13.45
YieldingTote Always SP Or Better Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £8208.7
- 3m 0f 0y
- 9 runners
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Runners: 9 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
15/2 (Won)
- Win: £4.50
- Place: £1.40
Form: -33464
Last run: 17 days
W: 10st 6lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 110
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 9 |
14th Jan 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 6lb |
1-31 under rules, with sole win coming in a Gowran handicap chase in 2023; posted a decent effort over timber last time when staying on for a 3l fourth (3m, soft to heavy); up 1lb and overall record is off-putting. |
15/2 |
|
3rd 11 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 4f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Ended last term with a good effort over a near-4m trip at Punchestown, though beaten 20l in third (4l to spare over Lonesome Boatman); has warmed up with a hurdles run at Gowran; definite chance. |
4/1 |
|
3rd 11 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 4f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Ended last term with a good effort over a near-4m trip at Punchestown, though beaten 20l in third (4l to spare over Lonesome Boatman); has warmed up with a hurdles run at Gowran; definite chance. |
4/1 |
6/1
- Place: £1.70
Form: 13-845
Last run: 19 days
W: 10st 9lb
6 yo Filly
OR: 113
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 6 (2) |
5th May 2026 Yielding 1m 6f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Dual-purpose; point-to-point and bumper winner; 1-3 on the Flat; beaten off 86 in a 1m6f handicap at Navan (heavy) latest; major improvement needed in first-time cheekpieces. |
20/1 |
|
4th 9 (4) |
30th Mar 2026 Heavy 1m 6f 0y |
9st 0lb |
Dual-purpose; bumper winner got off the mark on the level in a C&D (soft) maiden in October; four runs over hurdles since so won't lack for fitness on Flat handicap debut but her opening handicap mark doesn't look overly generous. |
15/2 |
|
5th 20 |
2nd Feb 2026 Heavy 3m 0f 19y |
10st 0lb |
Point-to-point winner won a bumper last season and a Flat maiden last year; 0-4 hurdling but makes plenty of appeal on recent Fairyhouse handicap debut, clear second to a well-handicapped rival over this trip (yielding); 3lb wrong but rider good value for his 7lb claim, so one to consider. |
13/2 |
7/2
- Place: £1.40
Form: -62151
Last run: 31 days
W: 10st 10lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 114
| 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 |
15/1
Form: 0-6P40 C
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 7lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
24th Apr 2026 Good 3m 6f 121y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
3-24 over hurdles and 1-8 as a chaser; left Gavin Cromwell after finishing tailed off in a claiming hurdle in early March (tried blinkers); needs a revival and he's got a lot of weight. |
33/1 |
|
5th 1 |
4th Mar 2026 Heavy 2m 6f 20y |
12st 0lb |
Three-time hurdles winner; last win in that sphere came in a C&D handicap in February 2024 (2m7f, soft); won a Fairyhouse novice chase in January last year (2m6f, soft); poor over fences this term but some okay efforts over timber; beaten 20l in fourth at Fairyhouse last time (3m, yielding); blinkers replace the cheekpieces and decent chance at this level. |
9/2 |
11/2
Form: 711136 D BF
Last run: 73 days
W: 11st 2lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 3 |
14th Jan 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 2lb |
In fine form during the summer; notching up a hat-trick over hurdles and fences at Galway and Kilbeggan at 2m6f-3m1f; well beaten favourite in Cork National last time and now reverts to hurdles; best form on better ground. |
11/2 |
|
6th 8 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 4f 0y |
10st 13lb |
Who won two handicap hurdles during the summer before comfortably exploiting a good mark back over fences at Kilbeggan (3m2f); should be in peak form again after a run at Galway last Sunday; might not want the ground too soft. |
5/1 |
|
6th 8 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 4f 0y |
10st 13lb |
Who won two handicap hurdles during the summer before comfortably exploiting a good mark back over fences at Kilbeggan (3m2f); should be in peak form again after a run at Galway last Sunday; might not want the ground too soft. |
5/1 |
15/2
Form: /2310- C
Last run: 333 days
W: 11st 0lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 118
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 5 |
22nd Apr 2026 Soft 2m 4f 20y Class 3 |
11st 7lb |
9yo who is lightly raced for his age; he needs to produce more than he managed at Leopardstown and Downpatrick last month on his first two chase starts but he wears first-time headgear today and Gordon Elliott's horses are always well worth a second look at Perth; could have a big say. |
9/2 |
|
5th 2 |
29th Mar 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 3f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Consistent if frustrating in maiden hurdles before winning a 2m4f rated event at Fairyhouse early last year (soft); a latecomer in chasing; faded late in the Leopardstown event in which the much shorter-priced Strutter flopped. |
11/2 |
|
4th 2 |
3rd Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 5f 120y |
11st 12lb |
Consistent in maiden hurdles before winning a 2m4f rated event at Fairyhouse early last year (soft); disappointed on handicap debut at Gowran; made no impact over 3m at Fairyhouse on his belated seasonal debut; latecomer to chasing now at the age of nine; can run well fresh. |
12/1 |
16/1
Form: 23F0-9 C
Last run: 166 days
W: 12st 1lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 133
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 4 |
30th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 7f 110y |
10st 13lb |
Dual hurdle winner was just denied in a Naas handicap two starts back; then ran a solid race in the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham; looks the yard's first-string but needs more. |
22/1 |
|
11th 5 |
12th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 7f 213y Class 1 |
10st 13lb |
Second here (on good) early as novice but tailed off in the Martin Pipe last March; better over this sort of trip and surged back to form when a close second to Melbourne Shamrock in the Naas qualifier (2m7f, heavy) 18 days ago in a second-time visor, staying on strongly from off pace; requires better to justify this British mark but needs a second look for trainer who's done well in this race. |
25/1 |
|
2nd 3 |
22nd Feb 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 7f 20y |
11st 11lb |
Two wins last term on good ground included 2m6f Thurles novice; never sighted on Fairyhouse comeback but did fare a bit better early this month at DRF on unsuitably heavy ground; ground concerns remain. |
13/2 |
14/1
Form: 314-P8 D
Last run: 31 days
W: 10st 12lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 3 |
14th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 7f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Has failed to fire over fences or hurdles this season; latest Cork fifth a remote one; trip and ground fine but needs to rediscover best; maybe the new tongue tie can help. |
14/1 |
|
5th 4 |
19th Mar 2026 Yielding To Soft 3m 0f 45y |
11st 5lb |
No sign of his best form since two wins and a solid fourth in chases at Navan last season; tailed off when sent back over hurdles at Fairyhouse in January. |
12/1 |
|
8th 5 |
14th Jan 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 12lb |
Four-time winner under rules split evenly between hurdles and fences; latest win came in a Navan handicap chase off 116 in February (3m, soft to heavy); pulled up and beaten 29 l in two chasing runs this season, so a bit to prove now in first-time cheekpieces. |
14/1 |
20/1
Form: 5-568U
Last run: 16 days
W: 10st 6lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 110
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
14th Jan 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 6lb |
Dual hurdles winner with his last win coming in December 2023; reverts to hurdles, having been chasing in recent times with little success; finished a 13.5l fifth at Punchestown in June (2m3f, good to yielding) off 116 when last seen in this sphere; others preferred. |
20/1 |
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| Payout | |
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| Exacta | €13.10 |
| Straight Forecast | €22.46 |
| Tricast | €59.04 |
| Trifecta | €67.20 |
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