October 25 / 14.00 Sligo

14.00

Yielding

Sligo Races Halloween Hurdle

  • Prize money: £6156.52
  • 2m 1f 176y
  • 3 runners
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Sligo Races Halloween Hurdle

Runners: 3 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

OUR TIP

4/1 (Won)

  • Win: £1.91

Form: 304-01 D

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Progressive handicap chaser and now rated 154 over fences after Listowel win; won hurdle on debut in France at four but long time since he's run in this sphere; missed a Grade 2 engagement over fences earlier this month and maybe this run is just to keep him ticking over until a return to chasing.
Place /
No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

1

(5)

19th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 4f 0y

17:30 Curragh

Solness

10st 5lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Three-time Grade 1-winning chaser makes his Flat debut here at the age of eight; his dam is an unraced half-sister to a German 1m Listed winner; it's hard to know what to expect from him, but he's an intriguing runner and hails from a savvy yard in great form.

11/2

3rd

6

25th Apr 2026

Good

1m 7f 99y

Class 1

14:55 Sandown

Solness

11st 10lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Smart front-runner whose Grade 1 form features three wins at Leopardstown (2m1f) in 2024/2025 and neck second, showing career-best form, at Aintree (2m4f, good to soft) on latest start; one of the main contenders back down in distance.

7/2

2nd

7

10th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 200y

Class 1

15:30 Aintree

Solness

11st 10lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Tailed off at Leopardstown in February when the soft ground was against him and a visor replaced his usual cheekpieces, which return today; prior to that he posted a third Grade 1 win at Leopardstown (2m1f, yielding) in December; there's a question mark regarding the step back up in trip for this front-runner but his trainer won this twice in a row with Fakir d'Oudairies in 2021 and 2022, and this 8yo arrives fresh after just two starts this winter; chance.

9/1

Form: 25253-

Last run: 175 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 148

Form & Verdict
Remarkable that he's still eligible for a winners-of-one and that kind of tells you the tale of his career; talented but invariably the bridesmaid, often in very good company; only beaten 11l when fifth in Champion Hurdle in March, so really should be winning this; wore blinkers then, no headgear here but decent record fresh; new jockey.
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13th

7

11th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 0y

Class 1

14:40 Cheltenham

Colonel Mustard

11st 7lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Mrs Lorna Fowler

Two races this autumn (one a 2m4f Grade 2 from The Yellow Clay) were his first wins for ages and he wasn't disgraced on latest outing; third in the 2022 County and fifth in this race last year in his only two handicaps at this meeting, but he's higher in the weights today and is now an 11yo, so can't be the percentage call.

33/1

4th

3

8th Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 5f 180y

14:50 Navan

Colonel Mustard

11st 8lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Mrs Lorna Fowler

Win record has not reflected his ability for much of his career; only one success before this season's victories in a conditions race at Sligo and 2m4f Grade 2 at this venue; needs to bounce back now having been tailed off in the Long Walk at Ascot.

9/2

1st

1

24th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 112y

14:35 Sligo

Colonel Mustard

11st 12lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Mrs Lorna Fowler

Just one win over hurdles but has been placed plenty of times including in graded races; was fifth in the Coral Cup before a fourth in a Fairyhouse Grade 2; was runner-up in this race last year after a similar absence so has to be respected as the top-rated in the field.

2/1

Form: 24-032

Last run: 46 days

W: 11st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 133

Form & Verdict
Solid handicap form although it didn't happen for him in the Galway Hurdle where he played up at the start; held off this mark when third at Killarney and when stepped up in trip in three-runner event last time; rider's claim means he hasn't that much to find on paper with Colonel Mustard but beginning to look a bit exposed.
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6th

5

(3)

20th Jul 2026

Good

1m 4f 179y

20:10 Ballinrobe

Kings Hill

9st 9lb

J: Rory Cleary

T: Paul John Gilligan

Chase and hurdle winner ran well on latest when runner-up in the Connacht National at Roscommon; beaten 12l when fourth on sole Flat start over 1m2f at Leopardstown in July 2024; would prefer softer ground.

22/1

2nd

8

8th Jun 2026

Yielding To Soft

3m 1f 24y

18:48 Roscommon

Kings Hill

10st 10lb

J: Gavin Brouder

T: Paul John Gilligan

Best form on soft and heavy ground; won a novice handicap chase at Limerick in March (2m2f, heavy) off 117; stayed on for a 10l third of 17 over 2m5f (yld-sft) at Fairyhouse in April off revised mark of 124; worth another go at this sort of trip and the more rain that falls the better his chance will be.

15/2

Non-runners

Any Road

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €5.50
Straight Forecast €4.03
Trifecta €4.10

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Colonel Mustard

POSTDATA:

Solness

The Irish Sun:

Solness

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Colonel Mustard

TOPSPEED:

Colonel Mustard