October 30 / 15.05 Wexford

15.05

Soft

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Hurdle

  • Prize money: £6445.38
  • 2m 4f 150y
  • 7 runners
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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Hurdle

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

8/1 (Won)

  • Win: £9.80
  • Place: £3.00

Form: 21313 D

Last run: 28 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Solid bumper form, featuring Down Royal maiden hurdle winner over 2m4f at the same venue in August; goes well for her regular rider and helps to give her trainer a strong hand; encounters soft ground for the first time.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

2

24th Nov 2024

Yielding

2m 2f 0y

12:40 Punchestown

Champella

10st 11lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Ross O’Sullivan

Improved mare won handicaps at Galway and Listowel this term; might not have stayed 2m7f at Limerick last time and the drop to this trip should suit, so looks a player.

5/1

5th

2

24th Nov 2024

Yielding

2m 2f 0y

12:40 Punchestown

Champella

10st 11lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Ross O’Sullivan

Improved mare won handicaps at Galway and Listowel this term; might not have stayed 2m7f at Limerick last time and the drop to this trip should suit, so looks a player.

5/1

5th

2

19th Oct 2024

Good

2m 6f 180y

14:45 Limerick

Champella

10st 9lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Ross O’Sullivan

led narrowly or disputed lead, headed but prominent before 3rd, jumped right 2 out, weakened from last

4/1

9/2

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 213B8- D

Last run: 196 days

W: 11st 1lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
Won a 2m4f maiden at Fairyhouse in January and creditable third in Navan Listed contest next time; weakening when brought down two out in Limerick Grade 3; did not jump well when highly tried in a Grade 1 event in April; has changed stable
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4th

4

1st Jan 2024

Heavy

2m 5f 92y

14:25 Fairyhouse

My Design

10st 12lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Declan Queally

didn't jump with fluency, pressed leader early, dropped to last before 5th

14/1

7th

6

3rd Dec 2023

Soft

3m 5f 130y

12:55 Fairyhouse

My Design

11st 0lb

J: Mr R W Barron

T: Declan Queally

prominent, led after 1st, mistake 13th, not fluent 5 out, headed 3 out, soon weakened

6/1

1st

4

3rd Oct 2023

Soft To Heavy

2m 6f 210y

15:35 Galway

My Design

10st 13lb

J: Mr R W Barron

T: Declan Queally

made all, not fluent 1st, faced challenge 2 out, mistake last, soon ridden and ran on, comfortably

7/1

Form: 8/15P4

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 1lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
2m maiden hurdle winner at Punchestown May; needs to improve on handicap fifth off 111 at Galway handicap and has plenty to prove now having struggled over fences on her last two starts.
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3

1st Jun 2024

Good

2m 4f 80y

16:50 Listowel

Return To Base

11st 9lb

J: Kevin Sexton

T: Gordon Elliott

Just over a year ago she won a Downpatrick handicap off 5lb lower (they also claimed 7lb) on yielding ground and she doesn't want it any softer than that, which excuses her poor latest effort; better expected here but it's a stretch to call her well handicapped.

20/1

0

2

26th Dec 2023

Soft

2m 4f 0y

14:08 Limerick

Return To Base

11st 9lb

J: Carl Millar

T: Gordon Elliott

Dual winning hurdler; didn't seem to get home over 2m6f at Ballinrobe in September when last seen; useful 7lb taken off her back here and not one to discount.

8/1

Form: 6/712-

Last run: 196 days

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Mare

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
Was running for only the third time when winning 2m6f mares' maiden at Punchestown in February in testing ground with a much-improved round of jumping; beaten 10l in a staying handicap at Cork in April, but was 15l clear of the third; lacks a recent run.
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2nd

9

16th Dec 2023

Soft

2m 4f 56y

Class 2

15:35 Cheltenham

Martha Divine

10st 5lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Harry Fry

2m6f maiden winner and twice runner-up since in 3m handicaps, all in the mud; those were her best results for Paul Nolan in Ireland, whom she left for £28,000 in May; had wind surgery since and the cheekpieces worn on last three starts are replaced by a hood; probably needs a career best.

12/1

7th

7

23rd Mar 2023

Soft

3m 0f 0y

15:50 Cork

Martha Divine

11st 1lb

J: Aidan Kelly

T: Paul Nolan

Maiden winner last year has mostly acquitted herself creditably in handicaps since; not beaten far on last two starts and shouldn't be too far away again.

9/1

7th

11

19th Feb 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 7f 115y

15:45 Punchestown

Martha Divine

10st 12lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Paul Nolan

Stayed on well to win a 2m6f course maiden hurdle last February; second on her handicap debut in a competitive Cork contest at Easter; returned to form when second at Fairyhouse last month; closely matched with Cher Why Not on that running.

6/1

Form: /5P-0P C

Last run: 142 days

W: 11st 5lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Sole win from 26 starts over hurdles came off 85 in a 3m handicap here in 2019; totally out of form this year; no chance at these weights.
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5th

2

3rd Jun 2023

Good

1m 7f 100y

17:30 Tramore

Caddy Shack

11st 7lb

J: Mr R A Berry

T: J A Berry

Modest locally-trained mare has been off since January and will need mishaps from the others to have any chance.

40/1

17

30th Jan 2023

Soft

2m 4f 70y

15:42 Punchestown

Caddy Shack

10st 13lb

J: Mr J P Berry

T: J A Berry

Well over 3 years since her sole win (3m, heavy) and has struggled over fences of late; hard to fancy on balance of recent form.

25/1

4th

5

8th Jan 2023

Soft

2m 0f 0y

13:20 Naas

Caddy Shack

10st 9lb

J: Conor Smithers

T: J A Berry

77-rated chaser and 80-rated hurdler; hopelessly out of her depth here.

250/1

Form: 523-11

Last run: 157 days

W: 11st 1lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Showed promise in bumpers in the first half of last season and returned from a winter break in May to land a Bangor-on-Dee bumper; made a bright start over hurdles 12 days later readily beating a subsequent winner at Limerick; new trip here should suit; leading chance.
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11

26th Apr 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 3f 180y

16:15 Punchestown

Rocco Bay

11st 3lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: Peter Fahey

Won Bangor bumper and Limerick maiden hurdle last year but well below that level in her last three starts; has plenty to find.

66/1

6th

6

11th Feb 2023

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

13:40 Naas

Rocco Bay

11st 3lb

J: Kevin Sexton

T: Peter Fahey

Followed up a Bangor mares' bumper win with a maiden hurdle success at Limerick early in the season but shown nothing twice winter; has a bit to find too; wears first-time hood.

20/1

7th

6

18th Dec 2022

Frozen

1m 7f 111y

14:14 Thurles

Rocco Bay

10st 11lb

J: Kevin Sexton

T: Peter Fahey

Finished third behind Pink in the Park in a Listowel bumper before winning a Limerick maiden hurdle; pulled up over 2m4f last time out in very testing conditions; needs to bounce back here.

12/1

OUR TIP

Form: 22120-

Last run: 229 days

W: 10st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Useful juvenile hurdler last season; gave two good performances in Listed events in Britain, winner at Aintree and second at Doncaster, both events comprehensively dominated by Irish raiders; never in the hunt in the Fred Winter; no doubts about fitness following two Flat runs, though slight concern that she made so little impact in those two races.
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9th

12

12th Mar 2023

Soft

2m 3f 0y

15:42 Naas

Sea Sessions

10st 2lb

J: Conor Orr

T: Ross O’Sullivan

Useful juvenile hurdler last season but has been well beaten on latest runs and not easy to fancy.

40/1

10th

7

14th Jan 2023

Soft To Heavy

3m 0f 0y

13:37 Fairyhouse

Sea Sessions

11st 1lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: Ross O’Sullivan

always towards rear, pushed along and struggling from 3 out, soon ridden and beaten, tailed off

33/1

16th

6

13th Nov 2022

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

15:05 Navan

Sea Sessions

11st 9lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: Ross O’Sullivan

midfield, pushed along when reminders after 4 out, lost position and weakening when mistake 3 out

14/1

Non-runners

Sea Sessions

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €22.60
Straight Forecast €17.09
Trifecta €196.40

Selections

TOPSPEED:

Rocco Bay

SPOTLIGHT:

Sea Sessions

RP Ratings (IRE):

Martha Divine

POSTDATA:

Rocco Bay

The Irish Sun:

Sea Sessions