March 09 / 17.40 Gowran Park

17.40

Heavy

“Doc’s Bumper” INH Flat Race

  • Prize money: £5130.43
  • 2m 2f 0y
  • 10 runners
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“Doc’s Bumper” INH Flat Race

Runners: 10 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

6/4 (Won)

  • Win: £1.90
  • Place: £1.20

Form:

Last run:

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Bought for £300,000 after his point win at Borris House in December; runner-up from that race ran respectably in a bumper at Doncaster last week; half-brother to winners Horocio Apple's (2m4f-2m7f hurdle/chase) and Le Sete Boy (French 2m4f/2m5f chase); dam French 2m2f chase winner, half-sister to the dam of high-class 2m-3m hurdler Apple's Jade; big player on rules debut for yard in flying form.
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3

1st May 2026

Yielding

2m 4f 55y

17:25 Punchestown

Port Joulain

11st 10lb

J: Brian Hayes

T: W P Mullins

One of eight for trainer; point and bumper winner two seasons ago and won his maiden hurdle here early last year (2m4f, heavy); much improved display, compared to poor opening chase start here, when successful at Fairyhouse in January (2m1f, yielding), beating a better-fancied stablemate; had the run of things when third of five in a Navan Grade 3 novice last time.

12/1

3rd

5

28th Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

15:35 Navan

Port Joulain

11st 1lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Point and bumper winner two seasons ago; won a Punchestown maiden hurdle (2m3f, heavy) early last year before being tailed off in the Albert Bartlett; lack of stamina probably a significant factor in a poor chasing at Punchestown (2m7f, heavy); much more like it when making all and jumping well to beat a shorter-priced stablemate over 2m1f at Fairyhouse.

2/1

1st

5

14th Jan 2026

Yielding

2m 1f 30y

14:50 Fairyhouse

Port Joulain

11st 12lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

One of three for trainer; cost 300,000GBP after winning a point; followed up in a Gowran bumper (2m2f, heavy); took a Punchestown maiden hurdle on third attempt over timber (2m3f, heavy); made an inauspicious start to chasing career at Punchestown last month when tailed off (2m7f, heavy); surely better than that and Townend rides.

7/1

8/1

  • Place: £1.10

Form:

Last run:

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Wide margin winner of a point with four finishers when last seen 70 days ago but runner-up has done nothing for the form since; market likely to be revealing on rules bow.
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1

26th Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 6f 111y

13:25 Galway

Good N Kind

11st 12lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

Won a point in 2023; second in a bumper; fair standard in his two runs over hurdles, though his win was gained in a weak race at Cork; takes on experienced types here.

10/1

1st

8

21st Apr 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

13:15 Cork

Good N Kind

11st 12lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

made all, clear with one other when ridden before last, kept on and always doing enough

4/5

1st

8

21st Apr 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

13:15 Cork

Good N Kind

11st 12lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

made all, clear with one other when ridden before last, kept on and always doing enough

4/5

OUR TIP

16/1

  • Place: £2.00

Form: 4472

Last run: 41 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-brother to Come On Teddy; consistent in four bumper outings and just about a career best when a distant second over this sort of trip at Naas in January; may do better when stepped up in trip handicapping.
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4

2nd Nov 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

15:55 Cork

His Nibs

11st 11lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Promise in bumpers in the first half of 2024; ordinary form in maiden hurdles; attracted significant market support on his handicap debut in a 23-runner contest at Leopardstown last Christmas; finished fifth, showing enough to suggest he can win a race of some description.

4/1

4

2nd Nov 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

15:55 Cork

His Nibs

11st 11lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Promise in bumpers in the first half of 2024; ordinary form in maiden hurdles; attracted significant market support on his handicap debut in a 23-runner contest at Leopardstown last Christmas; finished fifth, showing enough to suggest he can win a race of some description.

4/1

4

2nd Nov 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

15:55 Cork

His Nibs

11st 11lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Promise in bumpers in the first half of 2024; ordinary form in maiden hurdles; attracted significant market support on his handicap debut in a 23-runner contest at Leopardstown last Christmas; finished fifth, showing enough to suggest he can win a race of some description.

4/1

Form: 2

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Runner-up in a mares' bumper here on debut when behind a well backed odds on shot from Closutton; should progress but may ultimately need further than this.
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12

15th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 90y

19:05 Kilbeggan

Kate Knows Best

11st 5lb

J: Kevin Healy

T: John Patrick Ryan

Sligo maiden hurdle winner last year (2m2f, good); fine effort when beaten 9.5l into third by the smart I'll Sort That at Galway after; didn't make it past the first on chase debut at Clonmel 164 days ago; each-way chance.

18/1

6

26th Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 156y

15:05 Galway

Kate Knows Best

11st 3lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: John Patrick Ryan

Back from a break to make all in a 2m2f maiden for mares at Sligo (good) in May and that was after a break of 260 days, so clearly able when fresh; this is a lot tougher, though.

33/1

1st

5

13th May 2025

Good

2m 1f 180y

18:00 Sligo

Kate Knows Best

10st 13lb

J: Daniel King

T: John Patrick Ryan

made all, jumped left 3 out, faced challenge approaching last, ridden clear run-in, readily

9/2

Form:

Last run:

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won his point easily before £335,000 sale to this yard; runner-up from his point didn't really do anything for the form in a subsequent point effort; likeable pedigree and Swan is value for his 5lb; should be in the mix.
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7

29th Mar 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 7f 150y

17:30 Downpatrick

Tumuch

12st 0lb

J: Mr N McParlan

T: Tom Dreaper

Fetched 335,000GBP after winning a maiden at Lingstown in 2023; placed once over hurdles for Gordon Elliott; showed little or no promise over jumps last season; won the first of two starts in points for his new owner Jamie Dwyer and now has first run for Tom Dreaper, who saddled two winners in points last weekend.

14/1

6th

10

27th Mar 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

15:12 Clonmel

Tumuch

11st 12lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Gordon Elliott

towards rear

40/1

12

9th Mar 2025

Soft

2m 4f 29y

16:12 Naas

Tumuch

11st 12lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Gordon Elliott

Point winner; promising without winning over timber but tailed off when 150-1 for a Thurles beginners' last month; needs to leave that run behind.

33/1

Form: 2

Last run: 23 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Big run on debut when beaten 1l at Clonmel; the winner from that race is a nice prospect and had the benefit of experience; has the best rules form on offer.
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3rd

5

2nd Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 88y

Class 4

13:02 Southwell

Whatsyourproblem

11st 8lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Won a maiden hurdle at Huntingdon in April (2m, good) and improved on his first try over fences when 1.75l third over C&D last time (soft); contender.

5/2

3

30th Sep 2025

Good

2m 0f 77y

Class 4

16:07 Sedgefield

Whatsyourproblem

12st 0lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Came good over hurdles at eighth attempt, easily justifying skinny odds in modest Huntingdon maiden (2m, good) in April; tackles stronger opposition and has fitness to prove on this chasing debut but still has possibilities if he takes well to fences.

4/1

1st

4

11th Apr 2025

Good

1m 7f 171y

Class 4

16:35 Huntingdon

Whatsyourproblem

11st 4lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Slightly disappointing when only fifth at Fontwell (2m1f, good) a fortnight ago and now 0-7 over hurdles but ran well from the front when close second at Southwell (2m, good to soft) two starts ago and has strong claims in a modest race here.

1/2

Form: 328

Last run: 215 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Runner-up to Sundial in a maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan last summer before a lesser effort in a Cork bumper; might want better ground than what is likely; off 215 days.
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1st

8

12th May 2026

Good

3m 1f 172y

19:58 Sligo

Mr Dibbs

10st 13lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: S Curling

Maiden hurdle winner; good second here last August off this mark (20.5f, good); poor form in three points since and jumped poorly when pulled up on return to hurdling at Kilbeggan latest; blinkers reached for.

25/1

3

24th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 154y

18:28 Kilbeggan

Mr Dibbs

11st 13lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: S Curling

Maiden hurdle winner here in 2024 (2m4f, good); good second at Sligo when last seen under rules' in August last year off 97 (2m5f, good) in final start for Adrian Murray; point-to-point form since then raises questions

20/1

Form: 0-724

Last run: 41 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Went close in a heavy ground Limerick bumper on his penultimate start but only remote fourth since and both pedigree and the way he's shaped suggest he may need further.
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6th

7

2nd Apr 2026

Soft

2m 3f 114y

19:30 Clonmel

RememberHesmine

12st 0lb

J: Mr J Flood

T: P G Fahey

Best run in six bumper starts came when runner-up at Limerick over Christmas time in 2023; has been off the track close to two years; market will reveal expectations on return.

8/1

5th

8

29th May 2024

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

20:30 Wexford

RememberHesmine

12st 0lb

J: Mr A P Fahey

T: P G Fahey

took keen hold, raced in second, weakened from under 4f out

9/1

3rd

9

10th May 2024

Good

2m 5f 180y

17:05 Downpatrick

RememberHesmine

11st 12lb

J: Mr A P Fahey

T: P G Fahey

in touch with leaders, headway and went third approaching last, kept on, no match for first two

12/1

Form:

Last run: 215 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Last of 17 in a Cork bumper and pulled up in a point since.
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13

16th May 2024

Good

2m 0f 49y

20:30 Clonmel

Two Mile House

12st 0lb

J: Mr P R O’Neill

T: Kieran Purcell

towards rear, detached halfway

100/1

13

16th May 2024

Good

2m 0f 49y

20:30 Clonmel

Two Mile House

12st 0lb

J: Mr P R O’Neill

T: Kieran Purcell

Little sign of ability in bumpers and a point so can't be fancied.

100/1

7

9th Mar 2024

Heavy

2m 2f 0y

17:40 Gowran Park

Two Mile House

12st 0lb

J: Mr P R O’Neill

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Last of 17 in a Cork bumper and pulled up in a point since.

200/1

Form: P

Last run: 14 days

W: 11st 4lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Pulled up when 125s for his debut a fortnight ago.
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13

24th Feb 2024

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

13:30 Fairyhouse

Clonmihil

10st 8lb

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Edward Buckley

led, headed but prominent after 1st

50/1

Non-runners

Rememberhesmine

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €3.70
Straight Forecast €3.96
Trifecta €20.10

Selections

POSTDATA:

Kate Knows Best

SPOTLIGHT:

Port Joulain

The Irish Sun:

Tumuch