April 20 / 19.42 Tramore

19.42

Soft

O’Driscolls Irish Whiskey Hunters Chase

  • Prize money: £5633.91
  • 2m 5f 160y
  • 14 runners
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O’Driscolls Irish Whiskey Hunters Chase

Runners: 14 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

33/1

  • Place: £14.00

Form: /041-P CD

Last run: 324 days

W: 12st 0lb

13 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Veteran with modest strike rate in points (1-19); sprang a 33-1 shock in this race last year; likely to be available at big odds again; out of the money in his last two starts in points.
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3rd

4

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 5f 160y

19:42 Tramore

Ta Se Rua

12st 0lb

J: Mr P Verling

T: P J Healy

Veteran with modest strike rate in points (1-19); sprang a 33-1 shock in this race last year; likely to be available at big odds again; out of the money in his last two starts in points.

33/1

4

31st May 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

18:15 Tramore

Ta Se Rua

11st 9lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: P J Healy

1-17 in point-to-points, the win coming in 2022; gained first chase win from the front in C&D hunter chase last month; likely to come up short back in a handicap.

9/1

4

31st May 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

18:15 Tramore

Ta Se Rua

11st 9lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: P J Healy

1-17 in point-to-points, the win coming in 2022; gained first chase win from the front in C&D hunter chase last month; likely to come up short back in a handicap.

9/1

Form: 76-513

Last run: 44 days

W: 12st 0lb

8 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
2-12 in points; improved from Limerick run at Christmas when a 25-1 winner of a maiden hunter chase at Thurles in January; handled heavy conditions well, and did well to recover from a bad mistake at the seventh; third in the Tetratema at Gowran last time, winner Let's Go Champ franked the form with Aintree Foxhunter third.
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4th

1

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 5f 160y

19:42 Tramore

Cold Old Fire

12st 0lb

J: Mr E Mahon

T: Raymond Hurley

2-12 in points; improved from Limerick run at Christmas when a 25-1 winner of a maiden hunter chase at Thurles in January; handled heavy conditions well, and did well to recover from a bad mistake at the seventh; third in the Tetratema at Gowran last time, winner Let's Go Champ franked the form with Aintree Foxhunter third.

9/2

3rd

1

7th Mar 2026

Heavy

3m 1f 0y

16:53 Gowran Park

Cold Old Fire

12st 0lb

J: Mr D Allen

T: Raymond Hurley

2-12 in points; improved from Limerick run at Christmas when a 25-1 winner of a maiden hunter chase at Thurles in January; handled heavy conditions well, and did well to recover from a bad mistake at the seventh; kept ticking over with a recent run at Kildorrery, no threat in third behind the useful Asian Master.

8/1

1st

3

29th Jan 2026

Soft To Heavy

3m 0f 184y

13:55 Thurles

Cold Old Fire

12st 0lb

J: Mr D Allen

T: Raymond Hurley

2-11 in points; hunter chase form not good enough to suggest a chance of winning here; looks held by Nibbles on Clonmel running, only 2.5l behind fourth-placed Made U Look.

25/1

Form: 9P7-0P

Last run: 14 days

W: 11st 7lb

8 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
14-race maiden over hurdles; has won a point but was pulled up before two out in the hunter chase won by Lawful Ruler at Cork a fortnight ago.
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5th

8

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 5f 160y

19:42 Tramore

Pirate Island

11st 7lb

J: Mr J C Barry

T: Paul Patrick Moloney

14-race maiden over hurdles; has won a point but was pulled up before two out in the hunter chase won by Lawful Ruler at Cork a fortnight ago.

20/1

11

6th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 100y

15:35 Cork

Pirate Island

12st 0lb

J: Mr A T Feeney

T: Paul Patrick Moloney

14-race maiden over hurdles; points form not strong enough to suggest he can feature.

33/1

12

6th Jun 2025

Good

2m 3f 203y

19:20 Clonmel

Pirate Island

11st 1lb

J: G B Noonan

T: Philip Fenton

Is 0-13 over hurdles; best form on testing ground so rain would be welcomed; not a bad effort on good to yielding last time when tried in blinkers; each-way claims.

14/1

Form: 3630-0

Last run: 112 days

W: 11st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Showed some ability on track for Mouse Morris and has a fair record in points, two wins and three places from six attempts; however, failed to make an impact at Limerick in December on his only hunter chase start.
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1st

4

7th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 0y

19:08 Wexford

Muskerry Rock

11st 9lb

J: Mr P A King

T: James Kieran King

Showed some ability on track for Mouse Morris and has a fair record in points, two wins and three places from six attempts; however, failed to make an impact at Limerick in December on his only hunter chase debut, down the field again at Tramore recently.

12/1

8th

7

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 5f 160y

19:42 Tramore

Muskerry Rock

11st 7lb

J: Mr P A King

T: James Kieran King

Showed some ability on track for Mouse Morris and has a fair record in points, two wins and three places from six attempts; however, failed to make an impact at Limerick in December on his only hunter chase start.

20/1

10th

6

27th Feb 2025

Heavy

3m 0f 0y

17:05 Clonmel

Muskerry Rock

11st 0lb

J: Jake Coen

T: M F Morris

midfield, mistake and hampered rival 1st, niggled along briefly 6th

6/1

Form: 4-3828

Last run: 290 days

W: 11st 7lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
35-race maiden under rules; struggling in points since a maiden win last autumn.
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10th

10

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 5f 160y

19:42 Tramore

Roman Parish

11st 7lb

J: Ms J E Grant

T: David M O’Brien

35-race maiden under rules; struggling in points since a maiden win last autumn.

66/1

14

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 3f 110y

17:00 Wexford

Roman Parish

10st 8lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: David M O’Brien

Yet to score after 34 starts between hurdles and fences but has run well at times, including latest when staying on second (Early Arrival 8.5l away third) to a clear winner in 2m6f Tramore handicap chase in May; place claims again.

15/2

2nd

12

31st May 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

18:15 Tramore

Roman Parish

10st 9lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: David M O’Brien

Has yet to score after 32 starts between hurdles and fences but has run well at times, including when third to the reopposing Well Loved at Downpatrick (19.5f, good) on latest; each-way possibilities; engaged 7.20 Tramore on Friday.

6/1

Form: 0/9

Last run: 14 days

W: 11st 7lb

11 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Not much mileage on the clock for a horse of his age; never in contention when a remote ninth of 13 finishers behind Lawful Ruler at Cork two weeks ago.
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10th

11

11th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 0y

19:37 Killarney

Pure Decent

11st 7lb

J: Mr W Verling

T: Patrick Michael Verling

Very lightly raced veteran but has no form claims in this company.

100/1

12th

9

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 5f 160y

19:42 Tramore

Pure Decent

11st 7lb

J: Mr W Verling

T: Patrick Michael Verling

Not much mileage on the clock for a horse of his age; never in contention when a remote ninth of 13 finishers behind Lawful Ruler at Cork two weeks ago.

100/1

Form: 1

Last run: 102 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form: 31

Last run: 14 days

W: 12st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

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7 yo Gelding

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Form: 3F

Last run: 92 days

W: 11st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form: 5P

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

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6 yo Gelding

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7 yo Gelding

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W: 11st 0lb

6 yo Mare

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Non-runners

Black Dakota, The Happy Huntsman

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Payout
Exacta €3.30
Straight Forecast €2.85
Trifecta €77.30

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Cold Old Fire

SPOTLIGHT:

I Walked The Line

The Irish Sun:

I Walked The Line

TOPSPEED:

Cold Old Fire

POSTDATA:

Cold Old Fire