April 16 / 14.10 Limerick

14.10

Soft

Monk Bar Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £6146.09
  • 3m 0f 0y
  • 7 runners
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Monk Bar Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

5/2 (Won)

  • Win: £2.50
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 332332

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 123

Form & Verdict
Bumper winner; useful form in six hurdling starts, never out of the first three; third of 21 in Listed DRF handicap in February (3m, heavy); runner-up in 2m4f Fairyhouse maiden hurdle 12 days ago; will go well again but is becoming costly to follow.
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1st

4

4th May 2026

Good

3m 0f 0y

14:45 Down Royal

He Cant Dance

11st 5lb

J: James Smith

T: Gordon Elliott

Second runner for yard; bumper winner got off the mark over hurdles on seventh try at Limerick last time; that was over this trip on heavy ground but has run well on a sounder surface; looks the main threat to stablemate Timeless Treaty.

6/4

1st

2

16th Apr 2026

Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:10 Limerick

He Cant Dance

11st 12lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Bumper winner; useful form in six hurdling starts, never out of the first three; third of 21 in Listed DRF handicap in February (3m, heavy); runner-up in 2m4f Fairyhouse maiden hurdle 12 days ago; will go well again but is becoming costly to follow.

5/2

2nd

6

4th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

15:50 Fairyhouse

He Cant Dance

11st 12lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Bumper winner; useful form in five hurdling starts, never out of the first three; ran on well to take third at Navan in January (2m6f, soft to heavy); beaten 15l third in a Leopardstown Listed handicap two months ago (3m, heavy); new headgear combination tried,

100/30

11/10

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 2-432P

Last run: 34 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 130

Form & Verdict
Point winner; only second run over hurdles when third behind No Drama This End (runner-up also a class act) in Cheltenham Grade 2 in November (2m5f, soft); defeated at odds-on in very testing conditions in course maiden; pulled up in the Albert Bartlet; rated 130 and one to beat.
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2nd

3

16th Apr 2026

Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:10 Limerick

Kings Bucks

11st 12lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

Point winner; only second run over hurdles when third behind No Drama This End (runner-up also a class act) in Cheltenham Grade 2 in November (2m5f, soft); defeated at odds-on in very testing conditions in course maiden; pulled up in the Albert Bartlet; rated 130 and one to beat.

11/10

10

13th Mar 2026

Good

2m 7f 213y

Class 1

15:20 Cheltenham

Kings Bucks

11st 7lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

3m point winner kept to shorter trips thus far under rules; only his second run over hurdles when a running-on third behind No Drama This End (runner-up is also a class act) in a 2m5f Grade 2 here in November (soft) and perhaps it's best to forgive his odds-on defeat on desperately tiring ground in a maiden at Limerick last time; remains a maiden but so too was Minella Indo who won this race for the same yard in 2019; makes the shortlist.

14/1

Form: P2F56P

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Hasn't really fired since finishing second in Clonmel maiden hurdle in December; too much to find on ratings.
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3rd

4

16th Apr 2026

Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:10 Limerick

Loyal Praetorian

11st 12lb

J: Mr L M Kelleher

T: Gerard Kelleher

Hasn't really fired since finishing second in Clonmel maiden hurdle in December; too much to find on ratings.

18/1

Form: 3-38

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Modest third in Gowran bumper (2m, soft to heavy) in January 2025; tailed off here after absence on hurdles debut in Februray; likely to fall well short.
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5th

10

25th May 2026

Good

2m 6f 100y

17:05 Ballinrobe

Tradonthebay

11st 4lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Modest form on testing ground in bumpers and hurdles; much better effort on latest when backed at big odds in a 2m4f Sligo maiden hurdle, his first run on good ground; place chance again stepped up in trip.

13/2

2nd

7

12th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

18:58 Sligo

Tradonthebay

11st 4lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

All four starts on testing ground and yet to get closer than 17l to the winner; beaten 48l when fourth at Limerick latest; rating of 94 possibly flatters him; better ground needs to spark major improvement.

12/1

4th

7

16th Apr 2026

Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:10 Limerick

Tradonthebay

11st 12lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Modest third in Gowran bumper (2m, soft to heavy) in January 2025; tailed off here after absence on hurdles debut in Februray; likely to fall well short.

33/1

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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No Results Found

Form: R0C5

Last run: 6 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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No Results Found

Form: 0990

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
Pulled up in pair of point-to-points; beaten out of sight in four hurdle starts; safe to rule out.
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18

30th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 80y

15:51 Listowel

Strand Street Lass

10st 0lb

J: G B Noonan

T: Eugene M O’Sullivan

Failed to complete either point-to-point and tailed off in completed runs under rules; impossible to fancy; blinkers added to tongue tie now; declared for 7.00 at Tramore on Friday.

33/1

11

16th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 0y

13:30 Wexford

Strand Street Lass

11st 7lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Eugene M O’Sullivan

Failed to complete either point-to-point and hasn't shown much in her runs under rules' either; tongue tie goes on but others preferred.

25/1

Non-runners

Three County Star

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €3.40
Straight Forecast €3.65
Trifecta €12.50

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Casual Water

RP RATINGS (IRE):

King's Bucks

POSTDATA:

He Can't Dance

The Irish Sun:

Casual Water

TOPSPEED:

King's Bucks