17.15
YieldingFrank Conroy Irish EBF Maiden
- Prize money: £9234.78
- 1m 0f 0y
- 8 runners
Runners: 8 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
7/4 (Won)
- Win: £2.38
- Place: £1.10
Form: 2
Last run: 26 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th 4 (2) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 2f 110y |
9st 5lb |
Beat the top-class Delacroix in a Leopardstown Group 2 as a 2yo (1m, good); sixth in the 2,000 Guineas before making all in a Leopardstown Listed race in June (1m1f, good); respectable efforts in the Irish Derby here (1m4f, good) and in a York Group 2 (10.5f, good); shaped as though he would improve over his return in a Group 3 here last time when fading into fourth (1m2f, soft); a good bit to find with the top ones here all the same. |
25/1 |
5/2
- Place: £1.50
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th 9 (4) |
18th Oct 2025 Good 1m 1f 212y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
Ballydoyle colt who is progressive in the main; justified favouritism in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown (good to yielding) most recently, taking his form figures over 1m2f to 11121 and overall strike-rate to 6-11; unable to match Ombudsman's late acceleration in the International but had got up late on to collar that rival in the Eclipse and is set for another gripping rematch. |
3/1 |
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1st 5 (8) |
13th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 2f 0y |
9st 3lb |
Won two Derby trials over C&D and bounced back from Epsom failure to win the Eclipse at Sandown (1m2f, good to firm); deserved much credit for overhauling Ombudsman late on, having found trouble in running in the straight; beaten by the same top-class rival at York; reputation largely restored all the same; major player for stable denied six in a row in this last year. |
10/11 |
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2nd 6 (3) |
20th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 1m 2f 56y Class 1 |
9st 1lb |
Won two Derby trials this spring and bounced back from Derby disappointment to win the Group 1 Eclipse at Sandown (1m2f, good to firm) last month; he deserves immense credit for overhauling Ombudsman late on last time having found trouble in running in the straight and got behind, and it was a performance that suggests he could take plenty of beating today. |
15/8 |
11/2
- Place: £1.10
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1st 10 (3) |
18th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 2m 3f 210y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
Plenty went wrong for him in the Queen's Vase here one year ago (still a close fifth) but unbeaten with cheekpieces added for his five starts since; that includes the St Leger at Doncaster (by a neck from Rahiebb) in September and two 1m6f events this spring (familiar route to this race for his stable) but also, and perhaps most tellingly, the 2m Goodwood Cup last July in which he asserted late on from last year's Gold Cup second; high class and there's plenty in those 1m6f/2m performances which suggests he will be a thorough stayer. |
7/4 |
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1st 1 (1) |
15th May 2026 Good 1m 6f 0y |
9st 10lb |
Won four of his five races at three; improved with cheekpieces after Queen's Vase fifth, won a 1m5f Group 3 at Newmarket by almost 9l and mastering older stablemate Illinois in the Goodwood Cup (2m, good); dug deep to hold off Rahiebb on soft ground in the St Leger; readily coped with Dallas Star at Navan last month and now continues on the Kyprios route to the Gold Cup. |
2/9 |
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1st 2 (4) |
25th Apr 2026 Yielding 1m 6f 0y |
9st 10lb |
Won four of his five races at three, the exception when a close-up fifth behind Carmers in the 1m6f Queen's Vase; improved with cheekpieces, winning a five-runner 1m5f Group 3 at Newmarket by almost 9l and mastering older stablemate Illinois in the Goodwood Cup (2m, good); dug deep to hold off Rahieb on soft ground in the St Leger (Carmers fifth); top-class stayer. |
4/5 |
20/1
Form: 6
Last run: 10 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13 |
15th Jun 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 4f 0y |
10st 12lb |
Looked a nice prospect when landing a 3yo maiden hurdle at Cork in December; down the field when well-fancied in Fred Winter at Cheltenham; two poor Flat runs since and jumping let him down when fifth at Ballinrobe 21 days ago; should improve plenty for that but needs to up in trip. |
11/2 |
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5th 13 |
25th May 2026 Good 2m 1f 54y |
10st 12lb |
Dual-purpose; won a maiden hurdle at Cork in December (2m1f, sft-hvy); has run well on this sort of ground on the level; failed to beat a rival in 9.5f handicap here on latest; not an obvious candidate for this discipline on breeding. |
14/1 |
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9th 1 (7) |
8th May 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 1f 133y |
10st 4lb |
Curragh maiden winner for Jim Bolger last season (6f) and pick of form for current yard when runner-up in 1m2f handicap at same venue; useful hurdler (won at Cork on testing ground) but well held in Fred Winter; Flat return was scuppered when badly hampered early on in Curragh premier handicap last month; drops in grade here with visor tried. |
100/30 |
13/2
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th 6 (5) |
30th Sep 2025 Good To Yielding 1m 2f 90y |
9st 5lb |
Rated only 80 when outrunning odds of 300-1 as a pacemaker for his successful stablemate Zahrann in a Group 3 at the Curragh last time; unwise to take that form at face value given the balance of his achievements and Ben Coen prefers Reyenzi. |
10/1 |
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2nd 5 (1) |
16th Aug 2025 Good 1m 2f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Won a 1m Killarney maiden on heavy last year; very poor form this year; supporting role for Zahrann here. |
200/1 |
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8 (10) |
29th Jun 2025 Good 1m 1f 0y |
8st 12lb |
Won a 1m Killarney maiden on heavy last year; hasn't beaten a rival in two starts at Naas this term over varying trips and ground; hard to see him winning this. |
28/1 |
8/1
Form: 34
Last run: 50 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1st 3 (3) |
19th Oct 2024 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
in touch with leaders, switched right and headway from over 2f out, ridden to lead up the centre over 1f out, ran on |
7/2 |
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3rd 1 (4) |
23rd Aug 2024 Good 1m 0f 30y |
9st 12lb |
Ran well in pair of good maidens over 7f; didn't get home on first try at 1m in another hot maiden at Leopardstown but too early to say he doesn't stay this trip and has been gelded. |
11/4 |
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6th 7 (6) |
25th Jul 2024 Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Decent level of ability on both outings over 7f, staying on third here in May and raced handier at the Curragh, losing third late on; doesn't appear an obvious candidate for this step up in trip. |
8/1 |
20/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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9th 14 |
6th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 2lb |
1m4f winner; 0-6 as a hurdler but was third off this mark at Christmas and then ran into the smart Proactif here in January; the concern is his ordinary run last time at Down Royal (maiden). |
20/1 |
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6th 16 |
17th Mar 2026 Yielding 2m 1f 105y |
11st 2lb |
Flat winner; has made the frame in all five starts over timber; third to the useful Quinta Do Lago in a Punchestown maiden hurdle in November; another positive run in a Listed Limerick handicap hurdle; 12l fourth behind Proactif (beaten favourite for the Triumph) at Fairyhouse two months ago. |
4/1 |
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4th 4 |
14th Jan 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Flat winner is a maiden over hurdles but has never finished outside the top three in his four starts over timber; beaten 2.5l by Quinta Do Lago in a Punchestown maiden hurdle in November when third (2m, soft to heavy); another positive run in a Listed Limerick handicap hurdle (2m, soft to heavy) when 2.5l behind in third; he's consistent and claimer takes off 7lb now. |
7/1 |
50/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th 15 (10) |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 1m 4f 37y |
8st 11lb |
C&D winner last October on soft off 2lb higher; recent efforts leave her with a good bit to find and this quicker ground not ideal. |
25/1 |
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6th 14 (1) |
20th Jun 2026 Good 1m 4f 207y |
8st 12lb |
Won on soft ground at Bellewstown in October over an extended 1m4f off 1lb higher; moderate efforts since; chance at her best and rain will help. |
50/1 |
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13th 11 (6) |
7th Jun 2026 Good 1m 5f 0y |
9st 1lb |
Won off 2lb lower at Bellewstown last October (12.5f, soft); not a bad effort when midfield at Roscommon latest (1m4f, yld-sft); rain would boost chance. |
16/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €7.00 |
| Straight Forecast | €7.37 |
| Trifecta | €17.70 |
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