17.05
GoodJohn F. McGuire Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £6526.55
- 2m 4f 0y
- 13 runners
Runners: 13 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
14/1 (Won)
- Win: £39.30
- Place: £6.90
Form: -U0230
Last run: 7 days
W: 11st 11lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13th 13 (13) |
25th Sep 2026 Standard 1m 2f 150y |
9st 1lb |
Two hurdle wins at Downpatrick this year, and is a course winner over 2m, but this trip is likely to be too sharp; fourth in Listowel hurdle race Thursday |
25/1 |
|
4th 14 |
24th Sep 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y |
11st 1lb |
Two wins over hurdles at Downpatrick (2m2f/2m6f) earlier this year, and didn't run badly there in August; below best in rare Flat run at Down Royal last time but not one to rule out. |
20/1 |
14/1
- Place: £3.10
Form: 76-323
Last run: 41 days
W: 11st 13lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 8 |
13th Oct 2026 Good 2m 7f 95y |
10st 13lb |
Ended a near three-year losing streak with a comfortable success in a Roscommon handicap hurdle last month, beating subsequent winner Let him Be; another good effort when fifth in a 20-runner contest under a penalty at Gowran. |
13/2 |
|
5th 1 |
2nd Oct 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 4f 40y |
12st 6lb |
Ended a near three year losing streak with a comfortable success in a Roscommon handicap hurdle on Monday; mandatory penalty matches his official penalty; good claims again as the stable have caught fire at this time of the year before. |
6/1 |
|
1st 2 |
28th Sep 2026 Good 2m 4f 48y |
11st 13lb |
Record of 1-20 over hurdles; regressive in the last year; weak 3m course form on last two runs, in a claimer and a handicap. |
20/1 |
9/1
- Place: £3.40
Form: -731F2 D
Last run: 17 days
W: 11st 9lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 1 |
30th Aug 2024 Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Has been in fine form lately, winning over hurdles and Listowel and a handicap chase over C&D; 6lb higher now but that brings him to parity with hurdles mark; major player. |
100/30 |
33/1
Form: 30-067
Last run: 42 days
W: 11st 8lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16th 4 (7) |
29th Mar 2025 Soft 1m 4f 0y |
9st 13lb |
Maiden hurdler sprang 25-1 shock on belated Flat debut over this trip at Dundalk in December 2023, looking green but seeing it out well; failed to back that up in handicap company off tough opening mark; 4lb lower on turf now but lengthy absence to overcome. |
20/1 |
|
7th 2 (10) |
2nd Feb 2024 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
9st 2lb |
held up in rear, headway under 2f out, edged left over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong |
8/1 |
|
1st 4 (4) |
20th Dec 2023 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
9st 12lb |
midfield, headway when took keen hold halfway, pressed leaders over 4f out, led towards near side when hung left 1f out, soon ridden and clear, ran on |
14/1 |
11/4
Form: 00-681
Last run: 21 days
W: 11st 13lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
18th Oct 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 2lb |
Five wins between hurdles and fences; pleasing display when winning a 2m6f conditions chase at Tramore in August; kept ticking over with a good second on the Flat at Listowel; handicap form has included a second at three-figure odds in the 2025 Jack Richards at the Cheltenham Festival. |
13/2 |
|
2nd 4 |
25th Sep 2026 Good 1m 6f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Useful NH sort with five wins between hurdles and fences, winning in the latter sphere at Tramore last time; sole Flat run came when third in this race in 2024; can go well again. |
5/1 |
|
1st 1 |
14th Aug 2026 Good 2m 5f 180y |
11st 10lb |
Talented chaser on his day who was placed at the Cheltenham Festival in 2025; won a beginners' at Kilbeggan last year but both runs in 2026 have not been his best; pulled up when last seen at Punchestown in May; needs a revival. |
9/2 |
20/1
Form: -P3039 C
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 13lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23 |
2nd Aug 2026 Good To Yielding 3m 0f 60y |
10st 1lb
|
Third reserve; veteran whose five wins include three at Tramore; back from spell in point-to-points off career-low mark. |
12/1
Form: 3-5PP1 D
Last run: 23 days
W: 11st 8lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 7 |
16th Aug 2026 Good 2m 6f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Dual chase winner has run well in defeat at this track; however, was pulled-up on his last chase run and below form over hurdles since so others preferred. |
25/1 |
|
14th 2 |
6th Aug 2026 Good 2m 1f 193y |
11st 13lb |
Two wins over fences; just 1-34 over hurdles, but placed many times; touched off over 2m4f at Killarney this time last year; quiet so far this season and would prefer farther. |
12/1 |
12/1
Form: 60-561
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 2lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 6 |
19th Aug 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Tailed off on chasing debut in the autumn and also ran poorly when reappearing last month; might be happier now back over hurdles and has slipped to a good mark but others have much less to prove; swaps cheekpieces for refitted visor. |
20/1 |
|
8 |
22nd Jul 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Twice placed in 2m4f hurdle races here last summer (good) but ended last year's campaign on a low, achieving little on October's chasing debut; can't be certain he will hit the ground running in 2026. |
20/1 |
|
7 |
10th Jul 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 3lb |
Twice placed in 2m4f hurdle races here last summer (good) but ended last year's campaign on a low, achieving little on October's chasing debut; can't be certain he will hit the ground running in 2026. |
25/1 |
14/1
Form: 660-71
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 3lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 6 |
27th Oct 2023 Soft 3m 1f 90y |
11st 4lb |
Won over C&D in August on good ground; poor run at Listowel next time but a fine run at Killarney since even though he finished lame; should be a player again. |
4/1 |
|
6th 2 |
1st Oct 2023 Yielding 2m 6f 180y |
11st 11lb |
Won over 3m1f on good ground at Sligo but well held when dropping back to 2m4f at Listowel. |
12/1 |
|
9th 15 |
18th Sep 2023 Good 2m 4f 0y |
11st 3lb |
Much improved when winning over 3m1f at Sligo and trainer's son negates 5lb hike but vulnerable back in trip. |
14/1 |
25/1
Form: 7-2467
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 11lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 11 |
27th Sep 2025 Good 2m 0f 125y Class 2 |
10st 8lb |
Ex-Irish 7yo who won Worcester maiden (2m, good) on stable debut in July and was respectable third of six from out of the weights in Perth handicap (2m, good) last month; effectively 4lb lower from correct mark here and promising conditional Lewis Sanuders claims a useful 7lb; could have a say. |
12/1 |
|
6 |
16th Aug 2025 Good 2m 0f 47y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Ordinary Flat winner in Ireland and was 0-21 there over jumps (including 12 defeats over fences); came good on yard debut in a maiden at Worcester (in none of the aids he sported for former connections) and could build on that; 3lb wrong at the weights. |
3/1 |
|
1st 3 |
24th Jul 2025 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
1-35 under all codes when based in Ireland, the win gained on the Flat in 2022; placed in a low-grade handicap chase this spring and the pick of his 2023 hurdling form gives him a good chance on these terms; interesting to see what Olly Murphy can do with him. |
6/1 |
14/1
Form: -02129 D
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 3lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 5 |
23rd Sep 2026 Good 2m 2f 135y |
11st 10lb |
Three-time hurdles winner; out of sorts in the first half of the year; recovered his form with third placings during the summer before becoming disappointing again. |
16/1 |
15/2
Form: 4213-1 D
Last run: 21 days
W: 11st 7lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 102
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
20th Aug 2025 Good 3m 1f 118y |
11st 6lb |
Three wins at up to 2m6f but not for a while; Tipperary comeback run last month very promising but didn't back that up at Killarney; possibly vulnerable to stronger stayers here and ideally wants it softer. |
12/1 |
|
11th 13 |
17th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 85y |
11st 1lb |
Made an error at the last when beaten roughly 2l behind Queenofthelodge at Tipperary a fortnight ago; 3lb rise is fine and entitled to come on for that first run in six months; two of his wins have come on heavy so warrants respect. |
8/1 |
|
15 |
3rd Jul 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 90y |
11st 4lb |
Return to form of sorts when 6.5l second at Limerick over Christmas last time (2m4f, yielding to soft); winner off a mark of 100 in 2023; appears to like softer conditions. |
18/1 |
16/1
Form: 013P-0 D
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 10 |
25th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 28y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
Not discredited when seventh of 13 in 3m handicap at Ayr 55 days ago; needs to build on it though if he's to end a lengthy losing sequence. |
25/1 |
Non-runners
Low Lie The Fields, It'sallabouteve, Arctic Ambition, Nazine, Phils Choice, Vintage Gold, Tideways Hero, Blenheim Belle
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €396.10 |
| Straight Forecast | €285.70 |
| Tricast | €2949.19 |
| Trifecta | €865.50 |
Selections
RP RATINGS (IRE):
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