October 25 / 17.18 Galway

17.18

Yielding

Joe O’Gorman & Martin Collins Memorial (C & G) (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race

  • Prize money: £5119.83
  • 2m 0f 90y
  • 8 runners
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Joe O’Gorman & Martin Collins Memorial (C & G) (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race

Runners: 8 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly sunny

33/1 (Won)

  • Win: £49.30
  • Place: £6.30

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Soldier Of Fortune gelding; E11,500 yearling; closely related to 2m4f/2m5f chase winner Radetzky March, half-brother to four winners including useful Hunters Hoof and Anightinlambourn; dam unplaced in bumpers; watch unless the market speaks.
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1st

1

17th May 2026

Good To Firm

2m 6f 7y

Class 4

14:35 Stratford

Our Guide

11st 10lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Joined Jamie Snowden after Irish bumper win in October; made underwhelming stable/hurdle debut in March but justified odds-on favouritism in five-runner Exeter maiden (2m, good) last month and is open to significant further improvement over this longer trip; leading contender.

Evs

1st

4

17th Apr 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 161y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Our Guide

11st 4lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Bought for £82,000 after landing Galway bumper on his debut last October; 2-1, made a promising start over hurdles when fifth of 15 in 2m Wetherby novice last month, nearest finish; capable of better for leading yard and a big player.

9/4

5th

8

27th Mar 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:20 Wetherby

Our Guide

11st 6lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Jamie Snowden

Prevailed by just under 1l in Galway bumper (yielding) in sole start for James Conheady; form well advertised by the third since; joined new connections for 82,000GBP; one of the main players.

7/4

OUR TIP

Form: 5

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Not a bad effort in a maiden hurdle at Listowel on debut last month when a 40-1 shot; bumper winners in pedigree so could go well on first start in this sphere.
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1st

3

30th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 80y

15:16 Listowel

Burning Ability

11st 12lb

J: E Walsh

T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy

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

16:55 Limerick

Burning Ability

11st 12lb

J: Mr Andrew Burke-Ott

T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy

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

15/8

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 2 BF

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Sent off at 2-1 on debut over C&D and found just one too good (Jet Renegade third); ran green and hung off the home bend and up the straight that day; should be more streetwise now and he's a leading contender.
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1st

12

10th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 149y

Class 1

16:40 Aintree

Zeus Power

11st 8lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

After minor wins in Ireland he went off 50-1 for the 2m5f Grade 1 Turners at Cheltenham but he defied those odds to finish third, in spite of so much going wrong during the race (got behind after suffering interference); the manner in which he stayed on offers plenty of encouragement for this extra yardage; it's a nagging concern that only four 5yos have won this since 1988 but intriguing otherwise.

9/2

3rd

22

11th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 0y

Class 1

13:20 Cheltenham

Zeus Power

11st 7lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Safely held when second to Riskaway at Thurles (2m4f, good to yielding) but improved since; followed a wide-margin win there (yielding to soft) by responding well for pressure to score at Navan (also 2m, soft to heavy); the step back up in trip is probably of little concern and he might surprise a few.

40/1

1st

3

17th Jan 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

12:10 Navan

Zeus Power

11st 8lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Placed on both bumper starts; beaten 1 1/4l by a subsequent maiden hurdle winner at Galway on the first occasion; no match for a short-priced Gordon Elliott inmate on hurdling debut over 2m4f at Thurles; recovered from a bad error two out when a runaway winner over 2m at Thurles four weeks ago; promising sort.

5/1

Form: 73

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Midfield on debut at Navan (2m, yielding) but better at Punchestown (16.5f, gd-yld) 10 days ago when beaten 3.25l into third of 10 (Shabra Diya behind); eye-catching rider booking now and yard won this last year and in 2019; interesting.
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10th

2

31st May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 7f 150y

16:00 Kilbeggan

Premier Rogue

12st 0lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Noel Meade

Placed in a bumper and maiden hurdles, down the field over C&D on his most recent start.

9/1

9th

12

15th May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 7f 153y

17:20 Kilbeggan

Premier Rogue

11st 4lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Noel Meade

Some promise in bumpers/maidens but offered little on switch to handicap at Leopardstown (14-1).

33/1

Form: U9

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Unseated early on hurdles bow and beaten 36l when getting around at Gowran earlier this month when 250-1; best watched now switched to a bumper.
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9

12th Apr 2026

Good

2m 6f 0y

15:05 Down Royal

Dark Lieutenant

10st 4lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: P A Fahy

Some promise in bumpers; was badly hampered when well beaten on handicap hurdle debut last time at Clonmel; can do better and sounder surface can help.

14/1

8th

7

26th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 2f 188y

17:42 Clonmel

Dark Lieutenant

11st 3lb

J: Richard Condon

T: P A Fahy

Two respectable bumper runs; two most recent of four hurdle outings offer no encouragement.

16/1

11th

4

7th Mar 2026

Heavy

2m 0f 50y

13:58 Gowran Park

Dark Lieutenant

11st 12lb

J: Richard Condon

T: P A Fahy

Posted a couple of okay efforts in bumpers but no sign of ability in two hurdle outings to date; Danny Mullins, who was aboard last time, is now on Lanzhou.

100/1

Form: 3

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Modest form in point-to-points but fine effort over C&D (yielding) on Rules' debut 18 days ago when 3l behind Zeus Power, staying on nicely; place chance at least.
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5th

3

15th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 4

16:35 Aintree

Jet Renegade

11st 2lb

J: James Bowen

T: Andrew Kinirons

0-3 in points and has the same strike-rate in both bumpers and on the Flat; he's by no means devoid of ability but needs to step up.

12/1

9th

5

(5)

11th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

1m 3f 90y

19:30 Bellewstown

Jet Renegade

9st 9lb

J: Patrick McGettigan

T: Andrew Kinirons

Dual-purpose maiden; similar RPRs in mid 60s in two 1m4f Flat runs at Dundalk; will qualify for handicaps after this.

20/1

Form: 536-64

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
0-7 in bumpers but has run well in defeat on occasion; finished 1.5l behind Premier Rogue when fourth at Punchestown on latest, weakening late under positive ride in first-time blinkers (retained); may have needed that run so not discounted.
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11

26th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

16:12 Clonmel

Shabra Diya

11st 12lb

J: Conor Smithers

T: Anthony McCann

0-8 in bumpers, couple of decent efforts in that sphere at Thurles and Ballinrobe on good ground; tailed off at Newbury last time when a big price on hurdles debut; needs plenty more and wants a decent surface.

28/1

7th

9

25th Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 0f 90y

17:18 Galway

Shabra Diya

11st 10lb

J: Miss A B O’Connor

T: Anthony McCann

0-7 in bumpers but has run well in defeat on occasion; finished 1.5l behind Premier Rogue when fourth at Punchestown on latest, weakening late under positive ride in first-time blinkers (retained); may have needed that run so not discounted.

12/1

4th

7

15th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 95y

17:05 Punchestown

Shabra Diya

11st 3lb

J: Mr Derek O’Connor

T: Anthony McCann

Best of her six bumper runs when around 10l third of 16 at Ballinrobe; interesting that Derek O'Connor (aboard the winner of the race) takes the ride now; blinkers tried after less encouraging runs at Ballinrobe and Clonmel.

8/1

Form: 5

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 10lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Not disgraced on debut in a C&D bumper when behind Zeus Power and Jet Renegade 18 days ago; needs to improve plenty to turn the tables on those two rivals.
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3rd

4

24th Apr 2026

Good

2m 4f 35y

Class 5

17:00 Perth

Poets Gale

11st 10lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: A J Martin

Not beaten far in a Galway bumper on debut; unconvincing hurdles form so far (including well held on completed start in handicaps) but Sean Bowen enlisted by an Irish yard no stranger to Perth success over the years, although not so much in recent times; betting interesting.

6/1

10th

22

6th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

14:05 Fairyhouse

Poets Gale

10st 1lb

J: Daniel King

T: A J Martin

Not beaten far in a Galway bumper on debut but hasn't kicked from that; wouldn't be the obvious answer on handicap debut.

50/1

Non-runners

Leonard Vallis, Lets Go La Fichad

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €194.30
Straight Forecast €119.84
Trifecta €977.80

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Zeus Power

The Irish Sun:

Burning Ability

SPOTLIGHT:

Premier Rogue

POSTDATA:

Zeus Power