March 12 / 12.30 Limerick

12.30

Soft To Heavy

John Buckley Engineering Ltd Hurdle

  • Prize money: £7170.43
  • 2m 0f 200y
  • 5 runners
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John Buckley Engineering Ltd Hurdle

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Rain

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2/1

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 1-3431 D

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 7lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 128

Form & Verdict
Fair third at Punchestown on Irish debut in November, with In The Minus back in fourth; modest efforts on next two starts before coming good with an emphatic Fairyhouse handicap win last month; raised 11lb to a very respectable 128.
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12th

20

28th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 0f 132y

15:40 Punchestown

Mode Avion

10st 0lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: Gordon Elliott

French bumper winner; 4yo won easily on handicap bow at Fairyhouse in February (16.5f, heavy); came up short off 14lb higher back there on latest when 1lb wrong and similar story here; would probably prefer softer ground.

25/1

6th

18

4th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

17:00 Fairyhouse

Mode Avion

10st 0lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: Gordon Elliott

Off the mark in 4yo C&D handicap in February (heavy) and better again when a clear second to a strong favourite in 2m1f Limerick conditions event last month on similar ground under today's rider, conceding plenty of weight; 1lb wrong but could go well off light weight.

9/1

2nd

3

12th Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 200y

12:30 Limerick

Mode Avion

11st 7lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: Gordon Elliott

Fair third at Punchestown on Irish debut in November, with In The Minus back in fourth; modest efforts on next two starts before coming good with an emphatic Fairyhouse handicap win last month; raised 11lb to a very respectable 128.

2/1

Form: 435262

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 0lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Failed to place in six Flat starts; 0-8 over hurdles, although some decent efforts; runner-up in a Gowran maiden hurdle in October (2m, yielding); creditable efforts following that before taking a distant second here over Christmas (2m, heavy); poor effort in a Punchestown handicap before 13l second in a maiden at Navan 12 days ago.
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1st

9

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 80y

16:42 Tramore

Crooked Path

10st 10lb

J: Daniel King

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Flat maiden has run with credit in defeat in most of his 10 hurdle starts; third at Limerick last time and a repeat of that will see him go close; ground-versatile.

2/1

3rd

3

31st Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

16:40 Limerick

Crooked Path

11st 7lb

J: Daniel King

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Flat maiden has run with credit several times over hurdles, including twice at this track and is ground-versatile; should be closely involved.

9/4

3rd

4

12th Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 200y

12:30 Limerick

Crooked Path

11st 0lb

J: Daniel King

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Failed to place in six Flat starts; 0-8 over hurdles, although some decent efforts; runner-up in a Gowran maiden hurdle in October (2m, yielding); creditable efforts following that before taking a distant second here over Christmas (2m, heavy); poor effort in a Punchestown handicap before 13l second in a maiden at Navan 12 days ago.

10/1

Form: B14 D BF

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 7lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 126

Form & Verdict
Useful staying handicapper on the Flat (rated 91); let down by jumping on hurdles debut (before brought down); much improved to land Punchestown maiden in January, jumping much more fluently and responding well to pressure to collar the hot favourite; flopped when well fancied at Naas last month.
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3rd

4

(6)

24th May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 6f 0y

17:40 Curragh

Kilmeaden

9st 13lb

J: Paddy Harnett

T: Donnacha Aidan O’Brien

Winner of a Galway festival handicap off 82 in July (1m5f, yielding), beating a subsequent Group 3 winner; added a hurdles win in a Punchestown maiden in January (2m, soft to heavy); never on terms on return to the Flat at Cork last time when seventh.

16/1

7th

5

(13)

3rd May 2026

Yielding

1m 4f 30y

15:43 Cork

Kilmeaden

9st 5lb

J: Gavin Ryan

T: Donnacha Aidan O’Brien

Recent hurdle runs have been disappointing; ended last Flat season with a good 1m6f effort, taking second behind the subsequent Fred Winter winner Saratoga at Listowel.

7/1

4th

2

12th Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 200y

12:30 Limerick

Kilmeaden

11st 7lb

J: Richard Deegan

T: Donnacha Aidan O’Brien

Useful staying handicapper on the Flat (rated 91); let down by jumping on hurdles debut (before brought down); much improved to land Punchestown maiden in January, jumping much more fluently and responding well to pressure to collar the hot favourite; flopped when well fancied at Naas last month.

5/2

Form: 43415 D

Last run: 119 days

W: 11st 7lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Off the mark over hurdles in a Galway maiden at the fourth attempt in October (2m, yielding); failed to build on that at Punchestown; well held by Mode Avion on that evidence.
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5th

2

26th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 13y

17:30 Ballinrobe

In The Minus

11st 7lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Brian Francis Cawley

Flat winner (7f) on good ground at Limerick last summer; has been error-prone over hurdles; best effort when winning at Galway last October; fit from a recent Flat outing at this venue; not suited by the race conditions.

14/1

5th

3

(12)

8th May 2026

Yielding To Soft

1m 1f 133y

19:22 Ballinrobe

In The Minus

10st 1lb

J: Ben Coen

T: Brian Francis Cawley

Limerick win last summer came over 7f (good); similar level of form hurdling (won Galway maiden), jumping has let him down of late; unproven over this far.

20/1

Form: 02

Last run: 18 days

W: 10st 7lb

4 yo Filly

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Payout
Exacta €5.00
Straight Forecast €6.72
Trifecta €16.20

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Dschingis Desire

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Kilmeaden

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POSTDATA:

Dschingis Desire

TOPSPEED:

Kilmeaden