May 18 / 16.00 Wexford

16.00

Soft

Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £5643.48
  • 3m 0f 50y
  • 12 runners
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Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 12 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

(Won)

  • Win: £6.10
  • Place: £2.20

Form: 7/F23- BF

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 1lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 88

Form & Verdict
Reserve; best of the prominent racers when third over C&D three weeks ago with the cheekpieces back on (just behind Tranquil Sea); not far away if getting a run.
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17

28th Dec 2024

Yielding To Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:50 Limerick

Plain Or Battered

10st 7lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: P J Rothwell

disputed lead early, prominent from 1st, not fluent 5th

7/1

17

28th Dec 2024

Yielding To Soft

3m 0f 0y

14:50 Limerick

Plain Or Battered

10st 7lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: P J Rothwell

disputed lead early, prominent from 1st, not fluent 5th

7/1

16

15th Dec 2024

Yielding To Soft

3m 1f 0y

13:10 Navan

Plain Or Battered

10st 7lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: P J Rothwell

Won over 3m at Wexford in May after two good placed runs; remote fifth off revised mark on final start before a break; stablemate Billy Lee Swagger has the advantage of race fitness.

12/1

4/1

  • Place: £2.50

Form: 66951-

Last run: 63 days

W: 10st 2lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Travelled well and comfortably drew clear in a 2m7f heavy-ground handicap at Thurles two months ago when Alan O'Sullivan again claimed 7lb; 6lb rise could have been worse.
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9th

14

22nd Nov 2024

Yielding To Soft

3m 0f 163y

14:32 Tipperary

Cloudy Fountain

10st 13lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: W J Burke

Won 2m7f handicap at Thurles in March (heavy) and then runner-up at Wexford on soft; recent form good bit below that level however but should appreciate softer ground now.

20/1

7/2

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 02212-

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Flat-bred 4yo who is building a solid profile and appeared to stay the 3m well when second over C&D 23 days ago; hard to knock off 2lb higher.
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13th

20

28th Dec 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 80y

15:05 Leopardstown

Tranquil Sea

10st 0lb

J: Daniel King

T: Paul Nolan

Won a 2 maiden hurdle at Cork in March; has continued to be reliable since raised in distance in handicaps; flattered by proximity to winner Plains Indian over 3m at Clonmel last time.

14/1

13th

20

28th Dec 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 80y

15:05 Leopardstown

Tranquil Sea

10st 0lb

J: Daniel King

T: Paul Nolan

Won a 2 maiden hurdle at Cork in March; has continued to be reliable since raised in distance in handicaps; flattered by proximity to winner Plains Indian over 3m at Clonmel last time.

14/1

2nd

6

7th Nov 2024

Good

3m 0f 0y

13:30 Clonmel

Tranquil Sea

10st 4lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Paul Nolan

in touch with leaders, not fluent 9th, steadied 10th, soon pushed along briefly and dropped to last, headway before 3 out

9/2

Form: 6971P-

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 8lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Made a winning handicap debut at Limerick (2m3f, heavy) when sent off 11-4 favourite but then ran no race after a 16lb hike at Ballinrobe (2m6f); even if back on song this mark asks a question of him.
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10th

9

13th Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 5f 50y

15:22 Cork

King Of Cong

11st 12lb

J: Michael O’Sullivan

T: Terence O’Brien

107-rated maiden hurdler has contested small-runner beginners chases this term, tailed off at Listowel and 30l last of two finishers at Limerick, having jumped left; opposable.

16/1

10th

9

13th Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 5f 50y

15:22 Cork

King Of Cong

11st 12lb

J: Michael O’Sullivan

T: Terence O’Brien

107-rated maiden hurdler has contested small-runner beginners chases this term, tailed off at Listowel and 30l last of two finishers at Limerick, having jumped left; opposable.

16/1

2nd

2

20th Oct 2024

Good

2m 3f 50y

17:00 Limerick

King Of Cong

11st 12lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Terence O’Brien

1-6 over hurdles and rated 106; beaten 110l on his chasing debut at Listowel last month; could strip fitter for that first run after a 131-day absence but this looks a tough task for him; up against it in this company.

22/1

Form: P4589-

Last run: 32 days

W: 11st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
Won a point and there were positives in his maiden runs, but he was weak in the betting when nowhere on handicap debut at Naas (2m3f); perhaps this trip is a better fit given pointing background.
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5th

7

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

Reve Inoui

11st 6lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: J P Flavin

midfield

25/1

5th

7

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

Reve Inoui

11st 6lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: J P Flavin

midfield

25/1

Form: P/23F- D

Last run: 14 days

W: 12st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Not won for a while but ran a cracker from the front over fences at Punchestown two weeks ago (3m7f, soft) as she was still going well when falling four out; rated 10lb lower over hurdles and she's a dual winner in this discipline.
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11th

3

15th Dec 2024

Yielding To Soft

3m 1f 0y

13:10 Navan

Western Zara

11st 12lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: Paul Nolan

Last two wins came back-to-back in the early months of 2022; failed to complete her final two starts before a break, fell in a chase at Punchestown, pulled up when well fancied for a handicap hurdle at Wexford; showed that she could run well fresh when second at Punchestown 13 months ago.

10/1

3

15th Dec 2024

Yielding To Soft

3m 1f 0y

13:10 Navan

Western Zara

11st 12lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: Paul Nolan

Last two wins came back-to-back in the early months of 2022; failed to complete her final two starts before a break, fell in a chase at Punchestown, pulled up when well fancied for a handicap hurdle at Wexford; showed that she could run well fresh when second at Punchestown 13 months ago.

10/1

OUR TIP

Form: 53/9F-

Last run: 34 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
In these colours but with a different yard when beaten under 5l by top-class stayer Buddy One in a Fairyhouse maiden (2m4f, soft) in early 2023; very interesting on that form and he was in touch when falling three out in a Down Royal 2m6f handicap a month ago; cheekpieces added.
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2

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

El Capitaine

11st 11lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Tom Dreaper

towards rear

10/1

2

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

El Capitaine

11st 11lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Tom Dreaper

towards rear

10/1

1

14th Apr 2024

Soft

2m 6f 0y

15:05 Down Royal

El Capitaine

12st 0lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Tom Dreaper

held up in rear, in touch with leaders towards far side when fell 3 out

10/1

Form: P1143- D

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 111

Form & Verdict
Won two handicaps at Perth last summer, over 2m4f (good to soft) and 3m (soft); below that level in a 3m novice here three weeks ago, though that was after a lengthy break; hard to rule out.
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7th

10

2nd Jul 2024

Good To Firm

2m 3f 100y

16:35 Tipperary

Themanintheboots

11st 12lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

Won two handicaps at Perth last summer, over 2m4f on good to soft and 3m soft; has shown little over fences and has struggled in two outings over hurdles at Wexford in recent months.

10/1

4

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

Themanintheboots

11st 10lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

prominent

7/1

4

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

Themanintheboots

11st 10lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

prominent

7/1

Form: 0/25P- C BF

Last run: 274 days

W: 10st 8lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Sole success in 15 came over 2m4f here in October 2022; lightly raced since but comparable form in his placed efforts and the cheekpieces in which he disappointed when last seen are now left off; stamina is not assured, mind.
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5th

6

10th Oct 2024

Soft

2m 4f 73y

15:50 Tramore

Loup De Tallane

11st 6lb

J: Carl Millar

T: Eoin Griffin

Quietly fancied and bounced back to form when winning readily over 2m3f at Kilbeggan and is now 8lb higher; early exit over fences since; has won over this far.

13/2

6

27th Sep 2024

Soft

2m 3f 100y

16:25 Listowel

Loup De Tallane

11st 6lb

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Eoin Griffin

led early, soon prominent, unseated 1st

15/2

Form: 69862-

Last run: 37 days

W: 10st 8lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Disqualified from first in a Limerick handicap in October (2m3f, soft to heavy); back to something like that form when second there in April but he's unproven at 3m.
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1st

8

1st Jan 2025

Soft

2m 0f 180y

12:30 Tramore

Rockbrook

10st 7lb

J: Aidan Kelly

T: P J Rothwell

made all, 4 lengths ahead 4 out, nudged along going best approaching last, went further clear run-in, easily

6/1

1st

8

1st Jan 2025

Soft

2m 0f 180y

12:30 Tramore

Rockbrook

10st 7lb

J: Aidan Kelly

T: P J Rothwell

made all, 4 lengths ahead 4 out, nudged along going best approaching last, went further clear run-in, easily

6/1

Form: 1524P- D

Last run: 239 days

W: 10st 3lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
Pulled up in September but had been running well up to then in similar handicaps to this; solid chance if on the ball after his break.
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5th

1

19th Oct 2024

Good

2m 5f 0y

16:55 Limerick

Ranger Billy

12st 0lb

J: Hugh Morgan

T: Eoin Doyle

towards rear

100/30

1st

6

7th Oct 2024

Good

3m 0f 0y

16:50 Fairyhouse

Ranger Billy

11st 9lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Eoin Doyle

Won over this trip at Kilbeggan last year; solid efforts at Tipperary and Ballinrobe on last two starts; up 2lb but can go well again as long as the ground doesn't soften too much.

5/1

Form: 706-

Last run: 29 days

W: 10st 2lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Insufficient promise in his maidens (1m7f-3m) to be overly enthusiastic on handicap debut.
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13

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

Kinturk Jack

10st 2lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Thomas Gibney

pressed leader

33/1

13

18th May 2024

Soft

3m 0f 50y

16:00 Wexford

Kinturk Jack

10st 2lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Thomas Gibney

pressed leader

33/1

6th

4

19th Apr 2024

Soft To Heavy

3m 0f 0y

17:50 Limerick

Kinturk Jack

11st 12lb

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Thomas Gibney

Has struggled in outings at Punchestown and Navan; trainer has a leading contender in Driscolls Hill.

66/1

Non-runners

Meyo, Hand Over Fist, Walkonthebriteside, True Or False, Silverfort Lady

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Payout
Exacta €61.40
Straight Forecast €65.06
Tricast €190.73
Trifecta €424.20

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Tranquil Sea

The Irish Sun:

El Capitaine

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Plain Or Battered

TOPSPEED:

Western Zara

POSTDATA:

Tranquil Sea