August 13 / 16.10 Downpatrick

16.10

Yielding To Soft

MacNabb Waste Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £5221.24
  • 2m 5f 165y
  • 9 runners
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MacNabb Waste Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

OUR TIP

6/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.70
  • Place: £1.30

Form: 4217-4

Last run: 100 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won 16-runner bumper on good ground at Navan in September; not beaten far on hurdling bow at Perth but well held fourth here in May; back from a break and tongue-tie is tried.
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2nd

1

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 3f 100y

16:18 Downpatrick

Invictus World

11st 12lb

J: James Smith

T: Gerald Stephen Quinn

Bumper winner was a course winner over hurdles in 2023; won a handicap at Perth last month but was below form there since; needs to find more on handicap debut.

6/1

8th

2

16th Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 35y

Class 4

17:05 Perth

Invictus World

11st 12lb

J: Eoin Staples

T: Gerald Stephen Quinn

Headed here last month with much to prove but bounced back for a first handicap success by just under 3l (2m4f, good; raced prominently); 5lb higher with a different 7lb claimer enlisted and has to be considered.

13/2

12/1

  • Place: £3.70

Form: 50P-U0

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 106

Form & Verdict
Useful stayer on the level but hasn't matched that over hurdles yet and not in great form in either code lately.
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3rd

1

28th May 2026

Good

2m 6f 0y

19:20 Limerick

Cozone

12st 0lb

J: James Smith

T: Matthew J Smith

Bounced back with a bang when easily winning at Downpatrick (2m6f, yielding to soft) off career-low mark on return in March; failed to back that up from 10lb higher at Down Royal but remains fairly treated on pick of old form.

7/1

6th

1

12th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 0y

15:35 Down Royal

Cozone

12st 0lb

J: James Smith

T: Matthew J Smith

Bounced back to form with a bang at Downpatrick (2m6f, yielding to soft) when defeating runner-up Coppola by 7.5l off a career low mark; hefty 10lb hit for that, but this three-time hurdles winner has won off a mark of 106 before; big player.

15/4

8/1

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 10-5 BF

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Wide margin bumper winner at Galway last September on Rules debut; tailed off in Grade 2 at Aintree in April; soundly beaten when favourite for hurdling debut at Wexford in June.
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10th

5

6th Apr 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

16:12 Fairyhouse

Notkeepinyagoing

11st 9lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Point and bumper winner won a 2m4f Leopardstown maiden hurdle last year in testing ground; best run since when 5l runner-up over C&D in November; up 1lb but has a shout if back to her best.

8/1

10th

5

6th Apr 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

16:12 Fairyhouse

Notkeepinyagoing

11st 9lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Point and bumper winner won a 2m4f Leopardstown maiden hurdle last year in testing ground; best run since when 5l runner-up over C&D in November; up 1lb but has a shout if back to her best.

8/1

2nd

2

12th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 110y

13:07 Fairyhouse

Notkeepinyagoing

12st 0lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

prominent, pressed winner when not fluent 4 out

10/1

Form:

Last run: 11 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well bred sort was second on his fourth start in point-to-points in May; 50s, tailed off on hurdles bow at Galway.
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15th

14

19th Nov 2023

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

12:45 Navan

Josies Dylan

11st 2lb

J: P J O’Hanlon

T: S R B Crawford

Unable to win a point and not much to recommend in three maiden hurdles; headgear tried here but not easy to make a case for.

33/1

5th

2

28th Aug 2023

Good

2m 1f 165y

14:05 Downpatrick

Josies Dylan

11st 12lb

J: J J Slevin

T: S R B Crawford

Half-brother to four winners, including the useful Wilde About Oscar; second on his fourth and final point-to-point start the season before last; tailed off on hurdling debut at Galway; remote fourth over a longer trip here last time; cheekpieces on now, questions to answer.

16/1

Form: 55P5PP

Last run: 11 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Point winner in May; hasn't done much in hunter/handicap chases since; hurdles debut.
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18

1st Nov 2025

Good

3m 0f 0y

14:10 Down Royal

Rust To Riches

10st 0lb

J: Daniel King

T: Noel C Kelly

Second reserve; sole success came between the flags; 0-13 over fences and no signs of a breakthrough success in recent runs; pulled up when last seen in July; well out of the handicap here and hard to fancy.

18

1st Nov 2025

Good

3m 0f 0y

14:10 Down Royal

Rust To Riches

10st 0lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: C A McBratney

Second reserve; sole success came between the flags; 0-13 over fences and no signs of a breakthrough success in recent runs; pulled up when last seen in July; well out of the handicap here and hard to fancy.

18

1st Nov 2025

Good

3m 0f 0y

14:10 Down Royal

Rust To Riches

10st 0lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: C A McBratney

Second reserve; sole success came between the flags; 0-13 over fences and no signs of a breakthrough success in recent runs; pulled up when last seen in July; well out of the handicap here and hard to fancy.

8

24th Jul 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

18:15 Wexford

Rust To Riches

11st 0lb

J: G B Noonan

T: C A McBratney

Point-to-point winner extended Rules' record to 0-16 when slipping up in a Downpatrick chase latest; not easy to make a case for on return to hurdles.

25/1

Form: 7-P8FP

Last run: 11 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Ran okay when midfield at Sligo last month but pulled up at Galway last time.
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9

10th May 2024

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 5

16:25 Market Rasen

Righteous Ruane

10st 2lb

J: Alan Doyle

T: John Wainwright

Ex-Irish maiden who has been beaten 25l+ in four runs for current yard, three of them handicaps.

33/1

9

10th May 2024

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 5

16:25 Market Rasen

Righteous Ruane

10st 2lb

J: Alan Doyle

T: John Wainwright

Ex-Irish maiden who has been beaten 25l+ in four runs for current yard, three of them handicaps.

33/1

8th

16

10th Apr 2024

Good To Soft

2m 0f 125y

Class 5

15:30 Market Rasen

Righteous Ruane

10st 4lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: John Wainwright

Beaten over 50l when third of six here (2m2f heavy) three weeks ago and now 0-8 over hurdles; dryer ground might aid his cause but he remains difficult to enthuse over.

50/1

Form: 05

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Modest form; pulled up both starts in points and beaten 42l on second hurdles start at Perth.
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0

5

23rd Jan 2024

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 100y

15:30 Down Royal

One Of Us Is Lying

11st 5lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Neill McCluskey

An 88-rated hurdler; failed to complete his first two starts over fences; completely out of his depth in a strong novice chase at Naas 11 days ago.

25/1

5th

5

12th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 0f 0y

12:42 Naas

One Of Us Is Lying

11st 2lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Neill McCluskey

88-rated hurdler has failed to complete on both starts over fences; completely out of his depth.

200/1

Form: 72-73

Last run: 71 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
Expensive store horse out of half-sister to Brave Inca; ran in the Magnier colours when beaten just half-a-length at Tipperary (2m4f) in April; has disappointed since changing ownership; beaten fav at Kilbeggan and 20l third at Tramore albeit trip was probably too sharp for him there; has a few questions to answer now.
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10

26th Jul 2024

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 100y

19:25 Kilbeggan

Rule The Wind

11st 12lb

J: Brian Hayes

T: W P Mullins

Ran in the Magnier colours when beaten 1/2l in 2m4f Tipperary maiden last year (yielding) but hasn't reproduced that level of form in four starts since; returns from 11 months absence with questions to answer.

13/2

6th

8

23rd Aug 2023

Good

2m 4f 141y

18:10 Sligo

Rule The Wind

11st 4lb

J: Brian Hayes

T: W P Mullins

Ran in the Magnier colours when beaten just half-a-length in 2m4f Tipperary maiden in April (yielding) but hasn't reproduced that level of form in three starts since, most recently halfway faller at Downpatrick 10 days ago; questions to answer at this stage.

5/2

0

7

13th Aug 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 5f 165y

16:10 Downpatrick

Rule The Wind

11st 4lb

J: Brian Hayes

T: W P Mullins

Expensive store horse out of half-sister to Brave Inca; ran in the Magnier colours when beaten just half-a-length at Tipperary (2m4f) in April; has disappointed since changing ownership; beaten fav at Kilbeggan and 20l third at Tramore albeit trip was probably too sharp for him there; has a few questions to answer now.

5/2

Form: 80-36P

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Touched off in a couple of points; third to stablemate An Mhi (runs in 2.40) at Ballinrobe in May but well held here the following month in a rated novice; forgiven latest run when badly hampered by a faller.
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5

2nd Feb 2024

Good To Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 4

15:25 Southwell

Zettabyte

11st 8lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Henrietta C Knight

Second on chase debut in October (2m3f, soft) but finished 0-9 for Gordon Elliott, not always having much luck; heavy defeat at 50-1 three weeks ago on first run for new yard; usual cheekpieces are restored; bit to prove.

16/1

9th

8

12th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 3f 179y

Class 4

13:30 Wincanton

Zettabyte

11st 6lb

J: James Bowen

T: Henrietta C Knight

Has left Gordon Elliott with a 0-7 record over hurdles (placed once) and 0-2 over fences, not always having much luck; second on chase debut in October (2m3f, soft) and it was 3m on heavy ground when he pulled up in November latest; cheekpieces on last six starts but not today; Henrietta Knight's first runner since 2012 and of some interest judged on those two placings.

9/1

0

9

7th Nov 2023

Heavy

3m 0f 107y

12:28 Fairyhouse

Zettabyte

11st 12lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Initial promise over hurdles but failed to complete in his last three starts before an encouraging chase debut behind shorter-priced stablemate Jenny Flex at Downpatrick a month ago.

5/1

Non-runners

Gentle And Kind

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Payout
Exacta €93.90
Straight Forecast €64.82
Trifecta €268.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Gentle And Kind

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Rule The Wind

The Irish Sun:

Cozone

TOPSPEED:

Gentle And Kind

POSTDATA:

Gentle And Kind