September 15 / 17.45 Downpatrick

17.45

Good

Caleb And Ezra Starkey INH Flat Race

  • Prize money: £5221.24
  • 2m 1f 165y
  • 4 runners
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Caleb And Ezra Starkey INH Flat Race

Runners: 4 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Scattered showers

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.70

Form: 22 BF

Last run: 44 days

W: 11st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Big run when second in a Killarney bumper on debut but turned over at evens at Perth since; a bit further should help and an obvious place candidate for an in-form yard.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

2nd

5

8th Jun 2025

Good

2m 4f 35y

Class 4

13:40 Perth

Wrecking Ballbilly

11st 1lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Noel C Kelly

Solid record in bumpers but has dismal form figures since switched to hurdles; however, drops to weaker level on return from a break and may improve.

12/1

10th

14

13th Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 40y

12:30 Cork

Wrecking Ballbilly

11st 12lb

J: Jody McGarvey

T: Noel C Kelly

Won 2m2f Downpatrick bumper last season (soft); emerged from over a year's absence when never travelling (pulled up) in Grade 3 Navan novice last month and never sighted since in Fairyhouse maiden; best watched.

25/1

10th

14

13th Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 40y

12:30 Cork

Wrecking Ballbilly

11st 12lb

J: Jody McGarvey

T: Noel C Kelly

Won 2m2f Downpatrick bumper last season (soft); emerged from over a year's absence when never travelling (pulled up) in Grade 3 Navan novice last month and never sighted since in Fairyhouse maiden; best watched.

25/1

Form: 5/44

Last run: 33 days

W: 12st 0lb

10 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Missed more than two years but promise in each of his three bumper starts; however, more required in this warm contest and not sure to be suited by the drop in trip.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

7

15th Jun 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 165y

16:20 Downpatrick

Cap Bernat

10st 13lb

J: P J O’Hanlon

T: Robin McNeilly

Veteran went close in a 2m3f bumper (good) here last July in this headgear combination; well beaten minus the hood on return from 312 days off in a 2m3f maiden hurdle here (good); will strip fitter now and the hood returns but lots more needed.

16/1

4

23rd May 2025

Good

2m 2f 185y

17:00 Downpatrick

Cap Bernat

11st 4lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Robin McNeilly

Makes his hurdling debut at the age of 12, twice runner-up in bumpers at this venue, including when just touched off last July; top rider booked.

10/1

4

23rd May 2025

Good

2m 2f 185y

17:00 Downpatrick

Cap Bernat

11st 4lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Robin McNeilly

Makes his hurdling debut at the age of 12, twice runner-up in bumpers at this venue, including when just touched off last July; top rider booked.

10/1

Form: 3-

Last run: 143 days

W: 11st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Outran odds of 20-1 when third of 16 in the Goffs Defender Bumper at the Punchestown Festival on debut; that form is largely untested but it's likely to be the strongest piece of form on offer by some way.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1st

9

28th Apr 2026

Yielding

3m 0f 213y

16:50 Punchestown

Western Fold

11st 10lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Progressive in the first half of the season; won the Galway Plate, beat subsequent Savills Chase winner Affordale Fury at Gowran in October; second to Kaid d'Authie in an unsatisfactory four-runner DRF event; faded from three out in Brown Advisory; badly hampered and unseated two out in Fairyhouse Grade 1 won by Fleur In The Park.

12/1

8

5th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

17:00 Fairyhouse

Western Fold

11st 10lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Progressive last summer, winning the Galway Plate (extended 2m6f, good), and a defeat of subsequent Savills Chase winner Affordale Fury at Gowran Park (2m4f, yielding to soft) in October; second to Kaid d'Authie in an unsatisfactory four-runner DRF event; faded from three out in Brown Advisory

10/1

10th

15

11th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 1f 0y

Class 1

14:00 Cheltenham

Western Fold

11st 7lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Progressive last summer, winning the Galway Plate (extended 2m6f, good), and he beat subsequent Savills Chase winner Affordale Fury at Gowran Park (2m4f, yielding to soft) in October; good second to Kaid d'Authie at Dublin Racing Festival last time and enters each-way calculations.

12/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Getaway filly; dam AW bumper winning half-sister to bumper/2m3f-3m1f hurdle winner The Eaglehaslanded and bumper/2m jumps winner Pepe Simo, both useful; yard's usual excellent bumper has strike-rate has been even better this season (30 wins from 48 runners); market should be revealing ahead of debut.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

11th

5

26th Aug 2024

Soft

2m 6f 90y

18:10 Ballinrobe

Get In Line

10st 13lb

J: Rachael Blackmore

T: W P Mullins

Top connections and not beaten out the gate at Sligo but she seems modest enough.

10/1

7th

2

16th Aug 2024

Good

2m 5f 0y

19:13 Tramore

Get In Line

11st 7lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Well held in three starts so far at short enough prices and hard to recommend after she was tailed off at Sligo last week.

7/2

10th

4

8th Aug 2024

Good

2m 1f 185y

17:35 Sligo

Get In Line

11st 7lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Beaten a long way on debut last year but was better on return in a Wexford bumper; needs to find a fair bit more on hurdling debut but dangerous to ignore from this yard.

8/1

Non-runners

Fort Randall, Hypersonic Missile, Kathleen Gold, Shindilla, Demanding Gerry

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €29.00
Straight Forecast €43.47
Trifecta €61.80

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Western Fold

The Irish Sun:

Get In Line

POSTDATA:

Wrecking Ballbilly

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Western Fold