September 21 / 16.55 Listowel

16.55

Good

Brandon Hotel Beginners Chase

  • Prize money: £6941.18
  • 2m 6f 0y
  • 8 runners
TG4
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Brandon Hotel Beginners Chase

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

OUR TIP

11/4 (Won)

  • Win: £2.10
  • Place: £1.30

Form: 3611-

Last run: 147 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Won last two starts over hurdles including handicap at Punchestown festival (2m4f); was going to hack up in sole point-to-point when falling at the last; likely type to make up into a decent chaser.
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14th

8

2nd Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 5f 107y

14:45 Leopardstown

Life In The Park

11st 2lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

Sole win in 14 chase starts came in 2022; creditable runs in the Plate at Cheltenham and the Galway Plate but more recent 3m efforts have been poor; plenty to find.

25/1

14th

8

2nd Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 5f 107y

14:45 Leopardstown

Life In The Park

11st 2lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

Sole win in 14 chase starts came in 2022; creditable runs in the Plate at Cheltenham and the Galway Plate but more recent 3m efforts have been poor; plenty to find.

25/1

18th

11

27th Dec 2024

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 100y

15:00 Leopardstown

Life In The Park

11st 5lb

J: Rachael Blackmore

T: Henry De Bromhead

visibility reduced by fog, midfield

28/1

16/1

  • Place: £2.70

Form: 304-68

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Useful staying hurdler; only 11-2 and fit from a run at the Galway festival but was tailed off on chase debut at Killarney.
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2

2nd Jul 2023

Good

2m 7f 70y

Class 2

15:52 Uttoxeter

Perfect Attitude

11st 10lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: Gordon Elliott

prominent, in touch with leaders 4th

9/1

7th

6

14th May 2023

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 0y

15:55 Killarney

Perfect Attitude

11st 4lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gordon Elliott

prominent

13/2

5

26th Apr 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 3f 180y

16:45 Punchestown

Perfect Attitude

11st 12lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Gordon Elliott

towards rear, mistake and unseated 4 out

8/1

Form: 69490-

Last run: 156 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Point winner was useful over hurdles (rated 127), including respectable mid-field run in Pertemps Final; blinkered last three starts but not here; chase debut.
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2

23rd Mar 2024

Heavy

2m 7f 100y

16:33 Navan

Folcano

11st 12lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Winning hurdler three seasons ago; first two chase runs in the autumn of 2022 were respectable, below best at Gowran later that year; absent since.

12/1

Form: 6119P-

Last run: 147 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Won big pot over hurdles in 3m handicap at Dublin Racing Festival; well beaten afterwards in Albert Bartlett and another Grade 1 at Punchestown; chase debut.
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No Results Found

Form: 3113F- D

Last run: 147 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Point winner and smart staying novice over hurdles, winning four times and third in Albert Bartlett; best of these in that sphere and good chasing prospect.
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1

4th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 7f 171y

Class 4

16:42 Ludlow

Bardenstown Lad

12st 6lb

J: Mr Darren Andrews

T: Warwick Ryan-Beswick

Won a point and a Fakenham hunter chase about this time last year before predictably struggling at lengthy odds in the feature hunter chases at Cheltenham and Aintree; badly let down by his jumping in calmer waters afterwards and this 11yo now has much to prove.

16/1

1

14th May 2025

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

17:05 Newton Abbot

Bardenstown Lad

12st 8lb

J: Mr Edward Vaughan

T: David Loughnane

Won a point and a Fakenham hunter chase in February before making no impact in the big hunter chases at Cheltenham and Aintree (behind when unseating); found no fluency and was well held when falling at Stratford (2m6f, good); comes with risks on the back of that effort but this is a modest contest.

4/6

1

14th May 2025

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

17:05 Newton Abbot

Bardenstown Lad

12st 8lb

J: Mr Edward Vaughan

T: David Loughnane

Won a point and a Fakenham hunter chase in February before making no impact in the big hunter chases at Cheltenham and Aintree (behind when unseating); found no fluency and was well held when falling at Stratford (2m6f, good); comes with risks on the back of that effort but this is a modest contest.

4/6

Form: 87U0-4

Last run: 137 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Won three in a row in 2m handicap hurdles last term and rated 129 in that discipline; chase debut after returning from a brief spell in Britain.
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9th

5

26th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 5f 0y

14:50 Cork

Lucky Max

11st 5lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Sean Thomas Doyle

towards rear

15/2

4th

3

10th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 3f 120y

15:12 Down Royal

Lucky Max

11st 12lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Sean Thomas Doyle

Four-time winner over hurdles and beaten a nose in a Naas handicap in March; well beaten in a Punchestown handicap hurdle in April; out of his depth in the Galway Hurdle; did not seem to take to chasing last season, soundly beaten in races at Listowel and Gowran; best watched.

8/1

Form: P0310-

Last run: 187 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Flat winner and decent handicapper over hurdles (rated 126); not the scopiest sort to send over fences and best form at 2m.
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3rd

5

23rd Mar 2026

Good

1m 7f 50y

Class 4

14:15 Wincanton

Bigz Belief

10st 4lb

J: Tpr Elizabeth Feakes

T: Fergal O’Brien

Best of three hurdle runs for new stable this season when second of five in soft-ground Leicester seller (2m4f) in December; reverts to this code after going close off his basement Flat mark three weeks ago but others have more compelling claims; first ride under rules for Elizabeth Feakes.

6/1

2nd

8

(2)

2nd Mar 2026

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

20:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Bigz Belief

8st 10lb

J: Gina Mangan

T: Fergal O’Brien

This season's hurdling form for Fergal O'Brien was uninspiring and he was safely held when fourth in C&D classified race on Flat return in January; difficult to enthuse over.

14/1

4th

1

(6)

26th Jan 2026

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Bigz Belief

9st 9lb

J: Gina Mangan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Triple hurdle winner but his last success was in 2023 and he was well held at Taunton last Saturday; now returns to the Flat for the first time in 16 months and he's 1-24 in this sphere; opposable.

12/1

Form: 0/P860

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Modest form over hurdles; little chance in this company on chase debut.
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3

27th Mar 2026

Good

3m 0f 45y

Class 4

14:50 Wetherby

Ithaka

11st 10lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Ryan Potter

Pulled up in both starts since opening his chase account in Hereford contest; still seeking first success above Class 5; cheekpieces added.

14/1

4

15th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 4

15:20 Chepstow

Ithaka

11st 11lb

J: Freddie Mitchell

T: Ryan Potter

Perhaps found out by the 3m6f trip at Exeter and heavy ground wasn't ideal when best efforts have been on good to soft or good; again reservations on that score here, but he was running well prior to last time.

10/1

8

20th Feb 2026

Heavy

3m 6f 153y

Class 3

15:45 Exeter

Ithaka

10st 2lb

J: Freddie Mitchell

T: Ryan Potter

4l winner under Freddie Mitchell at Hereford (extended 3m1f) in January on latest outing but 8lb higher today, including 3lb out of the handicap; also not proven on worse than good to soft (had two attempts on soft) and this sort of trip is something new to him.

9/1

Non-runners

Ithaka

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Payout
Exacta €14.50
Straight Forecast €14.97
Trifecta €92.70

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