strand Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £9752.07
- 2m 6f 180y
- 8 runners
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Runners: 8 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
25/1
Form: 17879-
Last run: 181 days
W: 11st 7lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 8 (5) |
5th Sep 2025 Good 2m 2f 141y |
9st 8lb |
Useful juvenile hurdle winner in 2023, scored again early last year; 0-4 on the Flat but shaped well on opening two runs on good ground; handicap debut and new headgear combination tried on first Flat run in over a year; yard has excellent recent record in this race so has to be respected, despite more obvious claims of stablemate Billie Frechette. |
10/1 |
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2 |
18th Jul 2025 Good 2m 6f 180y |
11st 7lb |
Is 2-8 over timber but yet to prove he's as effective at this sort of trip and arrives on the back of six-month absence; doesn't look well treated on what he's achieved in the last 12 months. |
25/1 |
9/1
Form: F/032- C
Last run: 89 days
W: 11st 5lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 123
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
18th Jul 2025 Good 2m 6f 180y |
11st 5lb |
Has hit the frame in both handicap hurdle outings in 2025, the latest when runner-up at Cork beaten 2l in April; mixed signals on the strength of that form but fit after respectable Flat outing last month and feasibly treated on old form. |
9/1 |
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10 (8) |
7th Jun 2025 Good 1m 6f 0y |
9st 11lb |
Three-time hurdles winner and 2-12 on the Flat; has run well on every outing since joining this yard, including four Flat runs in the second half of last year; stayed on well when second over hurdles at Cork when last seen; will be doing best work late. |
14/1 |
7/2
Form: /245-1 D
Last run: 53 days
W: 11st 2lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
25th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Dual-purpose two-time winning hurdler; won C&D maiden hurdle last May and added a Listed handicap hurdle at the Galway festival in August; well beaten off revised mark twice since; decent run on the Flat at Killarney 13 days ago, but more needed back over timber in new headgear combination. |
12/1 |
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5th 9 (3) |
12th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 182y |
11st 3lb |
No closer than 14l in three Flat maidens (for Michael Hourigan) and better known as a jumper, having won a Listed handicap hurdle at last year's Galway festival; could be dangerous off this low a mark. |
7/2 |
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8th 1 |
4th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 7f 170y |
11st 12lb |
Twice successful early in the season on joining this yard, notably valuable 2m7f Galway handicap (good); didn't feature in Pertemps Qualifier at Cheltenham in October and absent since; likes good ground so possibly best watched on return here. |
20/1 |
14/1
Form: 5-1320 C
Last run: 13 days
W: 11st 1lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 119
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 5 |
11th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 50y |
11st 3lb |
Dual chase winner who is rated lower over hurdles; won this last year and he returns on the back of a narrow win at Clonmel (2m7f); has to enter the equation. |
6/1 |
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1st 6 |
14th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 7f 0y |
11st 9lb |
Two-time chase (including here) and hurdling winner has failed to exploit his lower hurdles mark on his last three starts; likes it here but remains 5lb above his last hurdles win and stamina to prove for this trip. |
18/1 |
|
6 |
15th Oct 2025 Good 2m 4f 45y |
11st 4lb |
Dual-hurdles and chase winner is rated 8lb lower over timber; very comfortable winner of a handicap chase at Kilbeggan in August (2m4f, good to yielding) but unable to follow up back over hurdles off lower mark at Killarney; set a tall task in a Grade 3 chase at Tipperary last time; not out of it at his best but seems to be better over fences. |
11/1 |
5/1
Form: 9P92-1
Last run: 65 days
W: 10st 10lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 114
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 7 |
24th Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 3m 0f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Left all previous form behind when a 125-1 runner-up over 3m at Cork in April; confirmed promise when justifying favouritism in a 3m1f Tipperary maiden hurdle in May; encouraging handicap debut when close up in third at Killarney; similar effort at Galway; form of that race looks solid (second and fifth have wnn since), may confirm with Duke Silver. |
9/2 |
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8 |
3rd Aug 2025 Good 3m 0f 60y |
11st 7lb |
Left all previous form behind when a 125-1 runner-up at Cork; confirmed that promise when justifying favouritism in a Tipperary maiden hurdle in May; encouraging handicap debut when close up in third behind Greatness Awaits at Killarney, with Coole Cheery fourth |
10/1 |
|
6 |
18th Jul 2025 Good 2m 6f 180y |
10st 10lb |
Left all previous form behind when a 125-1 runner-up at Cork behind a nice prospect and confirmed that promise when justifying favouritism in a Tipperary maiden hurdle in May; fair mark for handicap debut but hasn't shown anything in two heavy ground runs so may need the rain to stay away. |
5/1 |
5/1
Form: 53129-
Last run: 265 days
W: 10st 9lb
7 yo Filly
OR: 113
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 2 |
19th Oct 2025 Good 2m 3f 50y |
11st 7lb |
Maiden hurdle winner last year disappointed in that sphere at Galway and tried chasing at Tramore; was a respectable third over 2m6f behind a now 128-rated rival; still needs to improve. |
12/1 |
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3rd 2 |
17th Aug 2025 Good 2m 6f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Runner-up on all four bumper starts; won a maiden hurdle by 10l at Kilbeggan last September; runner-up on handicap at Listowel festival; after a break, possibly needed the race at Killarney last month; pulled up at Galway; no chasing experience. |
7/1 |
|
14 |
3rd Aug 2025 Good 3m 0f 60y |
11st 5lb |
Tailed off here last October on final start in 2024; had been on an upward curve previously, winning a maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan and finishing runner-up at Listowel; possibly needed the race when fourth to Greatness Awaits at Killarney; improvement likely. |
13/2 |
25/1
Form: 1/9-89 D
Last run: 13 days
W: 10st 9lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 113
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 2 |
5th Aug 2025 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Maiden winner for Gordon Elliott but in 2023 and has shown pretty much nothing since then. |
50/1 |
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9 |
18th Jul 2025 Good 2m 6f 180y |
10st 9lb |
Won a maiden hurdle at Down Royal for Gordon Elliott in 2023 but has shown nothing in three runs since, including back over timber on yard debut earlier this month; now tried with cheekpieces and has questions to answer at present. |
25/1 |
10/1
Form: 522-41 D
Last run: 19 days
W: 10st 6lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 110
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
26th Oct 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 130y |
10st 11lb |
Got his fifth hurdles win when beating subsequent Galway festival winner Winning Smut at Killarney in July (2m7f, yielding to soft); beaten 25l apiece in his two chase starts; makes handicap chase debut and chance on his best hurdles form but hasn't shown that yet over fences. |
18/1 |
|
5th 2 |
8th Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 2f 54y |
11st 12lb |
Flat winner and very experienced hurdler; gaining his fifth hurdles win, and seventh in all, when taking a 2m7f Killarney handicap in July; remote fourth on chasing debut over a staying trip at Ballinrobe. |
25/1 |
|
3 |
25th Aug 2025 Good 2m 7f 65y |
11st 12lb |
Heavily-raced 6yo was gaining his fifth win hurdling when taking 2m7f Killarney handicap last month; never counted at Galway however since; Flat-bred tries fences here. |
10/1 |
Non-runners
Fiveonefive, Derryville, Caesar Rock
Selections
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