16.20
Yielding To SoftComer Group International Curragh Cup (Group 2)
- Prize money: £78318.58
- 1m 6f 0y
- 9 runners
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Runners: 9 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
13/8 (Won)
- Win: £2.10
- Place: £1.10
Form: 61-164 C
Last run: 30 days
W: 9st 8lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 111
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 11 (6) |
1st Aug 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
in rear, still plenty to do 3f out |
11/2 |
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1st 7 (3) |
22nd Jul 2023 Yielding To Soft 1m 6f 0y |
9st 8lb |
Group 3 winner here (2m soft to heavy) at the end of last term and impressive when making a winning return in a Listed race at Navan (1m6f, heavy) in April; bounced back from a lesser run when fourth in the Ascot Gold Cup and looks like a big player with conditions in her favour. |
13/8 |
4/1
- Place: £1.10
Form: 245-14 D
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 8lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 110
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 4 (10) |
24th Aug 2023 Good To Firm 1m 3f 188y Class 1 |
9st 9lb |
Extremely reliable over the last two seasons, including for two Group 3 wins over 1m4f and one at 1m6f; also showed her form in the 1m2f Group 1 Pretty Polly on penultimate start, albeit 3l behind Stay Alert; unraced on firmer than good; should not be far away. |
14/1 |
|
2nd 8 (5) |
22nd Jul 2023 Yielding To Soft 1m 6f 0y |
9st 8lb |
Three-time Group 3 winner; gained the latest of those at Cork last month and as good as ever when fourth in the Group 1 Pretty Polly here three weeks ago; very best form is over shorter trips on quicker ground but she's consistent and hard to rule out. |
4/1 |
|
4th 4 (2) |
1st Jul 2023 Good 1m 2f 0y |
9st 10lb |
Five wins last season, including two at Group 3 level; improvement sustained in Group 1 races, notably when just denied in Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville; good fifth in Qipco Fillies & Mares at Ascot, having forced the pace; made winning return in Group 3 event at Cork just over a fortnight ago; seemed to idle; should be better for the run. |
5/1 |
28/1
- Place: £3.30
Form: 4-1444
Last run: 9 days
W: 8st 10lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 7 (8) |
12th Sep 2023 Yielding 1m 4f 42y |
9st 1lb |
Won a 1m4f handicap on heavy at Leopardstown in May; consistent in Group/Listed races at up to 1m6f since; cheekpieces tried now after fourth of ten in a 1m4f Listed race at Newmarket early last month. |
5/1 |
|
4th 3 (1) |
5th Aug 2023 Good 1m 4f 0y Class 1 |
8st 13lb |
Only win in ten came in a 1m4f handicap on reappearance but it's been Listed/Group races since then and ran as well as she was entitled to behind the classy Emily Dickinson over 1m6f last time at the Curragh (soft); assured stamina should come in very handy and probably the one to beat. |
7/4 |
22/1
Form: 311-53 D
Last run: 28 days
W: 9st 11lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
16th Oct 2025 Good 2m 6f 154y |
11st 6lb |
Smart dual-purpose performer although hasn't won since taking 3m1f Kilbeggan conditions hurdle last summer; two recent runs under his belt could give him a fitness edge but lots to find on ratings with Hewick. |
7/4 |
|
3 |
8th Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 5f 129y |
11st 6lb |
Eight-time winner, including four over hurdles; disappointed on the Flat at Killarney on return from 314-days off; should strip fitter now and handles soft but the majority of his best form has come on good ground; not discounted, especially if the track dries out. |
7/2 |
|
5th 3 (9) |
22nd Aug 2025 Good 2m 0f 180y |
11st 7lb |
Won the 2022 Cesarwitch at Newmarket and last seen finishing fourth in the same race last October; the one to beat on these terms, provided he's ready to rock after his absence. |
2/1 |
28/1
Form: 711-97
Last run: 18 days
W: 9st 11lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 (2) |
29th Jul 2024 Soft 2m 0f 179y |
11st 10lb |
Won a premier handicap over 1m4f here at the 2022 festival, fair fifth of 17 in the same race last season; fit from a hurdling campaign in which he has been placed in three consecutive maidens; half-brother to the stable's 2016 winner Swamp Fox; brother to smart jumper Knappers Hill; potentially interesting if he gets the trip. |
10/1 |
|
2nd 12 |
5th Jul 2024 Good 2m 0f 190y |
11st 12lb |
didn't always jump with fluency, led narrowly early, prominent after 1st, led again from 3 out, faced challenge and clear with one other 2 out, headed approaching last, ridden and no extra run-in, no match for winner |
7/4 |
|
3rd 2 |
1st Jun 2024 Good 2m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
prominent, bit short of room when switched right before 2 out, not fluent 2 out, soon switched right, no extra after last, no match for first two |
5/4 |
15/2
Form: 1064-1 D
Last run: 64 days
W: 9st 11lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 105
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 3 (9) |
3rd May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 6f 0y Class 2 |
9st 7lb |
Started 2025 with a bang for new connections when winning a slowly run, four-runner Group 3 at Ascot (2m, good to firm) in April; remote with ambitious targets on next three starts and although sixth of 11 in 2m handicap at Chester in September was an upturn, markedly better is required to win this.. |
12/1 |
|
1 (2) |
13th Sep 2025 Good 1m 7f 196y Class 2 |
9st 12lb |
Given wind surgery and tongue tied for new connections this season, which he started with a bang when winning a slowly run, four-runner Group 3 at Ascot (2m, good to firm) in April; remote since, however, in the Gold Cup there, a French Group 2 and the Ebor at York; this is a lesser handicap but he does not inspire great confidence even so. |
20/1 |
6/1
Form: 5-1
Last run: 115 days
W: 8st 13lb
3 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 8 (5) |
27th May 2026 Standard To Slow 1m 7f 218y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
C&D winner in May 2025 and 2026, latterly in clearcut style (from Now The Eagle) when 6-5 favourite on return from hurdling; back up 5lb now; third in this race last year and looks set for another prominent finish. |
7/2 |
|
1st 1 (2) |
4th May 2026 Standard To Slow 1m 7f 218y Class 5 |
9st 12lb |
Not seen on the Flat since finishing first and third over C&D around this time last year; comes into this fit from hurdling, though, and should make his presence felt. |
5/1 |
|
15th 18 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 103y Class 2 |
11st 1lb |
In good form on AW Flat last spring and returned from an absence for 50-1 win on handicap hurdle debut at Kempton (2m, good to soft) in February; weakened quickly in the Imperial Cup at Sandown (soft) but perhaps a return to less testing ground may help. |
22/1 |
50/1
Form: 321442
Last run: 18 days
W: 8st 13lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 7 (7) |
9th Sep 2023 Good 1m 4f 0y |
9st 1lb |
in touch with leaders, outpaced 2f out, no extra and dropped to rear over 1f out |
33/1 |
|
2nd 6 (4) |
24th Aug 2023 Good 1m 6f 0y |
9st 7lb |
soon raced in second |
25/1 |
|
6th 6 (7) |
20th Aug 2023 Good 1m 2f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Won his maiden on testing ground and second in a Roscommon Listed since; well exposed though and others look much more likely. |
20/1 |
200/1
Form: 03-158
Last run: 69 days
W: 9st 11lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 78
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 10 (5) |
8th Mar 2024 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
8st 7lb |
prominent, led after 1f |
10/1 |
|
3rd 8 (9) |
12th Jan 2024 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
9st 10lb |
midfield, headway towards near side over 1f out, ran on well and went third towards finish |
14/1 |
|
9th 3 (13) |
15th Dec 2023 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
10st 0lb |
prominent |
10/1 |
Non-runners
Okita Soushi, Point King
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €3.40 |
| Straight Forecast | €4.49 |
| Trifecta | €30.80 |
Selections
RP RATINGS (IRE):
Emily Dickinson