15.30
SoftJohn Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £5482.3
- 2m 4f 55y
- 19 runners
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Runners: 19 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
Abandoned
Form: 170P-P
Last run: 9 days
W: 12st 4lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 102
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19th 8 |
4th Apr 2024 Soft To Heavy 2m 0f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Winner of a bumper and handicap hurdle, both successes gained at Clonmel; best run in a while came at Thurles on penultimate start; seventh in a 19-runner contest at Naas last time. |
16/1 |
|
19th 8 |
4th Apr 2024 Soft To Heavy 2m 0f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Winner of a bumper and handicap hurdle, both successes gained at Clonmel; best run in a while came at Thurles on penultimate start; seventh in a 19-runner contest at Naas last time. |
16/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 98-9P9
Last run: 46 days
W: 12st 1lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 12 |
2nd Jul 2024 Good To Firm 2m 6f 150y |
11st 0lb |
Maiden over hurdles was fourth at Clonmel but was then poor at Listowel last time and has to bounce back on chasing debut. |
20/1 |
|
12th 11 |
1st Jun 2024 Good 2m 4f 80y |
11st 7lb |
Much improved effort when a staying on fourth in a 2m3f handicap hurdle at Clonmel last month; on a competitive mark now and looks capable of a bold showing here. |
5/1 |
|
4th 15 |
16th May 2024 Good 2m 3f 0y |
11st 0lb |
midfield, headway when not fluent 2 out, ran on and went fourth towards finish, not reach leaders |
20/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 000-98
Last run: 64 days
W: 12st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
26th Apr 2024 Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
11st 0lb |
didn't jump with fluency, towards rear, pulled up after 5 out |
33/1 |
|
6 |
26th Apr 2024 Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
11st 0lb |
didn't jump with fluency, towards rear, pulled up after 5 out |
33/1 |
|
3 |
14th Apr 2024 Soft 2m 6f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Lightly-raced maiden looks high in the weights for what he has achieved and has been big prices last few starts. |
40/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 354352 BF
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 9lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 93
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 16 |
1st Jan 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 9lb |
Long standing, dual-purpose maiden; 0-23 over hurdles but has run well on multiple occasions, including here over 2m off this mark; out of his depth in a Grade 3 when falling on latest; this more suitable and while he is hard to win with, he has each-way claims. |
12/1 |
|
14th 16 |
1st Jan 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 9lb |
Long standing, dual-purpose maiden; 0-23 over hurdles but has run well on multiple occasions, including here over 2m off this mark; out of his depth in a Grade 3 when falling on latest; this more suitable and while he is hard to win with, he has each-way claims. |
12/1 |
|
5 |
1st Nov 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 190y |
10st 11lb |
raced in last, bad mistake and pecked on landing 1st, hampered by faller 3rd, outpaced when jumped slightly left 3 out |
150/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 065343
Last run: 7 days
W: 11st 8lb
6 yo Mare
OR: 92
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16 |
1st Jan 2025 Soft 2m 5f 120y |
11st 0lb |
midfield, towards rear halfway |
10/1 |
|
16 |
1st Jan 2025 Soft 2m 5f 120y |
11st 0lb |
midfield, towards rear halfway |
10/1 |
|
7 |
26th Nov 2024 Heavy 2m 5f 100y |
11st 5lb |
Winning chase debut here over 2m7f in September (good) but hasn't coped with 6lb rise twice since; has form on heavy ground but improvement clearly needed. |
12/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 167-00
Last run: 17 days
W: 11st 7lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 4 |
27th Dec 2023 Soft 2m 6f 120y |
10st 12lb |
Made a good fist of things on intial start over fences but largely downhill in the interim and she will need the big guns to underperform here to make a lasting impression. |
66/1 |
|
8th 9 |
12th Dec 2023 Soft To Heavy 2m 7f 194y |
11st 3lb |
Won 2m6f Limerick handicap in March off 87 (soft) for today's rider but disappointing until more encouraging third over this trip at Fairyhouse last month in today's headgear combination; one to consider. |
10/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 840
Last run: 24 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 89
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 |
15th Dec 2024 Yielding To Soft 3m 1f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Won 22-runner handicap hurdle at Punchestown last New Year's Eve; kept on progressing in defeat, ending the campaign with fourth in a 24-runner Punchestown festival event; made an encouraging return at the same venue last month; cheekpieces added now, good chance. |
13/2 |
Abandoned
Form: 0/0B6-
Last run: 220 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 88
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 4 |
17th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 4f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Stayed well when winning a handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse in 2023; struggled in three handicap chase outings last season, possibly flattered by his current 93 rating on that evidence; stablemate Mighty Oak Lad looks superior. |
14/1 |
|
9th 4 |
17th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 4f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Stayed well when winning a handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse in 2023; struggled in three handicap chase outings last season, possibly flattered by his current 93 rating on that evidence; stablemate Mighty Oak Lad looks superior. |
14/1 |
|
10th 14 |
15th Dec 2024 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
10st 1lb |
towards rear |
22/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 090
Last run: 23 days
W: 11st 3lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 88
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 |
28th Oct 2024 Yielding 2m 0f 100y |
10st 9lb |
Placed last two visits to this venue including C&D handicap on yielding in August; beaten 10l when stepped back up in trip to 2m6f at Listowel. |
11/2 |
|
9 |
28th Oct 2024 Yielding 2m 0f 100y |
10st 9lb |
Placed last two visits to this venue including C&D handicap on yielding in August; beaten 10l when stepped back up in trip to 2m6f at Listowel. |
11/2 |
|
4th 9 |
27th Sep 2024 Soft 2m 6f 0y |
11st 8lb |
Well held in first two handicaps but was an eyecatcher when third over 2m4f at Wexford in May; caught the eye again when third behind the progressive Chutzpal over 2m1f at that track when last seen and must enter calculations up in trip. |
9/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 0000-4
Last run: 150 days
W: 11st 2lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 9 |
24th Nov 2023 Soft To Heavy 2m 7f 110y |
11st 2lb |
in touch with leaders, dropped to midfield after 10th, weakening when not fluent 4 out, dropped to rear after 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out |
12/1 |
|
4th 1 |
17th Jun 2023 Good 2m 7f 110y |
11st 12lb |
in rear, ridden and detached with one circuit to go |
33/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 6/00/
Last run: 667 days
W: 11st 2lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 6 |
18th May 2024 Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Modest on the Flat and over hurdles; 150-1 when unseating on chase debut last time. |
100/1 |
|
6 |
18th May 2024 Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Modest on the Flat and over hurdles; 150-1 when unseating on chase debut last time. |
100/1 |
|
9 |
23rd Apr 2024 Soft 2m 0f 110y |
11st 12lb |
Modest on the Flat and over hurdles; big outsider on chase debut. |
100/1 |
Abandoned
Form: /P90-0
Last run: 165 days
W: 11st 2lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 13 |
7th Dec 2023 Soft 2m 3f 14y |
11st 3lb |
didn't always jump with fluency, midfield, mistake and lost ground 1st, soon towards rear, weakening when mistake 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before last |
20/1 |
|
8th 9 |
17th Nov 2023 Heavy 2m 4f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Third in a Kilbeggan bumper in 2022 for Noel Dooly but nothing so far in four maiden hurdle runs over various trips; encounters much more testing conditions here on handicap debut. |
16/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 8P/6-3
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 1lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 85
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 17 |
16th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 51y |
11st 3lb |
0-41 hurdles record is highly off-putting; twice a runner-up over 3m this season; unreliable. |
20/1 |
|
14th 17 |
16th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 51y |
11st 3lb |
0-41 hurdles record is highly off-putting; twice a runner-up over 3m this season; unreliable. |
20/1 |
|
6th 14 |
5th Nov 2024 Good 2m 7f 165y |
10st 13lb |
Bumper winner is a long standing maiden over hurdles but has run well in defeat; beaten just 1.5l over this C&D early last month on good ground and same mark here; pulled up on yielding to soft last time but will appreciate the return to a sounder surface here; place chance. |
15/2 |
Abandoned
Form: 000
Last run: 23 days
W: 11st 1lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 11 |
11th Aug 2024 Good 2m 1f 165y |
11st 0lb |
Showed very little ability last year; behind when unseating in a Wexford handicap hurdle on Wednesday. |
40/1 |
|
15 |
7th Aug 2024 Good 2m 0f 160y |
11st 0lb
|
First reserve; beaten long distances on all five starts for Declan Queally; first run for new yard today; wears blinkers for the first time but can only be watched. |
|
|
14th 18 |
10th Dec 2023 Soft 2m 4f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Never counted on last month's handicap debut at Limerick; 4yo can only be watched for now. |
25/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 6/PP0/
Last run: 600 days
W: 11st 1lb
9 yo Mare
OR: 85
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 10 |
7th Jun 2024 Good 2m 4f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Not a bad run on sole chase start at Thurles in February (soft); just denied over hurdles last time at Downpatrick wearing first-time cheekpieces; one to consider. |
9/2 |
|
2nd 12 |
10th May 2024 Good 2m 1f 160y |
10st 2lb |
midfield |
12/1 |
|
2nd 12 |
10th May 2024 Good 2m 1f 160y |
10st 2lb |
in touch with leaders |
12/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 00-004
Last run: 19 days
W: 10st 13lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 84
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
17 |
5th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 2f 200y |
10st 0lb |
Couple of decent efforts in handicap hurdles last season; no show after eight months off in a 2m handicap hurdle here last month; 4lb wrong. |
50/1 |
|
17 |
5th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 2f 200y |
10st 0lb |
reduced visibility |
50/1 |
|
12th 16 |
16th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 51y |
11st 3lb |
Has never reached the first three in a race of any description, though three fourth placings last season provide mild encouragement; lacks a recent outing. |
33/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 08F04F
Last run: 12 days
W: 10st 13lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 83
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 15 (6) |
15th Mar 2024 Standard 1m 2f 150y |
10st 2lb |
led |
|
|
9th 3 (12) |
31st Jan 2024 Standard 1m 2f 150y |
9st 10lb |
Won a 2m handicap hurdle on good ground at Kilbeggan in August 2022; out form over jumps last year; well beaten over 1m4f here recently. |
100/1 |
|
9th 4 (6) |
16th Jan 2024 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
9st 12lb |
Won a 2m handicap hurdle on good ground at Kilbeggan in August 2022; has fallen in three of his four chase starts since August; down the field in three handicap hurdle outings in the same period. |
25/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 057729
Last run: 30 days
W: 10st 11lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 81
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 15 |
16th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 51y |
11st 3lb |
Twice successful over fences at Thurles; has failed to win in 27 attempts over hurdles; hard to recommend. |
16/1 |
|
2nd 15 |
16th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 51y |
11st 3lb |
Twice successful over fences at Thurles; has failed to win in 27 attempts over hurdles; hard to recommend. |
16/1 |
|
7th 8 |
10th Oct 2024 Soft 1m 7f 110y |
10st 5lb |
Repeated last year's victory in Thurles 2m handicap in February and good run at Tipperary in July; trip was too far, and made bad mistake, when pulled up at Kilbeggan later that month; not the most consistent. |
10/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 82-990
Last run: 150 days
W: 10st 10lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 8 |
15th Dec 2024 Soft 2m 3f 61y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
led at steady pace |
14/1 |
|
6th 8 |
15th Dec 2024 Soft 2m 3f 61y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
led at steady pace |
14/1 |
|
10th 10 (8) |
2nd Oct 2024 Good To Soft 1m 7f 189y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
0-41 under both codes and has shown nothing on his last four starts to suggest he will be breaking his maiden in this. |
50/1 |
Verdict
Not a lot of these make much appeal, though there could be some ‘sleepers’ amongst the many making their handicap debuts. C’EST RIEN has been running consistently in defeat, including over C&D last time and should give her running, so is a tentative selection. Breagagh and Derby De Thaix ran well last time, so are at least in some sort of form. [Tyrone Molloy]