August 07 / 17.51 Wexford

17.51

Good

Neville Hotels Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £10243.48
  • 2m 0f 180y
  • 8 runners
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Neville Hotels Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

15/2 (Won)

  • Win: £7.00
  • Place: £1.80

Form: 87-310 D

Last run: 9 days

W: 10st 10lb

8 yo Filly

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Has lost her way until comfortably landing an eight-runner Tramore handicap in May (2m, good); given an easy lead that day and couldn't back it up at Galway when tailed off (2m1f, good); needs things to go her way.
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1

20th Sep 2026

Good

2m 2f 100y

15:18 Listowel

Splashing Out

11st 12lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: Eoin Griffin

Mostly chasing since last year; has done well since reverting to hurdles this summer; up 13lb in total for a pair of small-field handicap wins under positive tactics employed by this rider; may be a shade too high now.

12/1

5th

2

4th Sep 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 26y

16:42 Kilbeggan

Splashing Out

11st 10lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: Eoin Griffin

Fairly exposed 8yo had been mostly chasing since last year, but has done well since reverting to hurdles this summer; up 13lb in total for pair of small-field handicap wins under positive tactics; fair run on the Flat last time.

6/1

2nd

10

13th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

20:18 Tramore

Splashing Out

10st 9lb

J: Ms N M Bradley

T: Eoin Griffin

Made all to win over hurdles here in May and bounced back from a poor Galway run to again make all to win a Wexford handicap hurdle six days ago; goes well here and should be a player but likes to get her own way in front.

12/1

6/1

  • Place: £1.80

Form: 1/234- D

Last run: 143 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 129

Form & Verdict
Four-time Flat winner is 1-4 hurdling, with the victory coming in a Galway maiden hurdle in 2024; 9.25l fourth of eight over C&D (soft) when last seen over hurdles in March and hasn't been at his best in three Flat runs since then; others preferred.
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7th

7

(12)

16th Sep 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 174y

18:43 Clonmel

Jabbar

9st 8lb

J: Danny O’Leary

T: Gerard O’Leary

Rated 129 over hurdles and satisfactory chase debut when runner-up at Downpatrick last month; 6-28 on the Flat, his last win in this code gained at Dundalk (2m) in January 2025; inexperienced rider aboard; runner-up in this race in 2024 but only sixth last year.

11/1

2nd

2

31st Aug 2026

Good

2m 3f 100y

16:29 Downpatrick

Jabbar

11st 12lb

J: Thomas O’Connor

T: Gerard O’Leary

Rated 129 over hurdles and probably ran to about that mark when runner-up in a Wexford handicap hurdle earlier this month; makes his chasing debut here and clearly respected if his jumping holds up.

9/2

2nd

1

7th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 180y

17:51 Wexford

Jabbar

11st 12lb

J: Alan O’Sullivan

T: Gerard O’Leary

Four-time Flat winner is 1-4 hurdling, with the victory coming in a Galway maiden hurdle in 2024; 9.25l fourth of eight over C&D (soft) when last seen over hurdles in March and hasn't been at his best in three Flat runs since then; others preferred.

6/1

Form: 1514-F C

Last run: 38 days

W: 11st 0lb

7 yo Filly

OR: 117

Form & Verdict
Won a Cork novice hurdle (2m2f, good) and a Wexford beginners' (2m, good) last summer; a fall over fences at Wexford is sandwiched between two okay efforts on the Flat this season; a tongue tie goes on for her handicap hurdle debut and she's race-fit but she's on a tough mark.
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8th

4

19th Sep 2026

Good

1m 7f 165y

13:42 Navan

Ma Belle Etoile

11st 8lb

J: Dylan Whelan

T: Henry De Bromhead

One of two for yard; novice hurdle and beginners' chase winner last summer; hasn't really fired on the Flat or over jumps this season and her latest third at Wexford was a pretty remote one; effectively 8lb lower here with rider's claim but others arrive in better form.

10/1

3rd

4

7th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 180y

17:51 Wexford

Ma Belle Etoile

11st 0lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

Won a Cork novice hurdle (2m2f, good) and a Wexford beginners' (2m, good) last summer; a fall over fences at Wexford is sandwiched between two okay efforts on the Flat this season; a tongue tie goes on for her handicap hurdle debut and she's race-fit but she's on a tough mark.

5/1

OUR TIP

Form: 31210- D

Last run: 124 days

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
Back to form with a good third in a 1m4f Killarney Flat handicap last month but unable to back that up at Ballinrobe five days later; 2-6 hurdling although poor debut handicap effort at Cork when last seen in this discipline.
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4th

3

(13)

4th Sep 2026

Good

1m 4f 194y

19:30 Down Royal

Tassarolo

10st 0lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Dual-purpose performer with a preference for an ease in the ground; 1m4f on good ground at Tramore last time a bit sharp, could have more to offer here.

11/2

5th

3

(9)

15th Aug 2026

Yielding

1m 4f 0y

18:25 Tramore

Tassarolo

10st 4lb

J: Daniel King

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Dual-purpose 5yo won at Killarney last summer and his third of 15 at that track last month was the closest he's come this term.

11/2

Form: 92114- D

Last run: 316 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 117

Form & Verdict
Back-to-back winner at Ballinrobe in August last year at 2m1f/2m3f on good ground, the second of those by 14l; ran respectably in the Lartigue at Listowel (2m, good to yielding) off 1lb higher when last seen in September; appealing but this is his seasonal return.
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5th

5

7th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 180y

17:51 Wexford

Shaboozee

11st 0lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Back-to-back winner at Ballinrobe in August last year at 2m1f/2m3f on good ground, the second of those by 14l; ran respectably in the Lartigue at Listowel (2m, good to yielding) off 1lb higher when last seen in September; appealing but this is his seasonal return.

2/1

10

25th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

15:25 Listowel

Shaboozee

10st 4lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Has improved markedly on last two starts, winning Ballinrobe handicap hurdles over 2m-2m2f; won by a wide margin last time and raised 11lb but has to be considered again despite a rise in class.

5/1

4

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 60y

17:13 Ballinrobe

Shaboozee

10st 10lb

J: Richard Deegan

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Improver since entering handicap ranks, plenty keen when rallying second at Killarney (yielding-to-soft) and handled good ground well here earlier this month, leading early on, not fluent last but finding plenty run-in to win comfortably; type to keep improving (7lb higher) and slightly longer trip to suit.

9/4

Form: 31260- D

Last run: 101 days

W: 11st 9lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 129

Form & Verdict
French bumper winner has never raced on better than yielding to soft; made the breakthrough for his current stable when taking a six-runner Fairyhouse contest by 12l on handicap debut; came up short off revised mark in Listed handicaps at Fairyhouse and Punchestown towards end of last season; ground a concern for return.
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6th

2

7th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 180y

17:51 Wexford

Mode Avion

11st 9lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: Gordon Elliott

French bumper winner has never raced on better than yielding to soft; made the breakthrough for his current stable when taking a six-runner Fairyhouse contest by 12l on handicap debut; came up short off revised mark in Listed handicaps at Fairyhouse and Punchestown towards end of last season; ground a concern for return.

13/2

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

Form: 310/

Last run: 736 days

W: 10st 13lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Ready winner of a 2m Cork maiden hurdle in the summer of 2024 (good) but has been absent since well held in a Galway novice a month later; mammoth absence is a major blight on his prospects.
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7th

6

7th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 180y

17:51 Wexford

Now So Jake

10st 13lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: David Harry Kelly

Ready winner of a 2m Cork maiden hurdle in the summer of 2024 (good) but has been absent since well held in a Galway novice a month later; mammoth absence is a major blight on his prospects.

14/1

Form: 145-0 D

Last run: 9 days

W: 10st 8lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
Won a Killarney maiden hurdle by 10l last August (2m1f, good); made all in a 1m1f Flat maiden last month in first-time cheekpieces at Ballinrobe in June; made her handicap hurdle debut at Galway last time (2m1f, good) when posting a disappointing performance; down 1lb but must bounce back.
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8

7th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 180y

17:51 Wexford

Wonderfulwonderful

10st 8lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Won a Killarney maiden hurdle by 10l last August (2m1f, good); made all in a 1m1f Flat maiden last month in first-time cheekpieces at Ballinrobe in June; made her handicap hurdle debut at Galway last time (2m1f, good) when posting a disappointing performance; down 1lb but must bounce back.

10/1

10th

11

29th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 110y

18:05 Galway

Wonderfulwonderful

10st 12lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: John C McConnell

Just three runs over hurdles and won a Killarney maiden by 10l last August; made all in a 1m1f maiden last month when tried in first-time cheekpieces; could have a part to play.

20/1

1st

2

(2)

22nd Jun 2026

Yielding

1m 1f 163y

17:55 Ballinrobe

Wonderfulwonderful

10st 1lb

J: Jack Kearney

T: John C McConnell

Dual-purpose; has won over hurdles and in the first three in five of six runs on turf on the Flat; not beaten far in Listed hurdle at Musselburgh when last seen in January; rated 72 and worth a market check on return in first-time cheekpieces.

3/1

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Payout
Exacta €35.80
Straight Forecast €36.81
Tricast €148.60
Trifecta €204.60

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Shaboozee

The Irish Sun:

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RP RATINGS (IRE):

Shaboozee

TOPSPEED:

Shaboozee

POSTDATA:

Shaboozee