August 07 / 20.05 Sligo

20.05

Good

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race

  • Prize money: £5363.64
  • 2m 2f 134y
  • 9 runners
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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race

Runners: 9 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

8/1 (Won)

  • Win: £7.20
  • Place: £1.30

Form: 3S5

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Point winner who has shown promise in a couple of her bumper starts and the return to a bit further can only help; respected.
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8th

13

10th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 50y

14:40 Cork

Noble Name

11st 7lb

J: James Smith

T: Ms Claire O’Connell

Point and good-ground bumper winner; respectable runs in first two hurdles, back from a layoff.

14/1

5th

9

2nd Nov 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

13:40 Cork

Noble Name

11st 7lb

J: James Smith

T: Ms Claire O’Connell

Sligo bumper winner in August (18.5f, good); promising hurdling debut in a 2m4f Fairyhouse maiden last month; should have learned plenty from that initial experience and capable of making her presence felt here.

9/2

5th

9

2nd Nov 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

13:40 Cork

Noble Name

11st 7lb

J: James Smith

T: Ms Claire O’Connell

Sligo bumper winner in August (18.5f, good); promising hurdling debut in a 2m4f Fairyhouse maiden last month; should have learned plenty from that initial experience and capable of making her presence felt here.

9/2

12/1

  • Place: £3.10

Form: 5

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well held 20-1 shot in a Roscommon bumper on last month's debut; yard gets bumper winners so the market could be revealing second time out.
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6th

5

30th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 100y

14:06 Listowel

Run For Mahler

10st 13lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: C Byrnes

Bumper and maiden hurdle winner; soundly beaten in Grade 2 novice at Cheltenham when last sighted in October; ran well in a maiden hurdle over C&D last September; lacks a recent run and probably best watched unless market speaks.

13/2

9th

12

24th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 87y

Class 1

15:00 Cheltenham

Run For Mahler

10st 9lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: C Byrnes

Down Royal bumper winner on good to firm and last week added an ordinary maiden hurdle for mares at Thurles (good to yielding); faces by far and away her toughest test yet but brings momentum into it.

9/1

1st

2

16th Oct 2025

Good

1m 7f 172y

14:12 Thurles

Run For Mahler

11st 7lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: C Byrnes

Took the runner-up spot in bumpers at Sligo and Tramore before making the breakthrough at Down Royal in August (good to firm); no shame in her second placing behind Carrigmoornaspruce on hurdles debut at Listowel (2m, yielding); should be thereabouts.

4/1

11/2

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 24 BF

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Camelot mare related to winners and has shaped like she may need a bit further after two promising efforts in bumpers; yard have a cracking strike-rate in this sphere (24-108 in last five years) and she'll be firmly in the mix if she does improve.
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1

28th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 84y

Class 1

13:25 Doncaster

Barra Rua

11st 0lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Emmet Mullins

Both wins have been at Tramore, a bumper and 2m5f maiden for mares; found Graded company too hot to handle before running well for a long way in a big-field 3m handicap at Leopardstown's big meeting this month (heavy); kept to this trip, she could appreciate these less taxing conditions.

7/2

4th

18

2nd Feb 2026

Heavy

3m 0f 19y

14:25 Leopardstown

Barra Rua

10st 0lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Emmet Mullins

Both wins have been at Tramore, including 2m5f mares maiden hurdle in November; struggled a bit in Graded novices since, at Cork and when nearly 14l off County Final at Limerick over Christmas; 2lb wrong here on handicap debut.

25/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Conduit mare; dam multiple point winner, sister to bumper and 2m2f-2m6f hurdle/chase winner Charlie's Vic, half-sister to 2m hurdle winner Adreamstillalive; yard 1-21 in bumpers last five years.
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4th

6

7th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 134y

20:05 Sligo

Loughdoo

11st 11lb

J: Aileen O’Sullivan

T: S Michael Millar

Conduit mare; dam multiple point winner, sister to bumper and 2m2f-2m6f hurdle/chase winner Charlie's Vic, half-sister to 2m hurdle winner Adreamstillalive; yard 1-21 in bumpers last five years.

20/1

Form: 6

Last run: 5 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Beaten 10l in a Galway Festival bumper on Saturday and shaped like further would suit; interesting to see whether she's turned out again quickly.
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3rd

3

28th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 200y

17:50 Limerick

Run For The Border

11st 7lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: John Patrick Ryan

Probably not suited by testing ground in two runs before a break; won a maiden on good-to-yielding over 2m3f at this venue last October.

8/1

5th

5

18th Nov 2025

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

13:35 Limerick

Run For The Border

10st 8lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: John Patrick Ryan

Initial promise in bumpers; modest form in maiden hurdles until an improved display when winning a 2m3f maiden at this venue a month ago; hard to be sure if the return to a shorter trip will bring out the best in her.

6/1

10

18th Oct 2025

Good

2m 3f 0y

14:20 Limerick

Run For The Border

11st 5lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: John Patrick Ryan

Initial promise in bumpers; rated 86 after three maiden hurdle runs and needs to find more but gets the mares' allowance and a good 7lb claimer aboard helps.

4/1

Form: 085-5

Last run: 85 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Showed ability in bumpers but wasn't at her best at Tipperary in May; short break may help and a bit further could also suit.
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8

25th May 2026

Good

2m 2f 72y

16:30 Ballinrobe

Georgies Pearl

10st 9lb

J: Conor Brassil

T: Anthony McCann

No show in bumpers and similar story when soundly beaten on hurdles debut in a Naas maiden when last seen in September; unlikely.

100/1

18

20th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

14:35 Navan

Georgies Pearl

11st 5lb

J: Eoghan Finegan

T: Anthony McCann

Never closer than fifth in five bumper runs; no hurdling experience; second reserve.

20/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Authorized mare; closely related to useful French 2m1f-2m3f hurdle winner Katribu, half-sister to winners Katpoli (useful 1m7f-2m3f hurdle/chase) and Katpartroi (French 2m-2m2f hurdle/chase); unraced dam out of sister to top French chaser Kotkijet; yard gets bumper winners so check market.
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5th

5

9th Oct 2025

Soft

2m 0f 0y

14:05 Tramore

Katdezire

11st 5lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: S Curling

Best of three runs was a 33l seventh at Galway in a bumper last month; below that at Listowel latest when tailed off; blinkers on now.

11/1

15th

7

25th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

14:15 Listowel

Katdezire

11st 7lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: S Curling

Well beaten in two bumpers and can only be watched on hurdles debut.

100/1

7th

5

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

19:22 Galway

Katdezire

11st 11lb

J: Mr D Doyle

T: S Curling

Was sent off at just 13-2 on debut at Sligo but never landed a blow; hood reached for; nicely bred, in good hands and likely capable of better at some stage.

22/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Mahler mare; sister to 2m2f hurdle winner Glendars Mahler; dam 1m-1m4f winner (including AW; RPR 73); unlikely to have a say on debut; yard 2-60 in bumpers last five years.
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2nd

9

22nd May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 2f 185y

17:52 Downpatrick

Aboras Mahler

10st 12lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Stephen Carlin

Showed her first worthwhile form when a 20l runner-up in a C&D maiden hurdle last time; will have to build on that now handicapping.

16/1

2nd

10

8th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 2f 185y

18:05 Downpatrick

Aboras Mahler

10st 11lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Stephen Carlin

No worthwhile form in four maiden hurdle outings; her new trainer adds a tongue-tie.

66/1

Form: 03

Last run: 25 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well held in a couple of bumpers so far, including over this C&D latest, and much more required.
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9th

8

7th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 134y

20:05 Sligo

Rosie Brown

11st 11lb

J: Mr S Cavanagh

T: Peter Maher

Well held in a couple of bumpers so far, including over this C&D latest, and much more required.

20/1

3rd

6

13th Jul 2025

Good

2m 2f 59y

17:20 Sligo

Rosie Brown

11st 11lb

J: Mr S Cavanagh

T: Peter Maher

Tailed off 50-1 shot when last of 13 at Punchestown last month and likely to need more time.

100/1

14

7th Jul 2025

Good

1m 7f 204y

18:13 Roscommon

Rosie Brown

10st 11lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Peter Maher

Tailed off when 50-1 for a Punchestown bumper on debut; impossible to make a case for after that; tongue tie goes on.

66/1

Non-runners

Expresso Tini, Shadows Of My Mind, Pointwelltaken

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €26.30
Straight Forecast €20.78
Trifecta €115.90

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Shadows Of My Mind

POSTDATA:

Barra Rua

The Irish Sun:

Shadows Of My Mind