November 19 / 17.25 Dundalk (AW)

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Safer Gambling Week 2025 Fillies & Mares Maiden

  • Prize money: £5851.24
  • 1m 4f 0y
  • 10 runners
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Safer Gambling Week 2025 Fillies & Mares Maiden

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Partly cloudy

OUR TIP

Form: —

Last run: 26 days

W: 9st 8lb

6 yo Mare

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Soundly beaten in bumpers and a maiden hurdle; huge price when slowly away at this venue on Flat debut, finished last of 14.
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1st

6

28th Sep 2026

Good

1m 7f 135y

14:10 Roscommon

Inver Bay

11st 11lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: Aidan Anthony Howard

Weak form on the Flat; has shown more aptitude over hurdles; makes handicap debut; not ruled out despite a moderate run at Kilbeggan last time.

14/1

9th

11

3rd Sep 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

16:05 Kilbeggan

Inver Bay

10st 11lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: Aidan Anthony Howard

Modest Flat maiden has shown an aptitude for hurdling; remote fifth at Punchestown in June; beaten 11l when fifth of 11 over C&D on latest in July; needs to improve again to get involved at the finish here.

8/1

5th

6

10th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

16:50 Kilbeggan

Inver Bay

10st 13lb

J: Eoghan Finegan

T: Aidan Anthony Howard

Very modest form for Gerry Keane; quite an eye-catching run, though, on her stable debut in a Punchestown maiden hurdle last month; could well have more to offer.

16/1

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 9st 8lb

7 yo Mare

OR: —

Form & Verdict
No encouragement from her form in four bumpers and four maiden hurdles; pulled up in a maiden hurdle at Wexford last month.
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8th

8

(2)

1st Sep 2026

Soft

1m 0f 0y

16:00 Gowran Park

Keep It Together

9st 1lb

J: Rory Cleary

T: D Buckley

Low-rated hurdler; has shown no sign of winning potential on the Flat.

66/1

6th

7

(7)

15th Aug 2026

Yielding

1m 4f 0y

17:25 Tramore

Keep It Together

9st 13lb

J: Benjamin P Kennedy

T: D Buckley

Poor form under both codes; no chance here.

200/1

6th

7

(1)

7th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

19:55 Gowran Park

Keep It Together

9st 4lb

J: Gavin Ryan

T: D Buckley

Poor hurdler and 200-1 when tailed off in a 1m4f maiden most recently; no appeal.

200/1

Form: 09

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 8lb

7 yo Mare

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Beaten a long way in two bumpers; has struggled in two Flat runs including here last week when ninth of 11 in a 1m maiden.
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No Results Found

Form: 5566

Last run: 5 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Modest efforts in three maidens on turf between August and October; sixth of ten when making AW/handicap debut over the extended 1m2f here last Friday; cheekpieces tried now; needs to raise her game.
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5th

1

(7)

11th Sep 2025

Good To Yielding

1m 1f 130y

15:27 Clonmel

A Pearl Starling

9st 3lb

J: Ronan Whelan

T: K J Condon

7.75l behind the winner on debut at Roscommon last month (1m4f, good) at 33-1; hung right late on that day; others more likely.

18/1

9

(1)

19th Aug 2025

Good

1m 4f 46y

19:50 Roscommon

A Pearl Starling

9st 3lb

J: Jamie Powell

T: K J Condon

Kodiac filly was a 30,000euros yearling; fourth foal; half-sister to 1m AW winner Eccentric; dam unplaced 1m1f/10.6f, half-sister to a Group 3 winner, out of unraced sister to Cheveley Park winner Embassy; likely best watched on debut.

25/1

Form: 68-80

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Fair run over 7f at the Curragh on the first of two starts last year; midfield at Ballinrobe in May; never a threat on handicap debut over C&D three weeks ago; plenty to prove now against higher-rated rivals.
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14

(15)

29th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

17:40 Dundalk (AW)

Clementines Dream

9st 3lb

J: Donagh O’Connor

T: M C Grassick

Fair run on first of two starts last year; off since April; headgear added; hard to assess, others have more compelling claims.

20/1

14

(15)

29th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

17:40 Dundalk (AW)

Clementines Dream

9st 3lb

J: Donagh O’Connor

T: M C Grassick

Fair run on first of two starts last year; off since April; headgear added; hard to assess, others have more compelling claims.

20/1

Form: 980

Last run: 17 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 65

Form & Verdict
Three 1m4f runs at the Curragh in recent months; would get 9lb from Matrice in a handicap; up against it.
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9th

7

(8)

3rd Oct 2026

Good

1m 5f 218y

Class 4

17:10 Redcar

Dior Noir

9st 3lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Mike Sowersby

Fourth and final Irish start for Lorna Fowler when staying-on second in a Dundalk maiden (1m4f, AW) last November; tongue tied first time when not disgraced at Newcastle four weeks ago (1m4f, AW; 33-1) on yard/handicap debut and she had wind surgery two days later; not entirely dismissed.

25/1

4th

2

(5)

5th Sep 2026

Standard

1m 4f 99y

Class 5

16:10 Newcastle (AW)

Dior Noir

9st 5lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Mike Sowersby

Bettered her turf efforts significantly in a Dundalk (Polytrack) maiden when last seen ten months ago (none of the front three have run since); an unknown quantity for her new yard in a first-time tongue-tie and the market will likely be the best guide.

8/1

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: —

Form & Verdict
E11,000 yearling; third foal; half-sister to Japanese 1m dirt winner Sky Lady; dam middle-distance winner for Godolphin in France, sister to 1m 2yo/1m2f Listed winner Lady Of Dubai, also third in Oaks; noteworthy in a modest contest.
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No Results Found

Form: -09854

Last run: 17 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Has been a little higher in the ratings than her current 68 but arguably ran her best race so far when fourth behind smart bumper horse Switch From Diesel in a 23-runner 1m4f maiden at the Curragh early this month; capable of making presence felt.
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3rd

1

(11)

1st Oct 2026

Yielding To Soft

1m 4f 77y

16:30 Bellewstown

Lily Parr

10st 2lb

J: Robbie Colgan

T: Ms Sheila Lavery

In decent form, handles testing ground and, crucially, has dropped into the basement grade; ran well over this trip at the Glaway festival and 1m1f too short when never-nearer seventh last time.

7/2

7th

13

(2)

15th Sep 2026

Good

1m 1f 30y

16:10 Punchestown

Lily Parr

8st 11lb

J: Rory Cleary

T: Ms Sheila Lavery

Maiden whose best form has been over 1m4f; despite meeting interference, ran quite creditably when sixth of 17 at Galway; not so good at Roscommon.

16/1

10th

10

(11)

18th Aug 2026

Good

1m 4f 48y

20:15 Roscommon

Lily Parr

9st 9lb

J: Siobhan Rutledge

T: Ms Sheila Lavery

Maiden has a race in her and she didn't enjoy the smoothest of passages when catching the eye at Galway last time; eased 1lb and if the forecast rain materialises it would boost her prospects.

14/1

Form: -26422

Last run: 5 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 74

Form & Verdict
Some decent placed form in maidens, including when third in a 1m contest here last November; raced awkwardly when 4 1/2l second behind the odds-on Ledecky at Tramore in August; did not quite run up her rating (74) when second over the extended 1m2f here last Friday; will not need to improve much to score now.
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2nd

4

(1)

16th Aug 2025

Yielding

1m 4f 0y

17:00 Tramore

Matrice

9st 3lb

J: Mikey Sheehy

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Might be flattered by her mark of 77 but brings some of the best form to the table and a tongue-tie replaces cheekpieces; should be in the thick of it.

3/1

Form: 502

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Satisfactory debut at Roscommon in August, not so good at Naas last month; always prominent when second to a stablemate of Matrice over 7f here a fortnight ago; half-sister to 1m Group 2 winner Duhail and is not sure to stay as far as this,
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13th

4

(8)

2nd Oct 2026

Standard

0m 7f 0y

20:00 Dundalk (AW)

Ready To Mingle

9st 5lb

J: Reese Holohan

T: M D O’Callaghan

Second over 7f, and third over 1m4f, both runs here in November; fitter for Clonmel fourth, her first start for 10 months; cheekpieces.

7/1

4th

6

(4)

16th Sep 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 1f 168y

16:35 Clonmel

Ready To Mingle

9st 4lb

J: Reese Holohan

T: M D O’Callaghan

Half-sister to 1m Group 2 winner Duhail; made a satisfactory debut at Roscommon last summer; not so good at Naas on her only other turf start; showed ability when switched to AW last November, finishing second over 7f; did not quite see out the 1m4f on second Dundalk visit but managed a fair third.

7/2

Betting Forcast

100/1 Inver Bay, 100/1 Keep It Together, 100/1 Knockmark Angel, 10/1 A Pearl Starling, 12/1 Clementines Dream, 12/1 Dior Noir, 6/1 Killyclogher Rose, 7/2 Lily Parr, 5/4 Matrice, 4/1 Ready To Mingle

Verdict

It is a concern that MATRICE was beaten by a lower-rated rival here last Friday. However, she can make amends over this longer trip, with a theoretical 6lb in hand over Lily Parr who ran a fine over this distance at the Curragh last time. Ready To Mingle has sown promise, but is not guaranteed to stay. [Alan Sweetman]

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Matrice

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Ready To Mingle

POSTDATA:

Matrice

The Irish Sun:

Matrice