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13.25

Soft

Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)

  • Prize money: £44380.53
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • 8 runners
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Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

9/2 (Won)

  • Win: £5.80
  • Place: £1.80

Form: 15-1 D

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Second to a useful yardstick in a point last November; beat a pair of subsequent hurdle winners in a bumper at Navan in February; highly tried on his hurdling debut in a Grade 2 contest over an extended 2m4f here in April; jumping was untidy then and again when exploiting a big drop in class in a maiden at Clonmel last month.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

2

12th Jan 2025

Frozen

2m 3f 93y

12:55 Punchestown

Farren Glory

11st 2lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

didn't always jump with fluency, raced in third, pecked on landing 1st

7/1

12/1

  • Place: £3.10

Form: 153-22 D BF

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won a maiden point by a distance when trained by Pat Turley; highly tried after winning a Down Royal bumper, notably when third in the Grade 1 Punchestown event won by Cheltenham hero A Dream To Share; twice beaten at odds-on in maiden hurdles, at this venue in October and when no match for Slade Steel at Naas; plenty to prove as a result.
Place /
No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

3

29th Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

14:30 Leopardstown

King Of Kingsfield

11st 12lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

led, soon went clear with winner, mistake 3 out, headed 2 out, weakened before last

25/1

15/8

  • Place: £1.50

Form: 1 CD

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Looked well above average when a 20l winner of a Ballyvodock maiden for Denis Murphy in January 2022; had a setback that prevented him from running last season; looked in good shape when making a winning hurdling debut over C&D last month; runner-up has franked the form at a modest level.
Place /
No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

6th

1

28th Dec 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 70y

13:20 Leopardstown

An Tobar

11st 12lb

J: Rachael Blackmore

T: Henry De Bromhead

in touch with leaders

10/1

6th

1

28th Dec 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 70y

13:20 Leopardstown

An Tobar

11st 12lb

J: Rachael Blackmore

T: Henry De Bromhead

in touch with leaders

10/1

Form: 11-732 D

Last run: 63 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 138

Form & Verdict
Had to work hard to win a 21-runner Naas maiden in February; had a lot more in hand when winning a Punchestown festival handicap in first-time hood; respectable seventh in the Galway Hurdle; disappointing favourite at Listowel when third in small-field novice event; limitations confirmed by Grade 3 defeat at Tipperary nine weeks ago.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

12th

25

(29)

29th Sep 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 170y

16:25 Curragh

Bialystok

8st 11lb

J: Jamie Powell

T: W P Mullins

midfield

40/1

19th

9

(21)

14th Sep 2024

Good

1m 5f 0y

16:35 Leopardstown

Bialystok

9st 0lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: W P Mullins

towards rear

20/1

5th

5

(11)

2nd Aug 2024

Yielding

1m 4f 0y

18:35 Galway

Bialystok

9st 0lb

J: Colin Keane

T: W P Mullins

midfield

15/2

Form: 2-121 D

Last run: 15 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Point winner; won readily over 2m2f at Tipperary in May on second bumper start; beaten by a 25-1 chance on hurdling debut at Limerick; battled well to beat a shorter-priced stablemate in a Grade 3 contest at Navan just over a fortnight ago.
Place /
No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

14

6th Feb 2025

Good

2m 0f 4y

13:25 Thurles

Whats Up Darling

11st 12lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

prominent throughout, not fluent 3 out, kept on run-in

5/1

3rd

14

6th Feb 2025

Good

2m 0f 4y

13:25 Thurles

Whats Up Darling

11st 12lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

prominent throughout, not fluent 3 out, kept on run-in

5/1

Form: 1404-1 D

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Beat the subsequent Cheltenham Grade 1 fourth Lecky Watson on bumper debut; beaten just under 15l when fourth to A Dream To Share in Leopardstown Grade 2 in February and 19l behind same opponent at Cheltenham; well below his best here on final start; survived a mistake three out when landing the odds on hurdling debut at Punchestown.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4

1st Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 0y

16:05 Leopardstown

Fascile Mode

10st 13lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Thomas Mullins

didn't jump well, towards rear, not fluent 5th, pulled up before 4 out

10/1

4

1st Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 0y

16:05 Leopardstown

Fascile Mode

10st 13lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Thomas Mullins

didn't jump well, towards rear, not fluent 5th, pulled up before 4 out

10/1

6th

2

10th Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 98y

11:50 Punchestown

Fascile Mode

11st 9lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Thomas Mullins

Useful bumper/hurdles form; made a winning chasing debut over C&D beating Touch Me Not; early faller in a Grade 2 event won by Touch Me Not here 16 days; winner finished second in four-runner Grade 1 event at Sandown on Saturday; strong contender.

2/1

Form: 4-1422 D BF

Last run: 37 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 134

Form & Verdict
Was placed in two valuable big-field handicap hurdles last April before winning a Punchestown maiden; runner-up in a valuable Listowel handicap in between defeats in conditions events at Galway and Sligo; needs to raise his game considerably to be competitive at this level.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

9th

5

2nd Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 5f 107y

14:45 Leopardstown

Horantzau Dairy

11st 6lb

J: Michael O’Sullivan

T: W P Mullins

Won his beginners' here and better form when runner-up in both Kerry and Munster Nationals over 3m; well held in even hotter handicaps since at Newbury and here though; drops in trip.

33/1

9th

5

2nd Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 5f 107y

14:45 Leopardstown

Horantzau Dairy

11st 6lb

J: Michael O’Sullivan

T: W P Mullins

Won his beginners' here and better form when runner-up in both Kerry and Munster Nationals over 3m; well held in even hotter handicaps since at Newbury and here though; drops in trip.

33/1

9th

5

27th Dec 2024

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 100y

15:00 Leopardstown

Horantzau Dairy

11st 9lb

J: Paddy Hanlon

T: W P Mullins

visibility reduced by fog, towards rear

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 10-1P1 D

Last run: 37 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won good-ground Cheltenham bumper for John McConnell last season; finished in mid-field in Champion Bumper in March; smooth front-running winner on hurdling debut at Bellewstown in July; flopped at the Galway festival; restored to form when winning an Irish-dominated contest at Cheltenham last month on first start for this stable; might prefer better ground.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

2

5th Oct 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

16:50 Gowran Park

Encanto Bruno

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

led narrowly, pulled up when lost action after 4 out

9/2

2

12th May 2024

Good

2m 1f 0y

14:45 Killarney

Encanto Bruno

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Two bumper wins in 2022; best hurdles form when winning an Irish-dominated novice event at Cheltenham last October; finished last of eight in the Royal Bond before a distant ninth in a Leopardstown handicap at Christmas; heavy ground unsuitable then, this should be to his liking.

6/1

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Payout
Exacta €57.90
Straight Forecast €64.83
Tricast €204.14
Trifecta €300.00

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

An Tobar

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Bialystok

POSTDATA:

Horantzau D'airy

The Irish Sun:

An Tobar

TOPSPEED:

Bialystok