June 24 / 17.10 Ballinrobe

17.10

Yielding

Linden Bloodstock Apprentice Claiming Race

  • Prize money: £5386.96
  • 1m 1f 156y
  • 8 runners
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Linden Bloodstock Apprentice Claiming Race

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

8/1 (Won)

  • Win: £14.10
  • Place: £2.40

Form: 04-559

Last run: 8 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
Placed four times on turf for Charlie Johnston but well held later on AW; made a satisfactory start for this stable at Fairyhouse; failed to improve with cheekpieces fitted at Gowran; meets Heliogabalus on 17lb worse than handicap terms.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2

(17)

6th Jun 2025

Good

1m 2f 0y

20:10 Fairyhouse

Theres No Limit

10st 2lb

J: Jack Kearney

T: Cian Collins

Won a 9.5f Ballinrobe claimer last June; finished the year in poor form and may need this run on return.

28/1

8/1

  • Place: £2.00

Form: 5500-9

Last run: 3 days

W: 9st 8lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 61

Form & Verdict
Failed to build on early promise as a juvenile, never managing to replicate the form of her second in a 1m maiden at Bellewstown; faded tamely on reappearance in a 7f Down Royal handicap last Friday.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

10th

16

(10)

17th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

16:45 Dundalk (AW)

Tartaraghan

8st 12lb

T: John C McConnell

Second reserve; belatedly off the mark at Navan in July but form has dipped since a claimer second in August.

8th

11

(12)

10th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

20:00 Dundalk (AW)

Tartaraghan

9st 6lb

J: Keithen Kennedy

T: John C McConnell

Turf winner is 0-4 on the AW; has failed to fire in handicaps (including over C&D) since second in a Sligo claimer in August; others make more appeal.

16/1

3

(1)

1st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

0m 7f 205y

14:13 Bellewstown

Tartaraghan

9st 13lb

J: Colin Keane

T: John C McConnell

Only 1-31 but placed plenty of times; however, may need further ideally and wouldn't want rain.

12/1

5/4

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 03-66

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 74

Form & Verdict
Best of four maiden runs when beaten one length in third over 1m at Dundalk last autumn; had an excuse (struck into) when below that level at Navan on return; met trouble in running at Gowran last Monday; dropped in class and may take advantage.
Place /
No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

13th

3

(3)

22nd Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

1m 0f 0y

14:02 Listowel

Heliogabalus

9st 13lb

J: Ronan Whelan

T: Sean Byrne

Opened account at the 11th attempt when dead-heating at the Galway festival; met trouble in running at the Curragh; capable of better.

10/1

1

(19)

16th Aug 2025

Good

1m 0f 0y

17:10 Curragh

Heliogabalus

10st 1lb

J: Shane Foley

T: Sean Byrne

Opened account at the 11th attempt when dead-heated at the Galway festival; got away with a 3lb rise, could be in the mix again.

15/2

1st

4

(6)

29th Jul 2025

Yielding

1m 0f 123y

20:20 Galway

Heliogabalus

9st 12lb

J: Shane Foley

T: Sean Byrne

Maiden has run well enough on two of last three starts, notably in a 1m claimer at Killarney last time; needs more up 4lb for that run and blinkers are added.

9/1

Form: 40-094

Last run: 11 days

W: 10st 0lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Ordinary form in maidens and in a claimer at Fairyhouse; made a bright start in handicap company when fourth of 15 at Leopardstown in first-time blinkers, may improve again.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

7

(11)

4th Sep 2025

Standard

0m 7f 0y

18:40 Laytown

Saxon Kingdom

10st 3lb

J: Gavin Ryan

T: Thomas Dowling

1-27 on the Flat; gained his first success in a 1m Gowran handicap at the start of the season but has lost his way more recently and hard to recommend on the back of a poor run at the Curragh last month.

16/1

20

(16)

16th Aug 2025

Good

1m 0f 0y

17:10 Curragh

Saxon Kingdom

8st 7lb

J: Jamie Powell

T: Thomas Dowling

Sole win from 29 starts came over this trip at Gowran Park in May; decent form on his last three Irish outings; moderate run at Catterick 11 days ago.

16/1

9

(11)

5th Aug 2025

Good

0m 7f 6y

Class 6

15:00 Catterick

Saxon Kingdom

9st 9lb

J: Oisin McSweeney

T: Thomas Dowling

Sole win from 28 starts came at Gowran Park (1m, good) in May; shaped as if still in good form on his last three outings, most recently at Leopardstown (7f, good) 19 days ago; stable 2-6 with runners in Britain.

8/1

OUR TIP

Form: 08

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 11lb

3 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Now tried over an intermediate trip after nondescript runs at 7f and 1m4f; hard to fancy despite trainer's good record in this category.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

14th

14

(11)

20th Sep 2024

Standard

1m 2f 150y

19:30 Dundalk (AW)

Nosey Anna

8st 9lb

J: J M Sheridan

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

A bit better in blinkers when didn't get the clearest of runs at Navan last time; a fair bit more needed.

16/1

9th

19

(19)

7th Sep 2024

Good

1m 2f 40y

17:10 Navan

Nosey Anna

8st 10lb

J: J M Sheridan

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Soundly beaten on all starts including two handicaps; transformation needed in first-time blinkers.

33/1

Form: -30479

Last run: 2 days

W: 10st 0lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Third in a 7f AW maiden in January; has failed to build on that and was down the field on handicap debut at Down Royal on Saturday.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

6th

1

(7)

24th Jun 2024

Yielding

1m 1f 156y

17:10 Ballinrobe

Punta Coco

10st 0lb

J: Keithen Kennedy

T: Miss Natalia Lupini

Third in a 7f AW maiden in January; has failed to build on that and was down the field on handicap debut at Down Royal on Saturday.

5/1

9th

6

(5)

22nd Jun 2024

Good To Firm

1m 2f 75y

14:05 Down Royal

Punta Coco

9st 3lb

J: Gary Halpin

T: Miss Natalia Lupini

Third in a 7f AW maiden in January; has failed to build on that but still worth considering now that she tackles handicap company for the first time.

7/2

7th

13

(5)

31st May 2024

Good

1m 2f 0y

20:30 Down Royal

Punta Coco

9st 3lb

J: W J Lee

T: Miss Natalia Lupini

Best RPR when third in a 7f AW maiden in January; mixed messages as to what she achieved when beaten 10l behind a smart one in a Gowran maiden (1m, soft) but that was still a fair run and this drier ground can benefit.

3/1

33/1

Form: 0-0

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Never featured in an AW claimer in December; 200-1 shot when last of 15 in a 1m Gowran maiden a week ago.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

7th

8

(1)

24th Jun 2024

Yielding

1m 1f 156y

17:10 Ballinrobe

National Style

9st 3lb

J: James Ryan

T: R P Cody

Never featured in an AW claimer in December; 200-1 shot when last of 15 in a 1m Gowran maiden a week ago.

33/1

15th

8

(13)

17th Jun 2024

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:35 Gowran Park

National Style

9st 3lb

J: Mikey Sheehy

T: R P Cody

Never figured in an AW claimer in December and impossible to recommend after that.

33/1

11th

2

(7)

1st Dec 2023

Standard

0m 7f 0y

17:00 Dundalk (AW)

National Style

9st 2lb

J: Colin Keane

T: R P Cody

National Defense filly is third foal of an unraced half-sister to winners Sureness (1m-1m4f Flat inc AW/2m-2m1f hurdle), Top Frock (7f-1m2f inc AW), Billy Blue (1m AW 2yo) and Mecca's Missus (6f/7f inc 2yo); taking jockey booking for belated debut so worth a market check.

12/1

Form: 47-

Last run: 345 days

W: 9st 10lb

3 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Does not look good enough on the evidence of juvenile runs at Haydock and Ascot for Richard Hannon; gelded since.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

14th

14

(12)

30th Oct 2024

Standard

1m 0f 0y

14:14 Dundalk (AW)

Romantic Samurai

8st 13lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: E J O’Neill

Tried over various trips in three starts for current yard this summer, well beaten each time; declining mark may still flatter him; cheekpieces replace blinkers.

12/1

14th

14

(12)

30th Oct 2024

Standard

1m 0f 0y

14:14 Dundalk (AW)

Romantic Samurai

8st 13lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: E J O’Neill

Tried over various trips in three starts for current yard this summer, well beaten each time; declining mark may still flatter him; cheekpieces replace blinkers.

12/1

8th

3

(8)

9th Aug 2024

Good To Firm

0m 5f 0y

16:45 Tipperary

Romantic Samurai

9st 8lb

J: Shane Foley

T: E J O’Neill

slowly into stride, detached in rear throughout

50/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €40.00
Straight Forecast €96.48
Trifecta €385.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

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RP RATINGS (IRE):

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POSTDATA:

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The Irish Sun:

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