16.25

J: Sam Coen

8/1

Form: 5-6978 CD

Last run: 156 days

W: 10st 1lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 81

Form & Verdict

3-37 on turf; handles most ground but best when the mud is flying, just as it was last year for his C&D win at this meeting off 82; 1lb lower now and won off 89 last November; off since April but can go well fresh; has to be considered under promising 10lb claimer.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
3rd 15 (2)	31st May 2026 Good 0m 6f 60y	15:15 Listowel Mickey The Steel 8st 13lb T: Joseph Anthony Murray	First reserve; five-time winner loves the mud and solid placed form over 6f/7f early in the season; has had a break since unplaced run at the Curragh.
13th 16 (1)	19th Apr 2026 Soft 0m 7f 0y	16:45 Curragh Mickey The Steel 9st 1lb J: Wesley Joyce T: Joseph Anthony Murray	Useful sprinter who is suited by soft conditions; third in opening two 6f runs this season here (heavy) and at Naas (soft); upped in trip when runner-up over C&D last time; was 4.75l behind winner Red Charlie that day but now 14lb swing at the weights, although he had race-fitness on his side that day.	8/1
2nd 7 (15)	28th Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 0m 7f 0y	17:25 Curragh Mickey The Steel 9st 10lb J: Wesley Joyce T: Joseph Anthony Murray	Useful sprinter in this grade; suited by testing conditions; worth a shot at 7f after two good runs at 6f in the last fortnight; third here with Merisi Diamond back in sixth; same place at Naas with Eichan San among those behind, not guaranteed to uphold that form.	8/1

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3rd

(2)

31st May 2026

Good

0m 6f 60y

15:15 Listowel

8st 13lb

First reserve; five-time winner loves the mud and solid placed form over 6f/7f early in the season; has had a break since unplaced run at the Curragh.

13th

(1)

19th Apr 2026

Soft

0m 7f 0y

16:45 Curragh

9st 1lb

J: Wesley Joyce

Useful sprinter who is suited by soft conditions; third in opening two 6f runs this season here (heavy) and at Naas (soft); upped in trip when runner-up over C&D last time; was 4.75l behind winner Red Charlie that day but now 14lb swing at the weights, although he had race-fitness on his side that day.

8/1

2nd

(15)

28th Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

0m 7f 0y

17:25 Curragh

9st 10lb

J: Wesley Joyce

Useful sprinter in this grade; suited by testing conditions; worth a shot at 7f after two good runs at 6f in the last fortnight; third here with Merisi Diamond back in sixth; same place at Naas with Eichan San among those behind, not guaranteed to uphold that form.

8/1

5th

4 (4)

J: Gary Carroll

9/1

Form: 200548 D

Last run: 11 days

W: 9st 5lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 71

Form & Verdict

Grand servant is 13-81 on turf; likes it here and shaped well at Navan on his penultimate start off 76; poor effort there latest behind a couple of these but now down to a workable mark of 71; however, all thirteen of his wins have come on good or quicker so this ground has to be a big worry.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
9 (10)	19th May 2026 Good 0m 5f 0y	17:42 Cork Only Spoofing 9st 7lb J: Rory Cleary T: Kevin Thomas Coleman	Hardy veteran has won fourteen races on turf, all on good and good to firm ground, but handles an ease; is 15lb lower than when winning at Musselburgh last year and didn't run badly at Bellewstown (5f, soft) on latest; could go well.	10/1
6th 5 (13)	11th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 0m 5f 3y	17:55 Bellewstown Only Spoofing 9st 9lb J: Rory Cleary T: Kevin Thomas Coleman	Likeable veteran won for the fourteenth time at Musselburgh (5f, good) last April and is 13lb lower now; showed some spark when a 2l fourth at Dundalk on penultimate and was third over this C&D (soft) off 5lb higher in October; can't discount.	14/1
8th 7 (5)	20th Mar 2026 Standard 0m 5f 0y	16:37 Dundalk (AW) Only Spoofing 8st 13lb J: Rory Cleary T: Kevin Thomas Coleman	Attractive handicap mark, but veteran's 14 wins have come on turf; 0-11 on AW but his 2l fourth over 6f here last time is a reason for hope, as is the drop back to 5f now.	6/1

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19th May 2026

Good

0m 5f 0y

17:42 Cork

9st 7lb

J: Rory Cleary

Hardy veteran has won fourteen races on turf, all on good and good to firm ground, but handles an ease; is 15lb lower than when winning at Musselburgh last year and didn't run badly at Bellewstown (5f, soft) on latest; could go well.

10/1

6th

(13)

11th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

0m 5f 3y

17:55 Bellewstown

9st 9lb

J: Rory Cleary

Likeable veteran won for the fourteenth time at Musselburgh (5f, good) last April and is 13lb lower now; showed some spark when a 2l fourth at Dundalk on penultimate and was third over this C&D (soft) off 5lb higher in October; can't discount.

14/1

8th

(5)

20th Mar 2026

Standard

0m 5f 0y

16:37 Dundalk (AW)

8st 13lb

J: Rory Cleary