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Yielding To SoftWatch Every Irish Race Live On Racing TV Beginners Chase
- Prize money: £6338.84
- 2m 2f 54y
- 7 runners
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Runners: 7 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
2/1 (Won)
- Win: £3.25
- Place: £1.40
Form: 13140-
Last run: 130 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 2 |
22nd Jan 2026 Heavy 2m 7f 110y |
11st 8lb |
Won this race last season before a creditable fourth in the Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham; flopped at Punchestown; good start to chasing career with Galway win before second at Wexford; disappointed in a Grade 2 novice chase at Punchestown; made mistakes when sent back over hurdles at Leopardstown and faded to finish a remote sixth. |
3/1 |
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6 |
27th Oct 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 0y |
10st 9lb |
Made rapid progress in staying hurdles last year, winning the Grade 2 Galmoy at Gowran before finishing fourth in the Stayers' at Cheltenham; beat a subsequent winner on chasing debut at Galway on return; this is a big jump in class but jumped well then so has to be respected |
5/1 |
14/1
- Place: £4.60
Form: 230-03
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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12th 11 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 5f 19y Class 1 |
10st 11lb |
Stamina to prove and he failed to threaten when ninth in the Grand Annual last month; however, Cheltenham may not be his track (also not at his best there last October) and he showed improved form to win a competitive handicap at Leopardstown (2m1f, yielding) in December; only seven and there have been hints that this sort of trip may suit; no surprise to see him go well. |
25/1 |
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9th 7 |
11th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 1m 7f 199y Class 1 |
11st 4lb |
Switched to fences last August and he's been progressive, winning a competitive handicap at Leopardstown (2m1f, yielding) in December and solid third of 14 there (2m1f, soft) last month; today's likely return to better ground could be a plus and this 7yo remains open to further improvement; chance. |
12/1 |
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3rd 3 |
2nd Feb 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 1f 0y |
11st 7lb |
1-10 over hurdles; already a much better chaser; won 2m2f Sligo beginners' event in October; struggled at Cheltenham later that month; slotted into handicap company effectively with a C&D win at Christmas at a time when the stable was generally struggling for form; can continue to improve; Thyestes-winning rider takes the sting out of 10lb rise. |
8/1 |
8/1
Form: 20-303
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3rd 2 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Joint top-rated in here at 126 but this two-time winner has not gone with any enthusiasm recently and has pulled up on his last three starts; big drop in grade here and blinkers go on; risky proposition. |
3/1 |
|
10 |
2nd Feb 2026 Heavy 3m 0f 19y |
10st 8lb |
Hurdle wins at 2m4f but career-best came over this trip when second in Grade 3 Aintree handicap in April (good); briefly tried chasing this term and pulled up on latest two hurdling attempts in testing conditions; hard to be confident in. |
50/1 |
9/4
Form: 1214-2 C BF
Last run: 41 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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4th 4 |
8th Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 2f 54y |
11st 12lb |
Won a bumper at the festival here in 2023; also took a 2m4f novice hurdle here last October; only subsequent run last season was in a Grade 2 event at Navan last December; should be sharper now than when outpointed by 143-rated hurdler King Of Kinsgfield over C&D on chasing debut. |
9/4 |
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2nd 8 |
29th Jul 2025 Good 2m 2f 54y |
11st 12lb |
Won a bumper at this meeting in 2023 and got off the mark over hurdles at Sligo last summer before taking a 2m4f novice back here; below that form in a Navan Grade 2 when last seen; however, goes well fresh and is the choice of Paul Townend from the stable's three so greatly respected on chasing debut. |
9/4 |
25/1
Form: -41104
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
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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 |
20/1
Form: 30-105 D
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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8th 8 |
15th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 90y |
11st 5lb |
Useful hurdler, latest win came off 124 in handicap at Downpatrick in June; nothing of real note in five chase starts since, well beaten over 3m at Down Royal 195 days ago; needs a lot more after break, but hasn't been out of the first three in as many starts here. |
16/1 |
|
2 |
1st Nov 2025 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
129 rated hurdler has not pulled up any trees in a trio of beginners' chases at 2m1f-2m2f on decent ground; needs to jump better and stamina to prove upped markedly in trip for handicap chase debut. |
16/1 |
200/1
Form: 0/2/7
Last run: 52 days
W: 11st 5lb
7 yo Mare
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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8 |
21st Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 6f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Second in a bumper for Willie Mullins in 2023; has struggled in a bumper and chase since making her comeback. |
50/1 |
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7th 9 |
8th Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 2f 54y |
11st 5lb |
Runner-up in a Limerick bumper for Willie Mullins almost three seasons ago; struggled in a bumper at Killarney in July on her comeback; out of her depth. |
200/1 |
|
1 |
18th Jul 2025 Good 2m 1f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Was runner-up in a Limerick bumper on second and final start for Willie Mullins almost three years ago; things haven't been straightforward since for her and she can only be watched with a hood and tongue-tie added for return. |
33/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €22.00 |
| Straight Forecast | €27.06 |
| Trifecta | €60.00 |
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