16.52
SoftNaas Racecourse Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £5221.24
- 2m 7f 130y
- 24 runners
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Runners: 24 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
7/1 (Won)
- Win: £6.00
- Place: £1.90
Form: 0405U5
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 10lb
6 yo Mare
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
31st Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 5f 70y |
11st 12lb |
Dual winner for Shane Crawley at around 3m; should strip fitter for her return from a mammoth absence at Navan 10 days ago; this trip may be on the sharp side though. |
16/1 |
|
7th 6 |
21st Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 0f 0y |
10st 9lb |
Progressive in staying handicaps three seasons ago for Shane Crawley after showing modest form 2m early in her career; in a new stable after a mammoth absence; tongue-tie fitted. |
16/1 |
5/2
- Place: £1.10
Form: 00-512 D BF
Last run: 12 days
W: 11st 11lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 92
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 7 |
13th Apr 2025 Good 3m 2f 50y |
10st 10lb |
Two-time winner over timber on soft ground; 0-10 in chases and rated 9lb lower in this sphere but hasn't looked like a winner in waiting on most recent chase starts; beaten 38l in a handicap hurdle at Naas latest; did run well here over 2m4f last April but he would prefer softer ground. |
8/1 |
|
6th 7 |
13th Apr 2025 Good 3m 2f 50y |
10st 10lb |
Two-time winner over timber on soft ground; 0-10 in chases and rated 9lb lower in this sphere but hasn't looked like a winner in waiting on most recent chase starts; beaten 38l in a handicap hurdle at Naas latest; did run well here over 2m4f last April but he would prefer softer ground. |
8/1 |
|
15th 14 |
3rd Apr 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 180y |
11st 4lb |
Two wins over hurdles on soft; 0-9 over fences since January 2024 which has resulted in connections trying hurdles again; looks fairly treated on the pick of his form in this sphere but he's risky. |
22/1 |
66/1
- Place: £2.10
Form: 00070
Last run: 33 days
W: 11st 7lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 88
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 4 |
24th Jan 2026 Soft 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Struggled last time at Haydock but headed there in a fine run of form and he's still on a competitive mark; couldn't dismiss with trip/ground preferable. |
8/1 |
|
2 |
9th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 4f 198y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
held up in rear, bad mistake and fell 2nd |
7/4 |
|
1st 4 |
25th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 51y Class 3 |
10st 5lb |
held up in last |
7/2 |
66/1
- Place: £15.50
Form: 5P0P0P
Last run: 36 days
W: 10st 13lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 16 |
21st Jul 2023 Good To Yielding 2m 2f 0y |
10st 13lb |
midfield, headway and in touch with leaders before 3 out, went second after last, kept on, no match for winner |
8/1 |
|
7th 11 |
13th Jul 2023 Yielding 2m 5f 170y |
11st 0lb |
No win in 14 hurdle starts but solid runs at Naas (3m) and Ballinrobe (2m6f) earlier this year; questions to answer after being tailed-off at Kilbeggan since. |
10/1 |
10/1
Form: 352189
Last run: 194 days
W: 11st 13lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 6 |
19th Jul 2024 Good 2m 7f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Won a 2m6f Downpatrick handicap hurdle in the summer of 2022; largely disappointing since, including when pulled up at Downpatrick over hurdles latest; in top hands but is impossible to recommend at present. |
16/1 |
|
1 |
15th Jul 2024 Good 2m 5f 185y |
11st 12lb |
C&D winner in 2022; has struggled to make a telling mark in the interim and under a drive a fair way from home when a modest third over fences latest; could probably do with sliding another few pound but not without a squeak either. |
9/1 |
100/1
Form: /00-F0
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 6lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 87
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 16 |
25th Oct 2025 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 4lb |
0-11 and hasn't really shown enough yet to suggest he can win over hurdles; slightly better effort in a handicap chase when last seen in January; best watched on return. |
28/1 |
8/1
Form: 00-045
Last run: 13 days
W: 11st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 82
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 6 |
4th Mar 2026 Heavy 2m 7f 180y |
11st 5lb |
Progressive 3m handicap hurdler in 2023-24 season on soft/heavy, winning once at Punchestown off 89; chasing career hasn't gone to plan and was pulled up reverted to hurdles at Limerick on his penultimate run (3m, soft to heavy); best watched until he shows some spark. |
25/1 |
|
9th 12 |
15th Jan 2026 Soft 2m 5f 0y |
10st 7lb |
Progressive 3m handicap hurdler in 2023-24 season on soft/heavy; chasing career hasn't gone to plan and was pulled up over hurdles at Limerick last month. |
25/1 |
40/1
Form: 07-850
Last run: 28 days
W: 10st 13lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 8 |
14th Jul 2025 Good 2m 7f 150y |
10st 9lb |
0-11 over hurdles and 0-7 over fences, though was chasing the winner when unseating late on over C&D in October; could go well. |
8/1 |
33/1
Form: 0463PP
Last run: 73 days
W: 10st 13lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
9th Jun 2023 Good To Firm 2m 6f 169y |
10st 11lb |
midfield, not fluent 1st |
16/1 |
|
7th 14 |
2nd Jun 2023 Good 2m 7f 70y |
11st 5lb |
0-16 over hurdles but it was a step back in the right direction when fourth of 12 (beaten 6l) at Downpatrick a fortnight ago; previous career best had come at this trip and he handles decent ground; each-way player. |
5/1 |
|
4th 12 |
19th May 2023 Good 2m 5f 100y |
10st 13lb |
Record of 0-15 over hurdles and generally struggling off this basement mark, so others preferred. |
28/1 |
40/1
Form: 632580
Last run: 152 days
W: 10st 13lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 |
21st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 176y |
10st 0lb |
0-24 under rules; pulled up at Cork over hurdles on his return and now jumps fences for the first time since 2022; 12lb wrong; others preferred. |
33/1 |
|
21 |
10th May 2026 Good 3m 0f 80y |
10st 0lb |
0-18 and not at best when last seen at Galway in October; trip and ground fine and new headgear combination tried now; mixed record when fresh; others preferred. |
16/1 |
|
9th 18 |
25th Oct 2025 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 0lb |
0-22 under Rules and 0-17 over hurdles; best efforts have come on good ground at Kilbeggan and Ballinrobe but hard to fancy on recent form. |
20/1 |
50/1
Form: -P8F00
Last run: 7 days
W: 10st 13lb
9 yo Mare
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16 |
21st Apr 2023 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 13lb |
Continues to struggle off this basement mark and no sign of an upturn in fortunes of late. |
25/1 |
|
11th 21 |
30th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 7f 130y |
10st 13lb |
0-17 and has struggled for form since 2020; tailed off last week. |
50/1 |
|
13th 13 |
23rd Mar 2023 Soft 2m 4f 0y |
10st 13lb |
Maiden placed only once from 16 starts over hurdles; best run was when third over 3m1f at Kilbeggan in 2020; blinkers tried now; very hard to fancy. |
33/1 |
16/1
Form: 73F2PU
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 12lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 93
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
12th Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 6f 170y |
11st 6lb |
Won over fences at Kilbeggan last August (3m2f, good to yielding); ran respectably next time at Ballinrobe (2m7f, soft); pulled up in a handicap hurdle last time; trainer has a stronger contender in Gaelic Des Chastys. |
16/1 |
|
2 |
26th Jan 2026 Heavy 2m 7f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Added a chase win to his brace of hurdle successes when winning at Kilbeggan in August (3m2f, good to yielding); ran respectably next time at Ballinrobe (2m7f, soft); tailed off at Killarney when last seen in October; reverts to hurdles now, and chance at his best. |
14/1 |
|
3rd 9 |
12th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 7f 6y |
11st 4lb |
Hurdle winner at this track and opened his chase account with a neck success at Kilbeggan three weeks ago; may have won by further without an error in the closing stages and 5lb rise looks workable. |
4/1 |
5/1
Form: 090403
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 6lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 87
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13 |
1st Jun 2024 Good 2m 7f 100y |
11st 5lb |
Never that threatening when placed in staying hurdles before and he was tailed off trying fences last time; others preferred. |
12/1 |
|
5th 14 |
18th May 2024 Soft 3m 1f 50y |
10st 4lb |
Placed in staying hurdles and he's a winning pointer who might fancy this new challenge; hood added. |
20/1 |
|
5th 14 |
18th May 2024 Soft 3m 1f 50y |
10st 4lb |
Placed in staying hurdles and he's a winning pointer who might fancy this new challenge; hood added. |
20/1 |
9/1
Form: 0008
Last run: 9 days
W: 11st 11lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 92
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 |
14th Apr 2023 Soft To Heavy 2m 6f 22y |
11st 9lb |
Chance is not obvious; still early days and first-time cheekpieces may help his cause. |
14/1 |
|
14th 3 |
30th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 7f 130y |
11st 11lb |
Modest form so far and couldn't get involved when never better than division on handicap debut at Clonmel last week; however, could easily improve for this new trip and this jockey is good value for his 7lb claim. |
9/1 |
|
8th 3 |
21st Mar 2023 Heavy 2m 0f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Not a great deal to recommend from three starts in maidens; always likely to do better in handicaps and interesting to see what the market says. |
8/1 |
20/1
Form: FP0468
Last run: 28 days
W: 10st 13lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15th 19 |
10th Dec 2024 Yielding 2m 7f 182y |
10st 6lb |
Career highlight Galway second came some time ago; absent since April 2023 and watching brief advised. |
25/1 |
|
15th 19 |
10th Dec 2024 Yielding 2m 7f 182y |
10st 6lb |
Career highlight Galway second came some time ago; absent since April 2023 and watching brief advised. |
25/1 |
|
11 |
20th Apr 2023 Yielding 2m 7f 70y |
10st 0lb |
in touch with leaders |
33/1 |
66/1
Form: 7-6900
Last run: 258 days
W: 11st 3lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 84
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13 |
14th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 6lb |
Point winner but hasn't shown much under rules and fell early in a point last time; enought to prove. |
50/1 |
|
13 |
14th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 6lb |
Point winner but hasn't shown much under rules and fell early in a point last time; enought to prove. |
50/1 |
|
9th 14 |
6th Jul 2023 Good To Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 0lb |
towards rear |
20/1 |
33/1
Form: 5-0070
Last run: 59 days
W: 11st 8lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 89
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
17th 8 |
30th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 7f 130y |
11st 8lb |
Runner-up in a maiden hurdle at Thurles last season; struggled since though, including in handicaps this term and no signs of a revival when tailed off at Punchestown last time. |
33/1 |
|
12th 2 |
30th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 0f 20y |
11st 11lb |
0-8 under Rules; up in trip; last seen finishing seventh over 2m1f at Down Royal a week ago; dropped 2lb; longer trip will suit better but doesn't look like she is ready to strike. |
20/1 |
|
7th 6 |
24th Jan 2023 Yielding To Soft 2m 1f 33y |
11st 4lb |
Runner-up in a maiden hurdle at Thurles in March last term but hasn't built on that since and well held in handicaps on her last two starts. |
33/1 |
16/1
Form: P70365
Last run: 19 days
W: 11st 9lb
6 yo Mare
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 6 |
19th Jun 2023 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 7lb |
An 11-race maiden but arrives on the back of a pair of career best efforts; looks feasibly treated back in a handicap and one to consider. |
7/1 |
|
5th 5 |
10th Jun 2023 Good 2m 6f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Respectable efforts in Limerick maiden and Gowran handicap last the winter but not progressing and hard to see her featuring in a major way. |
20/1 |
|
16 |
31st May 2023 Good 2m 1f 100y |
11st 7lb |
Respectable efforts in a Limerick maiden hurdle and a Gowran handicap hurdle during the winter; not consistent enough to be a betting proposition at this stage; second reserve. |
50/1
Form: 00UU0
Last run: 39 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 85
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 12 |
24th Jan 2024 Heavy 2m 3f 210y |
11st 0lb |
Poor form last season and while she's gone off fairly short prices in two handicap hurdles this winter, she has failed to show improved form; bit to prove now. |
5/1 |
|
0 9 |
17th Nov 2023 Heavy 2m 4f 0y |
11st 1lb |
No worthwhile form as yet including never sighted when well-supported in market at Gowran last Saturday; may yet improve and can't be ruled out. |
6/1 |
|
9th 19 |
11th Nov 2023 Heavy 2m 4f 0y |
11st 1lb |
No worthwhile form as yet and was a weakener over 2m7f on handicap debut; drops back in trip and that may help. |
25/1 |
16/1
Form: 070
Last run: 46 days
W: 11st 9lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20th 7 |
30th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 7f 130y |
11st 9lb |
Tailed off in three maiden hurdles so far but signs in her pedigree that this new trip could suit; any market support would be worth noting. |
16/1 |
|
12th 11 |
12th Feb 2023 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Finished last in maiden hurdles at Fairyhouse and Down Royal in December; can be ruled out |
100/1 |
8/1
Form: 7961U4
Last run: 13 days
W: 10st 13lb
14 yo Gelding
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 13 |
1st May 2023 Good To Yielding 3m 2f 50y |
10st 0lb |
held up in rear, some headway when not fluent 5 out |
33/1 |
|
21th 24 |
30th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 7f 130y |
10st 13lb |
Veteran and inconsistent these days but it was a good run when fourth behind Longhouse Poet last time; not ruled out back over timber. |
8/1 |
|
4th 8 |
17th Mar 2023 Yielding To Soft 3m 2f 50y |
11st 0lb |
towards rear, headway and in touch with leaders 12th, good jump to lead 13th, bad mistake and jockey lost irons 3 out, soon ridden, weakened before 2 out |
200/1 |
25/1
Form: 8-60P
Last run: 63 days
W: 11st 8lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 89
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 9 |
27th Jul 2023 Soft 2m 6f 0y |
11st 2lb |
Seven-race maiden who hasn't progressed since sent into handicaps; mark on the decline but plenty to prove right now. |
16/1 |
|
17 |
9th Jul 2023 Good 3m 1f 88y |
10st 2lb |
Third reserve; maiden after 7 hurdle tries; is dropping down the handicap but still needs to find more. |
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|
17 |
31st May 2023 Good 3m 0f 0y |
10st 11lb |
|
100/1
Form: 0/7706
Last run: 7 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Mare
OR: 85
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
21st Apr 2023 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 3lb |
Beaten a long way all four maiden runs, hard to see her having an immediate impact in handicaps. |
20/1 |
|
13 |
30th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 7f 130y |
11st 4lb |
Tailed off all five starts and no improvement for a longer trip at Cork last week. |
100/1 |
|
6th 7 |
23rd Mar 2023 Soft 2m 4f 0y |
11st 5lb |
towards rear, headway into midfield after 7th, pushed along and keeping on when mistake 3 out, soon no extra, made no telling impression |
50/1 |
50/1
Form: -86000
Last run: 24 days
W: 10st 13lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 9 |
20th Jun 2023 Good 3m 1f 70y |
11st 2lb |
towards rear of midfield, dropped to rear when pushed along after 12th, weakening when mistake 3 out, tailed off before 2 out |
25/1 |
|
18 |
30th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 7f 130y |
10st 13lb |
14-race maiden and struggling for form this season; hasn't shown the form required for a few years; cheekpieces now tried. |
50/1 |
|
10th 17 |
6th Mar 2023 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 2lb |
Lightly raced 8yo yet to trouble the judge over hurdles and fences, fading quite tamely in first-time tongue tie over this trip at Punchestown last time; hard to fancy. |
25/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €27.90 |
| Straight Forecast | €22.44 |
| Tricast | €90.14 |
| Trifecta | €207.60 |
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