April 10 / 17.28 Wexford

17.28

Good To Yielding

Irish Injured Jockeys Rated Novice Hurdle

  • Prize money: £7682.61
  • 3m 0f 0y
  • 5 runners
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Irish Injured Jockeys Rated Novice Hurdle

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

OUR TIP

4/1

  • Place: £2.80

Form: 45413U

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 119

Form & Verdict
Point winner gained first win under Rules in a Thurles novice (22.5f, yld-sft) in December; 5.5l third under a penalty back there on his next start and unseated when on the retreat on handicap debut at Down Royal on latest; 3m no problem but needs to bounce back.
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4th

5

7th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 0y

18:38 Wexford

Long Branch

11st 12lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Seamus Neville

118-rated hurdler won 2m7f Thurles novice last season (yielding) and chased home a clear winner in 3m novice here last month on similar ground; left with plenty to do in first-time cheekpieces last week when staying on into a remote fourth over inadequate 2m4f at the Punchestown festival; needs to improve for switch to fences to feature in a major way.

10/1

4th

7

29th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 3f 58y

14:30 Punchestown

Long Branch

11st 11lb

J: Sean Cleary-Farrell

T: Seamus Neville

Best form has been in conditions races over longer distances than this; needs to find more on the evidence of a recent Wexford second; cheekpieces for the first time.

14/1

2nd

1

10th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 0y

17:28 Wexford

Long Branch

11st 13lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: Seamus Neville

Point winner gained first win under Rules in a Thurles novice (22.5f, yld-sft) in December; 5.5l third under a penalty back there on his next start and unseated when on the retreat on handicap debut at Down Royal on latest; 3m no problem but needs to bounce back.

4/1

Form: 784853

Last run: 36 days

W: 10st 13lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Bumper winner (on good ground) is 0-4 over hurdles and rated 105; kept on for a 17l third of 13 at Thurles (2m7f, sft-hvy) on handicap debut latest; return to better ground a positive but needs more to take this.
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1st

5

26th May 2026

Good

2m 6f 28y

20:00 Ballinrobe

Jisco Du Brem

11st 9lb

J: Alan O’Sullivan

T: Jonathan Sweeney

Bumper winner last June; 0-6 over hurdles but has shown enough to suggest he can win races; beaten 16l when fifth of 15 over 2m3f at Cork latest; shaped nicely over 3m in Wexford novice previously so longer trip here a plus; chance.

7/1

5th

5

10th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 50y

15:50 Cork

Jisco Du Brem

11st 7lb

J: Alan O’Sullivan

T: Jonathan Sweeney

Bumper winner (good) is 0-5 over hurdles; kept on for a 17l third of 13 at Thurles on handicap debut (2m7f, soft to heavy); respectable enough third in a Wexford rated novice hurdle last time when well backed (3-1); weakened that day, so perhaps this trip can help; not dismissed.

10/1

3rd

5

10th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 0y

17:28 Wexford

Jisco Du Brem

10st 13lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Jonathan Sweeney

Bumper winner (on good ground) is 0-4 over hurdles and rated 105; kept on for a 17l third of 13 at Thurles (2m7f, sft-hvy) on handicap debut latest; return to better ground a positive but needs more to take this.

8/1

Form: 411525

Last run: 55 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
Form figures of 1521 on ground with good in the description, the fifth coming in a listed mares' hurdle at Haydock; floundered on heavy in a Gowran Grade 3 on latest but return to better ground a huge plus; should go well.
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2

10th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 0y

17:28 Wexford

Walks The Talk

11st 12lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Form figures of 1521 on ground with good in the description, the fifth coming in a listed mares' hurdle at Haydock; floundered on heavy in a Gowran Grade 3 on latest but return to better ground a huge plus; should go well.

9/2

Form: -73111

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 11lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 117

Form & Verdict
Prolific pointer is on a four-timer after notching up wins in claiming hurdles at Limerick (2m5f, heavy) and Naas (2m6f, sft-hvy) and a handicap chase at Limerick (2m7f, heavy); has to prove his effectiveness on better ground, however.
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1st

6

14th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 116y

16:47 Clonmel

Rockys Howya

10st 12lb

J: Kevin Healy

T: Declan Queally

Nine-time point winner won three in a row earlier this year on heavy, claiming hurdles at Limerick and Naas plus a handicap chase at the former track; blowing hard after pulled-up in a Wexford novice last time; might find this trip sharp; blinkers.

3/1

3

10th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 0y

17:28 Wexford

Rockys Howya

11st 11lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: Declan Queally

Prolific pointer is on a four-timer after notching up wins in claiming hurdles at Limerick (2m5f, heavy) and Naas (2m6f, sft-hvy) and a handicap chase at Limerick (2m7f, heavy); has to prove his effectiveness on better ground, however.

15/8

Form: 6641

Last run: 65 days

W: 11st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
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Payout
Exacta €15.00
Straight Forecast €16.72
Trifecta €47.30

Selections

TOPSPEED:

Agameoftwohalves

SPOTLIGHT:

Walks The Talk

POSTDATA:

Long Branch

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Rocky's Howya

The Irish Sun:

Agameoftwohalves