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YieldingConnolly’s RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle (IRE Incentive Race)
- Prize money: £9752.07
- 2m 0f 0y
- 11 runners
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Runners: 11 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
4/7 (Won)
- Win: £1.62
- Place: £1.02
Form: 42122- D
Last run: 197 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 |
5th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Runner-up to Bambino Fever in last year's Champion Bumper; won on hurdle debut at Listowel (2m, good-to-yielding) before 3l second to subsequent Challow Hurdle winner No Drama This End in Grade 2 at Cheltenham (2m5f, soft); much too free and jumped untidily in a similar Cheltenham race in January; back to form in winning a four-runner Punchestown event. |
8/1 |
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5th 4 |
24th Jan 2026 Soft 2m 4f 56y Class 1 |
11st 5lb |
Runner-up in the Champion Bumper here (2m, good to soft) last March and won on hurdle debut at Listowel before 3l second in Grade 2 here (2m5f, soft), behind No Drama This End who won the Grade 1 Challow last month; this front-runner is open to improvement if settling better and he's a key player. |
100/30 |
|
1st 1 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Only 1-5 in bumpers but finished second in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham in March and that form sets him apart in this company, for all that he was no doubt flattered after racing prominently off slow fractions; hard to oppose on hurdling debut. |
4/7 |
5/1
- Place: £2.00
Form: 317- D
Last run: 147 days
W: 11st 10lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
29th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 3f 58y |
11st 12lb |
Point-to-point and bumper winner; second on hurdling debut at the Listowel festival; made all for 8l Galway maiden win in October (2m); jumped well when same tactics employed to win a rated event over an extended 2m4f at Fairyhouse in November; lack of a recent run is a mild concern. |
4/1 |
|
1st 1 |
25th Oct 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 90y |
11st 10lb |
Won a point-to-point and added a Limerick bumper in March (yielding); struggled at Punchestown afterwards but reappeared last month with good hurdling debut effort when chasing home an odds-on shot in Listowel auction maiden (good-to-yielding); major player. |
7/2 |
|
2nd 3 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 10lb |
Won a point and added a Limerick bumper in March, after which he struggled at Punchestown; should pay his way over hurdles. |
5/1 |
25/1
- Place: £9.50
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 8lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2nd 3 |
31st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 80y |
11st 12lb |
Point winner is 1-6 over hurdles and rated 115; not a bad effort over 2m in a handicap hurdle at Punchestown latest and shaped like further would suit; dam related to a couple of useful chasers and yard coming into form; could go well. |
8/1 |
|
6th 12 |
1st May 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 45y |
11st 8lb |
Winner of an ordinary Thurles maiden hurdle in December (2m, yielding); outpaced on handicap debut at same venue before satisfactory third in a Leopardstown novice hurdle next time (2m, soft to heavy); didn't improve for step up in trip in Down Royal handicap last time (2m5f, yielding); point-to-point win came on good ground. |
12/1 |
|
8th 3 |
17th Mar 2026 Yielding 2m 4f 86y |
11st 9lb |
Point-to-point winner built on promise in bumpers and maiden hurdles to win ordinary 2m Thurles maiden in December (yielding); outpaced over 2m at Thurles on handicap debut; satisfactory run in a 2m novice event last time; this longer trip could help his cause |
6/1 |
25/1
Form: 506
Last run: 27 days
W: 10st 11lb
4 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 11 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Beaten 9l in a 2m4f maiden at Down Royal but beat only one home in that weak maiden. |
25/1 |
|
6th 8 |
29th Aug 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y |
10st 6lb |
Beaten 23l and 24l in bumpers at Cork (7/2 fav') and Galway (40/1); likely capable of better but not easy to fancy either. |
22/1 |
50/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 |
30th May 2026 Good 2m 4f 80y |
11st 12lb |
Placed in two of three starts in bumpers; good second in a Limerick maiden hurdle in December (2m3f, sft-hvy); off since tailed off in Limerick bumper in February; a repeat of his last run over hurdles would give him a squeak here. |
15/2 |
|
6th 4 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 1m 7f 150y |
11st 12lb |
Has accrued form figures of 232 in three starts in bumpers on yielding-soft to heavy at 2m-2m3f; form of latest second here (2m3f, sft-hvy) boosted by the winner in a Naas novice hurdle on Saturday; closely matched with Hey Now and Of Land And Sea; chance. |
100/30 |
10/1
Form: 652-
Last run: 240 days
W: 11st 6lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 19 |
4th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 7f 170y |
10st 9lb |
Likes a stamina test, second win coming over 3m1f at Navan in December in first-time cheekpieces (soft-to-heavy); creditable efforts off revised mark twice since, latest when third (Minella Emperor second) in 3m Pertemps qualifier at Haydock on better ground; place claims. |
12/1 |
|
3rd 15 |
14th Feb 2026 Good To Soft 3m 0f 58y Class 2 |
10st 6lb |
Second hurdle success when stepped up to 3m1f for his Navan handicap debut (soft to heavy) in December and backed that up when third of nine over 3m at Fairyhouse (yielding) since; one of a few unexposed types in this line-up. |
14/1 |
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3rd 6 |
14th Jan 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 10lb |
Thurles maiden hurdle winner in October (2m6f, good to yielding), and runner-up was a very easy winner next time; well beaten in a novice hurdle back at that track subsequently, but ready winner when stepped up in trip in first-time cheekpieces for Navan handicap last time (3m1f, soft to heavy); stamina is his forte on breeding (dam half-sister to Best Mate), and big player here. |
7/2 |
6/1
Form: 5-2662
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 110
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 9 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Runner-up in maidens at Limerick (2m1f) and Bellewstown (2m4f, good), and latest conqueror has since followed up; may find 2m on the sharp side but has each-way claims in the new cheekpieces. |
6/1 |
|
2nd 4 |
27th Aug 2025 Good 2m 4f 110y |
11st 8lb |
Standout effort when runner-up in 2m1f Limerick maiden hurdle in May (good); tame enough finishing efforts since at both Wexford and Cork; more needed. |
7/2 |
|
6th 10 |
4th Aug 2025 Good 2m 2f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Standout effort a 2l second of 10 in a maiden hurdle at Limerick (2m1f) in May; 2m5f may have been too far when disappointing on latest at Wexford; rated 115 and he's a big player dropped back in distance. |
100/30 |
50/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 6lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
12th Oct 2025 Good 2m 4f 100y |
11st 8lb |
A glimmer of promise in two point starts but was beaten a long way at Listowel on hurdles debut and has to improve hugely. |
14/1 |
|
8th 6 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Beaten about 11l in his first point but was pulled up in the second; one to watch on hurdle debut. |
50/1 |
100/1
Form: 0-
Last run: 145 days
W: 11st 2lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 5 |
20th Apr 2026 Soft 2m 0f 80y |
11st 9lb |
Second in a Limerick maiden in December but was pulled-up in two handicaps since so has major questions to answer now. |
20/1 |
|
21 |
19th Mar 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 4f 0y |
10st 4lb |
Couple of okay runs in maidens before tailed off over 2m4f on handicap debut at Cork; career-best when second of 15 in Limerick maiden in December (2m3f, soft to heavy); pulled up in Gowran handicap on latest; the jury is out. |
33/1 |
10/1
Form: 3362-
Last run: 174 days
W: 11st 6lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
12th Apr 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Won Tipperary maiden (2m3f, good to yielding) for Emmet Mullins in October but was well below that form when fifth in Chepstow novice (2m7f, good to soft) for new stable in December; drops back in trip with cheekpieces added today; needs a much better performance. |
16/1 |
|
13th 16 |
25th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 2m 7f 208y Class 2 |
10st 4lb |
Bounced back quickly from disappointing seasonal debut when winning a Tipperary maiden hurdle (2m3f, good to yielding) by 6l this month; faces much stronger opposition on this handicap debut but remains very unexposed and is open to considerable further improvement over 3m. |
9/1 |
|
10th 7 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Strong connections but hasn't progressed from his third in a heavy-ground bumper at Limerick in January; finished second in a Wexford maiden hurdle in April but wouldn't have remotely troubled the winner even without some mid-race interference; that was over 2m4f which is probably more his trip. |
10/1 |
100/1
Form: 87P-
Last run: 310 days
W: 11st 10lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
16th Oct 2025 Good 2m 6f 154y |
11st 12lb |
Failed to complete sole point start; tailed off in two completed novice hurdle starts for Maurice Barnes; pulled up on stable debut when 300-1; none too fluent jumping that day. |
40/1 |
|
2 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 10lb |
Pulled up in a point and was quiet in three hurdle races for Maurice Barnes. |
100/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €5.50 |
| Straight Forecast | €4.18 |
| Trifecta | €128.60 |
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