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SoftBoyleSports Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle (Grade 3)
- Prize money: £15391.3
- 2m 4f 176y
- 6 runners
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Runners: 6 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy
9/4 (Won)
- Win: £4.60
- Place: £1.40
Form: 173-21
Last run: 47 days
W: 11st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 |
22nd Feb 2024 Soft 2m 4f 176y |
11st 0lb |
prominent |
9/4 |
|
1st 7 |
6th Jan 2024 Heavy 3m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
took keen hold, prominent early, in touch with leaders before 3rd |
15/8 |
11/8
- Place: £1.10
Form: 311
Last run: 30 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 7 |
4th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 150y |
11st 12lb |
Quality sort reached his peak when winning a Navan Grade 2 hurdle over 2m6f in February; however, jumped badly right and was poor in the Pertemps Final last time; posted two decent chase runs in 2024 and should be difficult to beat if jumping soundly. |
2/5 |
|
1 |
12th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 7f 213y Class 1 |
12st 0lb |
Never got seriously involved when ninth in the 2m5f handicap at last year's Festival; 2m6f-3m has proved just the ticket this winter with three wins (including the Punchestown qualifier) and a second, with last two outings in Grade 2; they were all in the mud but good to soft was fine earlier in career; tough customer and Gordon Elliott won this three times in a row not so long ago, twice with Sire Du Berlais among the topweights. |
16/1 |
|
1st 6 |
8th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 180y |
11st 3lb |
Suited by testing conditions; won Pertemps Qualifier over this trip at Punchestown before readily taking less competitive 2m6f Clonmel conditions event; better again in 3m Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran when clear second to a 159-rated rival. |
15/8 |
11/2
Form: 1 D
Last run: 52 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 6 (7) |
28th Jun 2024 Good 2m 0f 0y |
9st 9lb |
Yet to score on the Flat, best effort when runner-up in last season's November Handicap; two wins over hurdles this year and most recently finished a decent sixth in a very valuable Punchestown festival handicap hurdle; champion jockey booked and likely to have a leading chance; handles all ground. |
5/1 |
|
6th 21 |
4th May 2024 Yielding 2m 4f 118y |
10st 12lb |
Didn't need to improve to win a novice hurdle at Perth last week but this looks like a tough ask and down the order on jockey bookings. |
25/1 |
|
6th 21 |
4th May 2024 Yielding 2m 4f 118y |
10st 12lb |
Didn't need to improve to win a novice hurdle at Perth last week but this looks like a tough ask and down the order on jockey bookings. |
25/1 |
12/1
Form: 126243
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 3lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 134
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 11 |
1st Jun 2026 Yielding 2m 7f 150y |
11st 7lb |
Useful 3m hurdler for Willie Mullins before fruitless spell over fences in Britain; seems to have been revitalised by point-to-points, winning three in the spring; in contention when slipping up in banks race at Punchestown; chased home Solitary Man at Killarney and 3lb better off here. |
9/2 |
|
2nd 13 |
11th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Useful hurdler for Willie Mullins; in good form in points prior to slipping up late on at Punchestown when he was keeping on; still up against it with some of these. |
14/1 |
|
16 |
2nd May 2026 Good To Yielding 3m 0f 90y |
11st 7lb |
Decent novice hurdler for Willie Mullins (suited by a sound surface) but still a maiden chaser; however, comes here on the back of three point-to-point wins for Michael Mangan, having earlier chased home Fountain House over the banks at Lingstown; not one to rule out on return to the track. |
8/1 |
5/1
Form: 3-15
Last run: 74 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 2 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
11st 11lb |
Grade 3-placed hurdler nowhere near that level in four chase starts, okay effort in 2m4f Naas beginners'; absent since disappointing favourite on handicap debut over 2m at Tipperary last July, fading tamely from last after racing up with pace; trip more in his favour on comeback and still scope for improvement off 12lb lower chase mark. |
8/1 |
|
6 |
1st Jul 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 120y |
11st 8lb |
Grade 3-placed hurdler hasn't been near that level in three chase starts, beaten 28l in a near 3m novice here last time; needs to do better dropping into handicaps but possible he could. |
9/1 |
|
6th 8 |
8th May 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 110y |
11st 12lb |
Runner-up in Grade 3 over timber last season; tailed off behind Ile Atlantique on chase debut in December; slight improvement when fifth of 15 in Naas beginners' on latest but has a good bit to find with Western Fold on that effort. |
12/1 |
100/1
Form: 31P/3/ C
Last run: 740 days
W: 11st 0lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
29th Apr 2025 Yielding To Soft 3m 0f 90y |
11st 12lb |
prominent, weakened quickly and pulled up halfway |
13/2 |
|
2 |
29th Apr 2025 Yielding To Soft 3m 0f 90y |
11st 12lb |
prominent, weakened quickly and pulled up halfway |
13/2 |
|
12th 16 |
9th May 2024 Yielding 3m 0f 0y |
11st 0lb |
prominent, slow jump 1st, soon led |
20/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €8.70 |
| Straight Forecast | €6.53 |
| Trifecta | €19.30 |
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