September 08 / 16.20 Galway

16.20

Yielding To Soft

Anglo Printers Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £6095.04
  • 2m 0f 160y
  • 20 runners
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Anglo Printers Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 20 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

Form: 84-521

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Built on an improved display at Ballinrobe when winning a 2m3f maiden at Kilbeggan a month ago; opening mark appears stiff, but further progress is quite feasible.
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1

3rd Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 40y

16:55 Gowran Park

Killians Garden

11st 12lb

J: Eoghan Finegan

T: Ciaran Murphy

Won a maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan in August (2m3f, gd-yld); respectable run on handicap debut at Galway (16.5f, good), doing best work at the finish; this trip more suitable but may not appreciate the forecast rain.

7/1

1

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

16:20 Galway

Killians Garden

11st 12lb

J: E Walsh

T: Ciaran Murphy

Built on an improved display at Ballinrobe when winning a 2m3f maiden at Kilbeggan a month ago; opening mark appears stiff, but further progress is quite feasible.

7/1

OUR TIP

Form: 16F-89

Last run: 35 days

W: 11st 11lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Won a Cork maiden hurdle 13 months ago at 20-1; nothing of note in his form since then; tailed off at Cork on latest; tongue-tie on now.
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12

27th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 100y

14:22 Wexford

Champagne Dawn

11st 5lb

J: Ryan Treacy

T: T J O’Mara

Won a maiden hurdle at Cork (18.5f, gd-yld) in August 2024 but has lost his way since; hard to fancy on 2025 form; new visor needs to spark something.

33/1

12

27th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 100y

14:22 Wexford

Champagne Dawn

11st 5lb

J: Ryan Treacy

T: T J O’Mara

Won a maiden hurdle at Cork (18.5f, gd-yld) in August 2024 but has lost his way since; hard to fancy on 2025 form; new visor needs to spark something.

33/1

11th

2

14th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 46y

14:35 Punchestown

Champagne Dawn

11st 8lb

J: Ryan Treacy

T: T J O’Mara

Won a Cork maiden hurdle 14 months ago at 20-1; nothing of note in his form since then.

25/1

Form: 2462-P

Last run: 125 days

W: 11st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 108

Form & Verdict
Made mistakes in a handicap chase on his last start in Britain; others are more appealing.
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3

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

16:20 Galway

Baseline

11st 10lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: Noel C Kelly

Made mistakes in a handicap chase on his last start in Britain; others are more appealing.

20/1

2

6th May 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:30 Ffos Las

Baseline

12st 0lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

took keen hold, prominent, bad mistake 8th, mistake and reminders 9th

2/1

2

6th May 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:30 Ffos Las

Baseline

12st 0lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

took keen hold, prominent, bad mistake 8th, mistake and reminders 9th

2/1

Form: F57UF-

Last run: 214 days

W: 11st 10lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 108

Form & Verdict
Second in a Listowel maiden hurdle last September; let down by his jumping in two handicap chase starts before a break; mark looks too high.
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10th

3

26th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 13y

19:30 Ballinrobe

Kazakh dArthel

11st 10lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Won four-runner novice chase at Cork (16.5f, good) in October; 0-6 over hurdles but has run well in defeat; beaten 5.25l when fourth off this mark at Navan in September; fell in a handicap chase at Navan latest; not discounted back over hurdles.

9/2

8

21st Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 1f 0y

16:52 Navan

Kazakh dArthel

11st 0lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Gavin Cromwell

One of two for trainer; exhibited jumping frailties in previous starts before getting off the mark in a Cork novice chase in October (2m2f, good); Achilles heel came back to haunt him when 5-2 favourite next time at Thurles (2m3f, good), jumping poorly and finishing a 17.75l fourth; Donoghue rides Stuntman Steve.

6/1

4

30th Oct 2025

Good

2m 2f 66y

14:00 Thurles

Kazakh dArthel

11st 10lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Got over his jumping frailties to get off the mark in a Cork novice chase last time, surviving a mistake at the first; that was over a bit shorter than this; a big player with another clear round.

5/2

Form: -73015 D

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Out of the money in handicaps (including here at the festival) on either side of a maiden win at Ballinrobe; needs to raise his game.
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2

26th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 130y

12:30 Wexford

Leave In Secret

11st 12lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Thomas Gibney

Failed to complete both point starts; off the mark in a Ballinrobe maiden hurdle in August before winning again at Galway the following month in a handicap off 105; didn't run badly at Gowran (2m, soft) when last seen, headed in final 110 yards into third; makes chase debut now.

8/1

Form: 6879

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
Three Flat wins in France; ordinary maiden hurdle form; poor display at Kilbeggan on handicap debut, well held by Hudson.
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3rd

1

30th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 50y

19:30 Tramore

Liceo

12st 0lb

J: P J O’Hanlon

T: Dermot A McLoughlin

French Flat winner; 0-7 over hurdles but showed a bit of promise when fourth at Galway last September (16.5f, good); 4lb lower here and may have needed latest; yard in form.

20/1

9th

6

10th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 50y

15:15 Cork

Liceo

11st 5lb

J: P J O’Hanlon

T: Dermot A McLoughlin

Three-time French Flat winner but ordinary form over hurdles for this yard; well beaten on AW last time; new headgear tried now.

25/1

Form: 00-232

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Colt

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Has been mixing Flat and hurdles recently; two Flat wins, 0-8 over hurdles; does not need to improve much from a recent Down Royal second to win in this grade.
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4th

12

24th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 110y

16:50 Kilbeggan

Desert Haven

11st 4lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Noel Meade

Two respectable Flat runs last month; 0-11 over hurdles; comes into the reckoning following an improved display that saw him finish fifth of 21 in a stronger race than this at Fairyhouse.

7/2

5th

19

6th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

14:05 Fairyhouse

Desert Haven

10st 8lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Noel Meade

Two respectable Flat runs last month but 0-10 over hurdles and has come up shy in less competitive races than this.

33/1

Form: 5F-843

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 4lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
Maiden on the Flat in France; best of four maiden hurdle runs when fourth at Wexford; third behind the improving Pampar Lady at Kilbeggan in his first handicap; capable of making his presence felt.
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6

16th May 2026

Good

2m 1f 77y

Class 4

17:05 Bangor-on-Dee

Hudson

11st 2lb

J: James Bowen

T: Mickey Bowen

Run of progressive hurdling RPRs halted by an unsuccessful step up to 2m7f back in January; not bred for fences and needs to prove able to translate his better work back to good ground, but trip more suitable again.

12/1

7th

2

16th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 16y

Class 4

13:28 Market Rasen

Hudson

12st 0lb

J: Shane Fenelon

T: Mickey Bowen

0-7 over hurdles but posted some good efforts in Ireland last summer and was close fourth on stable debut at Exeter (2m, good to soft) in November; contender if stamina holds out on this first venture beyond 2m3f.

12/1

9

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

16:20 Galway

Hudson

11st 4lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

Maiden on the Flat in France; best of four maiden hurdle runs when fourth at Wexford; third behind the improving Pampar Lady at Kilbeggan in his first handicap; capable of making his presence felt.

6/1

Form: 85-163 D

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 3lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Kilbeggan maiden hurdle winner in June; moderate run in first handicap at Sligo (rider reported mare never travelled); soundly beaten in third in a 2m5f event at Tramore last month.
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5th

9

1st Jun 2026

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

14:57 Listowel

Bossing It

10st 0lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: David M O’Brien

Maiden winner who appeared to be going nowhere until a revived second of 14 at Wexford (2m1f, good to yielding); nudged up 2lb for that but a greater worry would be that this is a better race.

8/1

2nd

4

16th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 0y

15:15 Wexford

Bossing It

11st 8lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: David M O’Brien

Won a Kilbeggan maiden hurdle last summer over 2m and was third in handicaps at Tramore (2m5f, good) and Galway (2m1f, good to yielding); not at same level in more recent runs, tailed off at Tramore last time (2m1f, good to yielding).

22/1

13th

3

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 80y

17:42 Tramore

Bossing It

11st 11lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: David M O’Brien

Won a Kilbeggan maiden hurdle last summer over 2m and was third in handicaps here (2m5f) and Galway (2m); likely found the ground too testing in three runs since; a chance back on a drier surface.

5/1

Form: 50-509 C

Last run: 48 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
200-1 winner of a bumper here at the 2024 festival; down 5lb from initial mark; rating still looks harsh on the evidence of handicap form at Ballinrobe and Tipperary.
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15

26th May 2026

Good

2m 6f 28y

20:00 Ballinrobe

Brave Crogha

10st 11lb

J: Paddy Cleary

T: I Madden

Bumper winner in 2024; 0-7 over hurdles and yet to trouble the judge; off since heavy defeat at Galway in October; 3lb drop not enough to tempt on return.

33/1

Form: 1275-7 D

Last run: 116 days

W: 11st 2lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Won twice for Paul Hennessy last winter and went close to making it a hat-trick at Gowran in January; has failed to maintain progress for this stable; absent since unplaced in a claimer at Clonmel in May.
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Verdict Starting price

13

21st May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 157y

16:43 Limerick

Falcon Park

10st 8lb

J: Elizabeth Gale

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Best effort for this yard when second behind a well handicapped winner over hurdles at Clonmel in February; reverts to chasing now (won over fences for Emmet Mullins in the summer of 2024); others preferred.

40/1

9th

14

16th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 3f 60y

16:30 Limerick

Falcon Park

10st 8lb

J: Elizabeth Gale

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Had been struggling to find his best form since joining this yard before an encouraging second behind a well handicapped winner at Clonmel in February; failed to build on that in two subsequent starts.

20/1

Form: 68-43

Last run: 36 days

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Failed to stay 2m6f in a maiden at Tramore in May; worth considering after a prominent showing to take third place over C&D on handicap debut in first-time cheekpieces.
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Verdict Starting price

8th

5

19th Apr 2026

Soft

1m 7f 110y

17:00 Tramore

Kotkito Bello

11st 7lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

One of two for yard; dual hurdles winner rated 10lb higher in that sphere; sole chase start resulted in a 3.5l win in a beginners' at Thurles (18.5f, gd-yld) in October; pulled up in hot handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse latest but unexposed over fences and could go well in first handicap chase.

11/4

17

4th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

17:00 Fairyhouse

Kotkito Bello

10st 0lb

J: Calum Hogan

T: P J Rothwell

On a roll earlier in the season, hat-trick of wins included over hurdles at Punchestown and Thurles; DRF fifth wasn't a bad run upped in grade but other may now be better handicapped (1lb wrong here).

16/1

5th

18

1st Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

15:52 Leopardstown

Kotkito Bello

10st 1lb

J: Calum Hogan

T: P J Rothwell

Won last three starts; one over fences and the last two over hurdles, at Punchestown and Thurles; is up another 13lb but has to be considered again.

14/1

Form: 79595

Last run: 32 days

W: 11st 1lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Mild promise when fifth in a 2m1f maiden hurdle at Cork; struggled at Ballinrobe, no impact at Sligo; makes handicap debut.
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8

20th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

14:35 Navan

No Demand

11st 12lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Darren Collins

Ordinary form in maidens; this trip may help his cause judged on a satisfactory handicap run over shorter at Galway; lost ground with a mistake at the fifth, stayed on from off the pace to finish in mid-division.

6/1

14

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

16:20 Galway

No Demand

11st 1lb

J: Cian Cullinan

T: Darren Collins

Mild promise when fifth in a 2m1f maiden hurdle at Cork; struggled at Ballinrobe, no impact at Sligo; makes handicap debut.

16/1

Form: 7576-0

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 0lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Hinted at ability last season before being tailed off in a Punchestown handicap hurdle in January; big price when last of 13 on stable debut at Down Royal; tongue-tie fitted now.
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6

24th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 145y

Class 5

15:00 Catterick

Bid Up

11st 7lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Gary Hanmer

15-race maiden who needs to produce more than he's managed on his first two chase starts but he didn't run badly here last month on his final outing for Brian Francis Cawley and he starts out for his new stable with Sean Bowen booked; interesting to see how he goes in the betting.

5/1

4th

3

30th Jan 2026

Soft

1m 7f 145y

Class 5

14:40 Catterick

Bid Up

11st 3lb

J: Mr P J Cawley

T: Brian Francis Cawley

Irish-trained 5yo who is one to watch in the betting; however, this 14-race maiden struggled to get competitive over hurdles last year and didn't jump well when well beaten on last month's chase debut at Down Royal.

15/2

Form: 940-

Last run: 289 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Shaped quite well when fourth at Fairyhouse last November on the second of three maiden hurdle runs for his previous yard; stable debut now after a break.
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20

30th Oct 2025

Good

1m 7f 150y

16:00 Thurles

Bay Brook

11st 7lb

J: Eoin G Kelly

T: Adrian Murray

One promising maiden run as a juvenile hurdler; has failed to build on that; second reserve.

20

30th Oct 2025

Good

1m 7f 150y

16:00 Thurles

Bay Brook

11st 7lb

J: Eoin G Kelly

T: Adrian Murray

One promising maiden run as a juvenile hurdler; has failed to build on that; second reserve.

5

12th Oct 2025

Good

2m 2f 140y

14:17 Cork

Bay Brook

11st 9lb

J: Eoin G Kelly

T: Adrian Murray

Ran well in one of four maidens for Paul Nolan; was returning from 289 days off when stopping quickly on handicap and stable debut at Galway last month when just 7-1; likely capable of better but best watched for now.

16/1

Form: 977

Last run: 28 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Second in a point; some merit in the second of three maiden hurdles runs; however, trainer seems to have a better chance with Kotkito Bello.
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9

24th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 50y

17:23 Kilbeggan

Mon Sheriffe

11st 6lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Third over 2m at Navan in December (2m, soft to heavy) but poor in two subsequent runs on heavy at Naas and Gowran; improved effort at Bellewstown last time when a 9.5l sixth (2m1f, yielding); others make more appeal.

7/1

Form: P/424/

Last run: 711 days

W: 10st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 94

Form & Verdict
Placed at a modest level on the Flat (0-17) and over hurdles (0-10), lacks the benefit of a recent run; chance of a breakthrough is not obvious.
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8

27th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 100y

13:47 Wexford

Rock Ya Boy Ya

11st 2lb

J: Alix Balfe

T: Francis Casey

It took him a while to get his head in front over hurdles but he hacked up in handicaps at Killarney (2m1f, yielding) and Tramore (2m, yielding) four days apart earlier this month; will need to progress again in this company but that's not impossible.

11/2

8

27th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 100y

13:47 Wexford

Rock Ya Boy Ya

11st 2lb

J: Alix Balfe

T: Francis Casey

It took him a while to get his head in front over hurdles but he hacked up in handicaps at Killarney (2m1f, yielding) and Tramore (2m, yielding) four days apart earlier this month; will need to progress again in this company but that's not impossible.

11/2

1st

1

9th Oct 2025

Soft

2m 0f 0y

14:40 Tramore

Rock Ya Boy Ya

12st 2lb

J: Alix Balfe

T: Francis Casey

Had a couple of decent runs in defeat in maiden hurdles in 2023; returned from a lengthy break when well behind at Galway (2m, good to yielding) but was a very easy victor of a Killarney handicap hurdle four days ago (2m1f, yielding); could have more to come carrying a 7lb penalty as long as this doesn't come too quickly.

9/4

Form: 25-070

Last run: 90 days

W: 10st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
Second in a bumper at Sligo last season; maiden hurdle form is unconvincing.
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17

29th Sep 2025

Yielding

1m 7f 135y

14:15 Roscommon

At The Wings

11st 1lb

T: Norman Lee

First reserve; runner-up in a bumper but modest maiden form and again on handicap debut.

19

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

16:20 Galway

At The Wings

10st 6lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Norman Lee

Second in a bumper at Sligo last season; maiden hurdle form is unconvincing.

25/1

Form: 6-2638

Last run: 34 days

W: 10st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 86

Form & Verdict
Most recent run was over fences, fair form over hurdles this season; first reserve.
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9

21st May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 157y

16:43 Limerick

Stily

10st 13lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Michael J McDonagh

Maiden ran some good races in defeat last year, including when runner-up at Thurles (18.5f, yielding) when last seen in October under a forceful ride; the blinkers worn that day are disgarded; 182-day absence.

5/1

10

30th Oct 2025

Good

2m 5f 80y

14:30 Thurles

Stily

10st 13lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Michael J McDonagh

Two respectable handicap hurdle runs in September; shaped quite well when around 9l third at Galway on his second handicap chase start; however, there were only six finishers and he will need to raise his game to win here.

12/1

Form: 806

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Hard to take any encouragement from his form in points and maiden hurdles; second reserve.
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22

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

16:20 Galway

Mane Attraction

10st 0lb

T: Norman Lee

Hard to take any encouragement from his form in points and maiden hurdles; second reserve.

4

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 60y

16:38 Ballinrobe

Mane Attraction

11st 12lb

J: Benjamin P Kennedy

T: Norman Lee

Showed little in two point-to-points, likewise in maiden hurdle outings here and Sligo.

25/1

5

10th Jun 2025

Good

2m 1f 157y

18:28 Sligo

Mane Attraction

11st 12lb

J: Ambrose McCurtin

T: Norman Lee

Has shown little in two point-to-points and on hurdles debut at Ballinrobe last month when 125-1; oppose.

40/1

Non-runners

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Payout
Exacta €45.20
Straight Forecast €63.84
Tricast €496.78
Trifecta €265.60

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Desert Haven

POSTDATA:

Killian's Garden

The Irish Sun:

Hudson

TOPSPEED:

Tingarran Express

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Desert Haven