October 01 / 15.50 Tipperary

15.50

Soft

Horse & Jockey Hotel Hurdle (Grade 3)

  • Prize money: £19579.65
  • 2m 0f 50y
  • 3 runners
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Horse & Jockey Hotel Hurdle (Grade 3)

Runners: 3 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

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5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.90

Form: 5-F110 CD

Last run: 9 days

W: 11st 8lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 148

Form & Verdict
Beat the fine yardstick Sharjah in a Grade 3 hurdle here in July, which was bordering on a career best; however, a penalty spells danger and especially after disappointing in a Listowel handicap.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2

18th Jul 2025

Good

2m 1f 0y

15:05 Killarney

Fils Doudairies

11st 9lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Mostly hurdling this year and has faced some stiff competition but acquitted himself well at times; sole win over fences came in 2020 and pulled-up last chase start in January.

14/1

7th

8

3rd Jul 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 0y

18:10 Tipperary

Fils Doudairies

11st 1lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Won this in 2023 but hasn't looked the force of old this year and arrives on the back of a low-key effort.

25/1

5th

1

6th Jun 2025

Good

2m 3f 203y

18:45 Clonmel

Fils Doudairies

11st 12lb

J: Finn Brickley

T: Gordon Elliott

Has plenty of back-class and didn't run at all badly in the County Hurdle at Cheltenham; however, it was off level weights when just ahead of My Gaffer last time and will need to run better to win this, even with Finn Brickley taking off 7lb.

7/2

Form: -09479

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 8lb

10 yo Mare

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
Dual winner but exposed as being miles beneath the requisite standard for this; first-time cheekpieces.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

4

1st Oct 2023

Soft

2m 0f 50y

15:50 Tipperary

Deo Bellator

10st 8lb

J: Aileen O’Sullivan

T: S Michael Millar

in rear, detached after 1st, left in remote second after 5 out, tailed off

100/1

9th

7

8th Sep 2023

Good

3m 0f 100y

17:12 Kilbeggan

Deo Bellator

11st 5lb

J: Aileen O’Sullivan

T: S Michael Millar

midfield

16/1

7th

3

28th Aug 2023

Good

2m 3f 55y

16:55 Downpatrick

Deo Bellator

11st 8lb

J: Aileen O’Sullivan

T: S Michael Millar

Long-priced 3m Kilbeggan handicap hurdle winner last year; struggling this season; makes no appeal.

33/1

Form: 122-31 D

Last run: 59 days

W: 11st 0lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 152

Form & Verdict
High-class juvenile last season when placed in two Grade 1s and it was some feat to win the Galway Hurdle as a 4yo, becoming the first of his age group to win that iconic race in more than two decades; that elevated him to a mark of 152, which sets the standard here by some way.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

3

1st Apr 2024

Heavy

2m 4f 45y

15:50 Fairyhouse

Zarak The Brave

11st 6lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

raced wide, held up in rear, niggled along briefly before 5th, went third before 2 out, left in second and challenging from 2 out, ridden and kept on run-in, no match for winner

11/10

2nd

3

1st Apr 2024

Heavy

2m 4f 45y

15:50 Fairyhouse

Zarak The Brave

11st 6lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

raced wide, held up in rear, niggled along briefly before 5th, went third before 2 out, left in second and challenging from 2 out, ridden and kept on run-in, no match for winner

11/10

7

12th Mar 2024

Soft

2m 0f 87y

Class 1

15:30 Cheltenham

Zarak The Brave

11st 10lb

J: Daryl Jacob

T: W P Mullins

Unraced on heavy going, seems to handle any other; ran well behind high-ranking stablemate Lossiemouth twice last term; justified favouritism in Naas Grade 3 most recently, adding to his Galway Hurdle success two starts earlier; currently well short of stablemate State Man's standard but may still rate higher and has each-way possibilities.

16/1

Non-runners

Anna Bunina, Party Central

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €17.50
Straight Forecast €28.67

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Zarak The Brave

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Zarak The Brave

TOPSPEED:

Zarak The Brave

POSTDATA:

Zarak The Brave

The Irish Sun:

Zarak The Brave