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 |
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 5 |
2nd Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 110y |
11st 1lb |
Smart dual-purpose performer, although he has been lightly raced since taking a 3m1f Kilbeggan conditions hurdle in August 2024; absent since last October; would receive 16lb from Daddy Long Legs in a handicap. |
12/1 |
|
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20th 2 (1) |
27th Jul 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 179y |
12st 0lb |
Ex-Jessica Harrington/Michael Bell; winner at Group 3 level for his two former trainers; despite reduced mark, does not look well handicapped at this stage; stable debut. |
50/1 |
|
14th 7 (16) |
16th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 6f 34y Class 2 |
9st 11lb |
Ex-Irish 7yo; won a slowly run, four-runner Group 3 over 2m here in April 2025 on his stable debut but failed to kick on and he needed to run a lot better than he did at Newmarket in early May (1m6f) to be seriously considered here; the hood and blinkers are new additions. |
50/1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 7 (3) |
29th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 6f 0y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
Yet to win a handicap on turf but won over hurdles (good to soft) and on AW earlier this year and did very well to finish third of 15 in the big 2m4f handicap at the Glorious meeting when 5lb out of the weights; just 1lb lower this time and balance of form suggests he'll need more back at 1m6f. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 17 (8) |
31st Jul 2026 Good To Firm 2m 4f 137y Class 2 |
8st 2lb |
14th at 100-1 in this race in 2024; won at Kempton this year over hurdles and on AW Flat, and similar Flat form over that 2m on last two runs, but much better is needed from 5lb out of the handicap today; 7lb claimer is called up. |
66/1 |
|
6th 6 (4) |
8th Jul 2026 Standard To Slow 1m 7f 218y Class 4 |
9st 4lb |
Resumed with C&D success and backed it up with a solid fourth of 13 over C&D later in May; ought to be in the shake-up off the same mark. |
5/1 |
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