17.40
SoftThebeautybasket.ie Handicap Chase
- Prize money: £13053.1
- 3m 0f 130y
- 14 runners
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Runners: 14 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
6/1 (Won)
- Win: £7.40
- Place: £2.50
Form: 1P-422
Last run: 30 days
W: 11st 12lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 135
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
7th Mar 2026 Heavy 3m 1f 0y |
12st 0lb |
Progressive handicap hurdler for Colm Murphy in 2022 and won a handicap chase in 2023; best of three runs in points for Ciaran Murphy when second to the very useful Wrappedupinmay on his penultimate start. |
14/1 |
|
3 |
21st Apr 2025 Soft To Heavy 3m 0f 130y |
11st 3lb |
in rear |
12/1 |
|
3 |
21st Apr 2025 Soft To Heavy 3m 0f 130y |
11st 3lb |
in rear |
12/1 |
6/1
- Place: £2.10
Form: 1-0113 D BF
Last run: 37 days
W: 10st 8lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19 |
3rd May 2025 Yielding 3m 7f 68y |
10st 3lb |
towards rear |
25/1 |
|
19 |
3rd May 2025 Yielding 3m 7f 68y |
10st 3lb |
towards rear |
25/1 |
|
9th 6 |
20th Apr 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 0f 80y |
11st 5lb |
Veteran is a three-time course winner, the latest coming over C&D on testing ground off 111 in March last year; 2lb higher now and has been mostly out of form since but he'll get his preferred underfoot conditions here; can't be dismissed. |
22/1 |
33/1
- Place: £4.70
Form: 223018 CD
Last run: 128 days
W: 10st 2lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 111
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
1st May 2023 Good To Yielding 3m 2f 50y |
11st 4lb |
disputed lead, raced in second from 3rd, jockey lost irons when bad mistake and lost position 6th, jockey dropped whip before 7th, pulled up before 8th |
8/1 |
|
3rd 13 |
10th Apr 2023 Soft 3m 0f 130y |
10st 2lb |
Won his fourth chase when comfortably winning over 2m7f here in November and reportedly burst a blood vessel next time; an 11yo now and has been off for 128 days; others preferred. |
33/1 |
|
2 |
6th Mar 2023 Yielding 2m 5f 97y |
12st 1lb |
Won his fourth chase when comfortably winning over 2m7f at Fairyhouse in November but reportedly burst blood vessel when dropping out tamely at same venue following month; has had time off since and may just need this. |
7/1 |
40/1
Form: 32100P D
Last run: 71 days
W: 11st 5lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 128
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 4 |
6th Sep 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 40y |
11st 4lb |
Lost form for Noel Meade but signs of life on first two starts in handicap hurdles for Ian Donoghue; brought down on return to chasing at Wexford and remains on what appears a high enough mark. |
14/1 |
|
4 |
7th Aug 2024 Good 3m 1f 70y |
11st 10lb |
Lost form for Noel Meade but signs of life on first two starts in handicap hurdles for Ian Donoghue; reverts to chasing and is on a fair mark on some of his old form; handles most ground and not discounted. |
16/1 |
|
5th 4 |
6th Jul 2024 Good 3m 0f 116y |
11st 9lb |
Hurdle and chase winner was regressive over fences last year for former yard but showed some spark on return back over hurdles when third at Punchestown at 66/1; a chance with improvement likely from that. |
7/1 |
6/1
Form: 0/P224 BF
Last run: 23 days
W: 10st 13lb
10 yo Mare
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13 |
14th Jul 2023 Good 3m 1f 0y |
10st 11lb |
didn't always jump with fluency, towards rear, bad mistake and fell 5 out |
13/2 |
|
1st 13 |
14th May 2023 Good To Yielding 3m 2f 0y |
10st 0lb |
midfield, headway after 4 out, keeping on when jumped right 3 out, soon ridden, went second after 2 out, stayed on to lead run-in, won going away |
25/1 |
|
5 |
27th Apr 2023 Yielding To Soft 2m 5f 50y |
11st 3lb |
Bumper/hurdle winner who has returned this season from a long absence; 0-5 over fences (2m2f-3m) and didn't offer much over the longer trip on her switch to handicaps at Fairyhouse; perhaps a tongue-tie will help matters. |
6/1 |
15/2
Form: -23F10 CD
Last run: 102 days
W: 10st 9lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 118
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 4 |
5th Jul 2026 Good 2m 5f 89y Class 3 |
11st 1lb |
Successful stable debut at Stratford (2m5f, good to firm) but that was a weak race and he was a remote third over C&D a fortnight ago; that was perhaps too bad to be true but it still leaves him with a bit to prove. |
6/1 |
|
3rd 6 |
19th Jun 2026 Good 2m 5f 89y Class 3 |
10st 4lb |
Recorded his third chase success on his stable debut at Stratford (2m5f, good to firm) last month; that looked a weak affair and he has been hit by a 7lb rise but he may still have more in his locker for his new yard. |
11/4 |
|
1st 2 |
30th May 2026 Good To Firm 2m 4f 205y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
His second success over fences came at this track (2m6f, good) last June; has been beaten in hunter chases/points since and makes stable debut; may be better suited by 3m but not out of this. |
2/1 |
33/1
Form: 06F455
Last run: 10 days
W: 10st 5lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
22nd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
0-16 over fences; went close off much reduced mark at Musselburgh (2m4f, good to soft) in February and has claims here if judged on that form but didn't fire at Hexham last month. |
5/1 |
|
6 |
22nd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
0-16 over fences; went close off much reduced mark at Musselburgh (2m4f, good to soft) in February and has claims here if judged on that form but didn't fire at Hexham last month. |
5/1 |
|
7th 6 |
13th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 4f 15y Class 5 |
11st 6lb |
18-race maiden; sound efforts in cheekpieces last twice, finishing third at Catterick (1m7f, good) and runner-up at Musselburgh (2m4f, good to soft); interesting. |
7/2 |
25/1
Form: U42350 D
Last run: 170 days
W: 11st 12lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 135
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
12th Jul 2026 Good 3m 1f 121y |
11st 7lb |
Seven-time winner but his best years are behind him; beaten 21l on stable debut last month. |
22/1 |
|
9th 7 |
7th Jun 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 116y |
11st 0lb |
Seven-time winner but best years are behind him and didn't show much in points last term; stable debut. |
25/1 |
|
10 |
24th Nov 2024 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Seven career wins but has struggled for form this year, pulling up in the Cork Grand National last time; unseated early in the La Touche on his one foray over these obstacles in April. |
16/1 |
14/1
Form: 010-52
Last run: 104 days
W: 11st 9lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 132
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
15th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 6f 54y Class 3 |
11st 12lb |
Very useful hurdler in his prime but this 10yo isn't the same force nowadays and was no match for Jet Plane in a hunter chase at Wetherby (3m, soft) a fortnight ago; others are preferred. |
33/1 |
|
2nd 5 |
1st Feb 2025 Soft 3m 0f 45y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
Earned a lofty rating over hurdles for Henry De Bromhead but hasn't been quite so effective over fences (0-5) and his recent third between the flags was remote; others have less to prove right now. |
8/1 |
|
2nd 5 |
1st Feb 2025 Soft 3m 0f 45y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
Earned a lofty rating over hurdles for Henry De Bromhead but hasn't been quite so effective over fences (0-5) and his recent third between the flags was remote; others have less to prove right now. |
8/1 |
40/1
Form: 5-P2PP
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 2lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 |
21st Apr 2025 Soft To Heavy 3m 0f 130y |
10st 5lb |
midfield |
33/1 |
|
11 |
21st Apr 2025 Soft To Heavy 3m 0f 130y |
10st 5lb |
midfield |
33/1 |
|
14 |
9th Mar 2025 Soft 3m 0f 174y |
10st 1lb |
Suffered a severe loss of form not long after his victory in the 3m5f Porterstown Chase at Fairyhouse last season; mildly positive run at Navan four weeks ago, and now 13lb below his career-high mark, 6lb below last winning mark. |
20/1 |
20/1
Form: -F3437 D
Last run: 127 days
W: 11st 2lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 6 |
9th Jun 2026 Good 3m 1f 170y |
11st 12lb |
Veteran won over C&D in 2024; has been mostly over fences since during a truncated period and has to bring his best now back hurdling. |
20/1 |
|
8 |
4th Nov 2025 Soft 3m 0f 82y |
10st 13lb |
Veteran produced his best effort for some time when a 9l third at Punchestown (2m7f, gd-yld) last month; career low mark now but hasn't won over fences since 2021 and this ground may be a shade soft for him. |
10/1 |
6/1
Form: 493121 C
Last run: 15 days
W: 10st 3lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 15 |
8th Mar 2026 Heavy 2m 3f 10y |
10st 9lb |
Relishes testing conditions and took advantage of them twice this season at Limerick when winning a 2m5f Limerick handicap hurdle and a 2m2f handicap chase; up 16lb compared to his win over timber at Punchestown when well beaten and found it similarly difficult off his revised chase mark at Gowran last time (2m4f, heavy); others more likely. |
22/1 |
|
1 |
18th Nov 2025 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
12st 0lb |
A better chaser than hurdler; good chase run here when last seen in March; rated lower over hurdles and can go well but lacks a recent run. |
12/1 |
|
3rd 12 |
23rd Mar 2025 Good 2m 3f 120y |
10st 6lb |
in touch with leaders, not fluent 9th, headway and prominent before 4 out, disputed lead 2 out, headed before last, kept on |
40/1 |
5/1
Form: -87841 C
Last run: 2 days
W: 10st 9lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 111
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12 |
10th Apr 2023 Soft 3m 0f 130y |
10st 9lb |
Dual hurdle winner; signs of getting the hang of fences when fourth on his handicap debut at Navan and duly built on that to score comfortably over 2m5f here on Saturday; up again in trip and now penalised, but he's looking nicely progressive. |
5/1 |
|
1st 7 |
8th Apr 2023 Soft 2m 5f 150y |
10st 7lb |
in touch with leaders |
6/1 |
|
4th 5 |
20th Mar 2023 Soft To Heavy 2m 1f 0y |
11st 9lb |
Won back-to-back handicap hurdles last term; hasn't shown a great deal in three runs over fences and would need to match his peak hurdle form to win from this mark; best form is at 2m4f. |
6/1 |
25/1
Form: 31F-0P D
Last run: 29 days
W: 10st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
4th Jul 2023 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 14y |
12st 0lb |
Handy sort when on song, although badly off his game on his last two starts; has turned it around in the past all the same, and the ground should aid his cause here, provding it does not ease any further; far from out of it. |
28/1 |
|
14 |
10th Apr 2023 Soft 3m 0f 130y |
10st 0lb |
Eight wins divided between hurdles and fences; the glaring concern is that he's struggled in both disciplines since returning from an absence. |
25/1 |
|
3 |
12th Mar 2023 Soft 3m 0f 120y |
11st 9lb |
towards rear of midfield, jumped left 1st |
40/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €49.00 |
| Straight Forecast | €34.75 |
| Tricast | €397.80 |
| Trifecta | €630.30 |
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