14.45
Soft To HeavyThank You David Betts Photography Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £7070.25
- 1m 7f 187y
- 8 runners
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Runners: 8 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
Form: 052-3
Last run: 54 days
W: 11st 12lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 113
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 2 |
28th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 3f 81y |
11st 11lb |
Won on handicap debut here (2m, heavy) in November; won again off his revised mark of 120 here in January (2m5f, sft-hvy); drop back to 2m didn't suit at Fairyhouse latest; better expected over this longer trip; chance. |
12/1 |
|
8th 11 |
4th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
10st 5lb |
Off the mark on handicap debut over this trip at Punchestown in November (heavy) and returned there on latest nicely improved to win over 2m5f in January; had a break since and reverts to 2m off 8lb higher mark. |
12/1 |
Form: /3010-
Last run: 470 days
W: 11st 8lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
18th Sep 2026 Good 2m 1f 165y |
11st 6lb |
Third in a course bumper and placed all three maiden hurdle starts here; bumper and Sligo handicap winner for Peter Fahey in July 2024; only seen twice in 2025 when pulled up both times for Ian Donoghue; first run for Noel Kelly after absence. |
33/1 |
Form: 54422- D
Last run: 196 days
W: 11st 6lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 |
25th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 136y |
10st 13lb |
Had some good form last spring and same again this time around; hurdles winner in March, third to Supreme Jet at Wexford and good third of 20 to exciting stablemate in 2m handicap at Punchestown festival; doesn't win often, though. |
13/2 |
|
3rd 19 |
30th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 75y |
10st 3lb |
Dual chase winner who got off the mark over hurdles at Wexford in March; fair third back over fences at the same venue last time; held by several of these on running in a DRF handicap. |
40/1 |
|
3rd 16 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
10st 0lb |
Dual chase winner who got off the mark over hurdles here last month in decisive fashion, going clear on the run-in over 2m (soft); second in this race last year (Krabat third) off 7lb higher so obvious claims (1lb wrong). |
11/2 |
Form: /088-8
Last run: 164 days
W: 11st 2lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 7 |
17th Oct 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 188y |
11st 6lb |
Dual-purpose maiden was just denied in a Punchestown handicap hurdle around this time last year (heavy) but well held twice in the spring; missed an engagement at Punchestown on Tuesday, may just need this comeback run. |
12/1 |
Form: P-0786 D
Last run: 11 days
W: 10st 13lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 18 |
13th Oct 2026 Good 2m 7f 95y |
10st 0lb |
Juvenile hurdle winner at Fairyhouse two years ago; now 1-16 with patchy handicap form; fair sixth at Gowran on latest. |
20/1 |
|
6th 21 |
2nd Oct 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 4f 40y |
11st 7lb
|
First reserve; juvenile hurdle winner at Fairyhouse two years ago; patchy handicap form but rain will help. |
Form: 4-P050 D
Last run: 17 days
W: 10st 11lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 7 |
31st Mar 2026 Soft 2m 1f 200y |
10st 0lb |
Second runner for yard; course hurdle winner won at Gowran in January and ran well here last time; was poor when last seen over fences though, so questions to answer in that respect. |
5/1 |
Form: 5888
Last run: 18 days
W: 10st 11lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 9 |
28th Sep 2026 Good 1m 7f 135y |
11st 6lb |
Under pressure when falling two out at Downpatrick last month; could feature if reproducing the form of a promising second at Clonmel in June. |
8/1 |
|
3 |
9th Aug 2026 Good 2m 5f 180y |
11st 8lb |
Nice pedigree and shrewd owners; first time to be a single-figure price when second to subsequent winner at Clonmel where he was staying on over 2m3f; probably wants to go this way, so given a pass for Killarney sixth. |
11/2 |
Form: 2587
Last run: 32 days
W: 10st 0lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 6 |
8th Aug 2026 Good 2m 0f 190y |
10st 8lb |
The most experienced filly in the field; not beaten far when third of 16 off 97 in a Cork handicap hurdle last time out; should run her race but probably vulnerable back in a maiden. |
9/4 |
|
3rd 13 |
10th Jul 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y |
10st 8lb |
Has performed okay in modest 1m5f handicaps this year; runner-up in a maiden hurdle and heavy ground was against her in two handicaps; not dismissed. |
16/1 |
|
4th 2 (11) |
7th Jun 2026 Good 1m 5f 0y |
10st 0lb |
Best effort yet on the Flat when a 3.75l sixth of 20 at Leopardstown (1m5f, good) on return from 139 days off, denied a clear run (1.5l behind Eastern Wind); sharper for that, same mark here and should be thereabouts with smoother passage. |
10/1 |
Betting Forcast
9/4 Powerful, 14/1 Gone For Tea, 13/8 Dont Go Yet, 11/1 Zuzukel, 20/1 Space Warrior, 9/1 Marelly, 16/1 Speakasyoufind, 8/1 Felicity Smoak