14.15

5

9th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 210y

Class 1

14:55 Aintree

Spillanes Tower

11st 10lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: James Joseph Mangan

Won two Grade 1s in Ireland in spring 2024 during novice chase campaign (2m4f/3m1f, heavy/yielding) and posted first win since in the Grade 2 Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham (3m1f, soft) this January; he was receiving 6lb from close runner-up L'Homme Presse last time and others in this have achieved more, but he's only eight and could still have improvement to come.

5/1

1st

4

24th Jan 2026

Soft

3m 1f 56y

Class 1

14:25 Cheltenham

Spillanes Tower

11st 4lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: James Joseph Mangan

Won two Grade 1s as a novice chaser, including over 3m1f at Punchestown in April 2024; no match for Galopin Des Champs in Punchestown Gold Cup 12 months later and he's been campaigned over shorter trips and hurdles since (not disgraced back at Punchestown on New Year's Eve); not easy to pin down but he should be suited by this return to fences and 3m+.

100/30

7th

2

30th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 7f 110y

18:05 Punchestown

Franciscan Rock

11st 10lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: M F Morris

Most recent of his three wins was in 2024; ran his best race for a long time when 50-1 runner-up in the BetMGM Cup at Cheltenham; remote eighth behind Teahupoo here 12 months ago; up against it.

33/1

2nd

19

11th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 0y

Class 1

14:40 Cheltenham

Franciscan Rock

10st 12lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: M F Morris

Fifth when 50-1 in this race in 2024 (1lb higher today) and 20l sixth when 80-1 for the Grade 1 Stayers' in 2025, close up turning for home on both occasions; not so good this season and this is a rare run without tongue-tie or other headgear; not entirely dismissed, though.

50/1

5th

3

22nd Jan 2026

Heavy

2m 7f 110y

13:45 Gowran Park

Franciscan Rock

11st 3lb

J: Gavin Brouder

T: M F Morris

Smart hurdler at his best; often highly tried, including at Cheltenham and Punchestown last season after he had finished third behind Rocky's Diamond in this race; anchored by a big burden in a handicap at Leopardstown at Christmas.

16/1

2nd

6

17th Dec 2023

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

12:00 Navan

Teuchters Glory

11st 12lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: W J Burke

travelled strongly, raced in second, led narrowly before 3 out, headed approaching last, kept on run-in, no match for winner

6/4

2nd

19

10th Dec 2023

Soft

2m 0f 185y

12:45 Cork

Teuchters Glory

11st 12lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: W J Burke

Promising third in a maiden hurdle at Naas in February before getting off the mark in a five-runner bumper at Limerick the following month; faded from two out into a remote fifth on seasonal debut at Gowran; rated 125, should be able to do better.

7/1

5th

12

11th Nov 2023

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:32 Gowran Park

Teuchters Glory

11st 12lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: W J Burke

prominent, soon raced in fourth, not fluent and lost ground 4 out, weakened from 2 out

8/1

2nd

3

19th May 2023

Good

2m 2f 165y

17:00 Downpatrick

Smooth Player

11st 12lb

J: Mr R James

T: Gordon Elliott

Bumper winner in 2021 has run some cracking races in defeat in six hurdle tries, including when second here in April; below that level at Tramore since at 2m when 4-7fav; needs to return to previous best.

7/2

2nd

2

17th Apr 2023

Soft

2m 0f 0y

16:45 Tramore

Smooth Player

11st 12lb

J: Michael O’Sullivan

T: Gordon Elliott

Useful bumper performer has stepped up a level in performance on latest two maiden hurdle runs, finishing second at Navan (2m, heavy) and chased home a warm favourite over 2m6f at Downpatrick on soft; clearly trip-versatile but this sharp 2m possibly not ideal; major player all the same.

5/4

2nd

1

2nd Apr 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 5f 160y

13:40 Downpatrick

Smooth Player

11st 12lb

J: Michael O’Sullivan

T: Gordon Elliott

disputed lead, prominent from 2nd, went second 7th, led approaching last, soon pushed along, ridden and headed final 110yds, kept on, no match for winner

9/4

1st

8

4th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 54y

Class 4

15:15 Warwick

Neigh Botha

10st 13lb

J: Toby Wynne

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Won at Southwell (2m, good) in October but looked set to be second when left in the lead at Bangor; however, only 2lb higher now and he reportedly finished lame in November on his final run.

13/2

1st

3

27th Oct 2025

Good

2m 1f 77y

Class 5

13:40 Bangor-on-Dee

Neigh Botha

11st 13lb

J: Toby Wynne

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Watch the weather as all his best form is on good ground, including latest comfortable win at Southwell (2m); could deal with the 6lb rise under suitable conditions.

7/2

1st

3

27th Oct 2025

Good

2m 1f 77y

Class 5

13:40 Bangor-on-Dee

Neigh Botha

11st 13lb

J: Toby Wynne

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Watch the weather as all his best form is on good ground, including latest comfortable win at Southwell (2m); could deal with the 6lb rise under suitable conditions.

7/2

8th

15

8th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 180y

17:35 Downpatrick

Im For Home

10st 5lb

J: Calum Hogan

T: R K Watson

Beaten around 12l when third in this race last season; 21-race maiden; lacks a recent run.

20/1

8

5th Aug 2025

Yielding

3m 1f 10y

20:00 Roscommon

Il Silenzio

11st 2lb

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Martin Brassil

Produced his best run yet over C&D (good) in June when a 5l third of 14 (a few of these behind); jockey reported he never travelled when pulled up at Tipperary latest; needs to bounce back but forecast rain is a concern.

12/1

13

1st Jul 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 35y

15:48 Tipperary

Il Silenzio

10st 3lb

J: Gavin Brouder

T: Martin Brassil

Lightly-raced maiden but it was a fine Roscommon run on chasing debut after a break; could go close with improvement from that.

4/1

1

2nd Feb 2024

Soft

2m 3f 66y

Class 5

13:05 Catterick

Coco Kolada

12st 7lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Karl Thornton

Irish hurdler who justified favouritism at Down Royal (2m1f, soft; drew clear run-in) last week, building on his promising reappearance effort (2m4f); has low mileage and looks likely to progress further; leading player even with 7lb penalty.

8/11

1st

7

23rd Jan 2024

Yielding To Soft

2m 1f 33y

14:20 Down Royal

Coco Kolada

11st 8lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Karl Thornton

in touch with leaders, not fluent 1st, not fluent 2nd, prominent behind clear leader after 2nd, headway after 3 out, ridden to lead from last, stayed on

5/1

8

14th Dec 2023

Soft To Heavy

2m 3f 7y

13:10 Naas

Finished Article

11st 5lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: T M Walsh

Hasn't shown much promise in four maiden hurdles, beginning in 2020; best watched unless the market suggests otherwise.

9/1

13th

17

12th Mar 2023

Soft

2m 3f 0y

13:57 Naas

Finished Article

11st 5lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: T M Walsh

Lightly raced mare; was entitled to need last month's C&D outing after a long layoff; may improve.

20/1

10th

22

11th Feb 2023

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

14:15 Naas

Finished Article

11st 5lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: T M Walsh

Poor form when last seen in 2020 and hard to recommend here on the back of 798-day absence.

100/1

5

15th May 2025

Good

2m 3f 137y

18:18 Clonmel

Workforadime

11st 9lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Ian O’Connor

Never a factor in five starts late last year; well-backed into favourite when well beaten at Fairyhouse in November; first start for new yard after leaving Charles Byrnes; best watched.

14/1

5

15th May 2025

Good

2m 3f 137y

18:18 Clonmel

Workforadime

11st 9lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Ian O’Connor

Never a factor in five starts late last year; well-backed into favourite when well beaten at Fairyhouse in November; first start for new yard after leaving Charles Byrnes; best watched.

14/1

6th

9

29th Nov 2024

Good

2m 6f 195y

14:10 Thurles

Workforadime

10st 11lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: C Byrnes

Placed form this time last year was on softer ground and recent runs haven't been encouraging; interestingly, was well backed into favourite when well beaten at Fairyhouse on penultimate start so keep a close eye on the betting.

12/1

2nd

5

18th Jan 2025

Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:55 Navan

Hunt Museum

11st 5lb

J: Benjamin P Kennedy

T: Francis J Flood

towards rear, headway on inner from 4 out, went third 3 out, went second after 2 out, went clear with winner approaching last, no extra run-in

8/1

2nd

5

18th Jan 2025

Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:55 Navan

Hunt Museum

11st 5lb

J: Benjamin P Kennedy

T: Francis J Flood

towards rear, headway on inner from 4 out, went third 3 out, went second after 2 out, went clear with winner approaching last, no extra run-in

8/1

9

27th Oct 2024

Yielding To Soft

2m 6f 111y

14:35 Galway

Hunt Museum

11st 2lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: Francis J Flood

midfield, towards rear when carried left 5th, detached when pulled up after 8th

6/1

8th

11

21st Nov 2023

Heavy

3m 0f 100y

15:20 Limerick

Billies Filly

11st 1lb

J: Conor Brassil

T: Martin Brassil

No show in four maidens but a better effort on return in a Sligo handicap (2m4f) with cheekpieces; is likely to have improved from that run and a tongue-tie is added up in trip; a player.

4/1

3rd

17

27th Oct 2023

Soft

2m 4f 0y

15:35 Sligo

Billies Filly

11st 0lb

T: Martin Brassil

No impact in maidens; cheekpieces will need to make a big difference; first reserve.

7

30th Mar 2023

Soft

2m 5f 0y

14:15 Limerick

Micheals Magic

11st 12lb

J: Conor McNamara

T: Liam G O’Brien

midfield, fell 2nd

20/1

9th

12

19th Feb 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

15:10 Punchestown

Micheals Magic

11st 12lb

J: Conor McNamara

T: Liam G O’Brien

Very green on debut at Naas last week; hard to fancy here.

100/1

14th

11

11th Feb 2023

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

14:15 Naas

Micheals Magic

11st 12lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Liam G O’Brien

Sageburg gelding; dam pulled up both starts in points, half-sister to fairly useful 3m-3m2f hurdle/chase winner Fasgo out of 2m-2m2f chase winner; bred for further and likely best watched.

40/1

2nd

9

31st Mar 2026

Soft

2m 3f 128y

18:12 Limerick

Shanroe Act

10st 10lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: Karl Thornton

Won over hurdles and fences within five days in January but was pulled-up over hurdles since; this same mark looks stiff back over fences.

10/1

15

21st Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 4f 50y

14:38 Fairyhouse

Shanroe Act

10st 9lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: Karl Thornton

Came good here when an easy 9l winner over hurdles last month (2m4f, soft); sent chasing at Down Royal (2m4, yielding to soft) to take advantage of lower mark and landed the odds by 0.5l; must now run from 17lb revised mark, which makes things a lot tougher.

10/1

14th

17

30th Sep 2023

Heavy

2m 4f 50y

15:25 Gowran Park

Ozark Thunder

11st 3lb

J: Sean Cleary-Farrell

T: Thomas Cleary

Shown very little in eight runs so far and was pulled up on handicap debut last time.

33/1

0

14

11th Sep 2023

Good To Yielding

2m 6f 55y

17:40 Galway

Ozark Thunder

11st 4lb

J: Sean Cleary-Farrell

T: Thomas Cleary

Well beaten in bumpers and maiden hurdles; needs to step up plenty on handicap debut but check market anyway.

25/1

11th

8

25th Feb 2023

Yielding

2m 0f 110y

14:10 Fairyhouse

Shanroe Click

11st 8lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Karl Thornton

200-1 and tailed off for a maiden hurdle at Naas a fortnight ago; best watched.

200/1

17th

17

11th Feb 2023

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

14:15 Naas

Shanroe Click

11st 12lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: Karl Thornton

Fame And Glory gelding; cost 2,800Euros as a 3yo; dam placed French 2m3f hurdle, half-sister to French 2m1f-3m (including 2m7f Grade 3 chase and 3m Grade 1 hurdle) winner La Segnora and smart 2m-2m4f hurdle/chase winner Le Patriote; probably best watched on debut.

40/1

5

23rd May 2023

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 80y

16:45 Punchestown

Belper

11st 6lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Paul Nolan

Best maiden effort came on debut when beaten 21l at Fairyhouse (2m3f, soft/heavy); needs a market check ahead of his handicap debut.

12/1

8th

7

17th Apr 2023

Soft

2m 0f 0y

16:45 Tramore

Belper

11st 4lb

J: Richard Deegan

T: Paul Nolan

Soundly beaten in two maiden hurdles and likely to do better in handicaps after this.

33/1

1

5th Mar 2023

Yielding

2m 4f 0y

14:35 Leopardstown

Belper

11st 12lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Paul Nolan

Soundly beaten in two maiden hurdles and likely to do better in handicaps after this.

66/1

5

21st Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 7f 165y

16:20 Fairyhouse

Mighty Oak Lad

11st 5lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: Karl Thornton

Handicap hurdle winner here in January 2024 (3m, heavy); some good runs in defeat over fences last season, filling the frame in three of his four runs inc' here off 1lb higher (2m5f, soft to heavy); returned from just over a year off at Navan last time when never better than midfield and pulled up; can get involved if back to his best but a bit to prove now.

14/1

17

8th Feb 2026

Heavy

3m 0f 0y

16:20 Navan

Mighty Oak Lad

10st 10lb

J: Daniel King

T: Karl Thornton

Won 3m handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse two seasons ago; showed signs of developing into a consistent handicap chaser last winter; off for a year but could feature if returning in peak form; arguably the most appealing of three runners for his trainer.

8/1

2nd

4

5th Feb 2025

Heavy

2m 5f 55y

13:25 Fairyhouse

Mighty Oak Lad

11st 6lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Karl Thornton

prominent, not fluent and pecked on landing 3 out, challenging 2 out, kept on well but no match for winner

6/1

15th

11

2nd Jun 2024

Good

3m 1f 32y

14:55 Kilbeggan

Glenabbey

11st 4lb

J: Alan King

T: John Neilan

Poor form in maidens; little encouragement from his first two handicap attempts at Down Royal and Ballinrobe.

20/1

11th

5

10th Jul 2023

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 191y

19:43 Roscommon

Asatisfiedmind

11st 7lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Denis W Cullen

midfield, slow jump 1st

25/1

1

11th Jun 2023

Good

3m 0f 0y

14:15 Punchestown

Asatisfiedmind

11st 12lb

J: Jody McGarvey

T: Denis W Cullen

held up in last, niggled along briefly after 2nd, pushed along briefly after 6th, bad mistake and fell 7th

100/1

16

30th May 2023

Good

2m 6f 13y

19:30 Ballinrobe

Asatisfiedmind

11st 7lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: Denis W Cullen

9th

1

12th Mar 2023

Soft

2m 3f 0y

13:57 Naas

An Forghas

11st 12lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Oliver McKiernan

Bumper winner for his previous trainer; ran well on hurdling debut; pulled-up and fell (beaten at the time) in his last two races; plenty to prove now as a result.

20/1

1

6th Mar 2023

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

13:40 Leopardstown

An Forghas

11st 12lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Oliver McKiernan

Bumper winner for former trainer ran well on hurdling debut but was pulled-up and fell (beaten at time) since; has to resume progression.

22/1

1

11th Feb 2023

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

14:15 Naas

An Forghas

11st 12lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Oliver McKiernan

Bumper winner last term and ran okay when fifth of 21 on yard debut at Punchestown in November; made errors when pulled up latest and has a bit to find here; wears first-time tongue-tie.

16/1

18

1st May 2026

Yielding

2m 4f 55y

17:25 Punchestown

Raglan Road

10st 13lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Henry De Bromhead

Hurdles winner was soundly beaten in opening three chase runs; well backed when winning a Down Royal rated novice chase last time (2m5f, good to yielding); likely capable of more.

14/1

1st

5

17th Mar 2026

Yielding

2m 4f 86y

16:13 Down Royal

Raglan Road

11st 8lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

1-10 over hurdles and rated 131; soundly beaten in three chase starts, including off 126 in a novices' handicap at Naas on latest; needs to improve plenty on that to figure here.

7/1

7th

2

25th Jan 2026

Heavy

2m 4f 29y

15:55 Naas

Raglan Road

11st 8lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: Henry De Bromhead

Winning hurdler (here) whose standout effort in that sphere was a fine third behind Wodhooh in the 2025 Martin Pipe; no show in midfield in both beginners chases in November but can't be ruled out making an immediate impact in handicaps off 5lb lower chase mark.

9/1

0

12

24th Jan 2024

Heavy

2m 3f 210y

15:50 Fairyhouse

Pirate Bonnie

11st 0lb

J: Aidan Kelly

T: Jarlath P Fahey

Poor form last season and while she's gone off fairly short prices in two handicap hurdles this winter, she has failed to show improved form; bit to prove now.

5/1

0

9

17th Nov 2023

Heavy

2m 4f 0y

15:10 Wexford

Pirate Bonnie

11st 1lb

J: Aidan Kelly

T: Jarlath P Fahey

No worthwhile form as yet including never sighted when well-supported in market at Gowran last Saturday; may yet improve and can't be ruled out.

6/1

9th

19

11th Nov 2023

Heavy

2m 4f 0y

15:37 Gowran Park

Pirate Bonnie

11st 1lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: Jarlath P Fahey

No worthwhile form as yet and was a weakener over 2m7f on handicap debut; drops back in trip and that may help.

25/1