18.15
Good To YieldingKevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle (Grade 3)
- Prize money: £35913.04
- 2m 0f 0y
- 8 runners
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Runners: 8 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
8/1 (Won)
- Win: £23.00
- Place: £2.60
Form: 2141-4 D
Last run: 38 days
W: 11st 5lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 147
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 |
1st Nov 2025 Good 3m 0f 26y Class 1 |
11st 2lb |
11yo who appeared to be outstayed when fourth, beaten about 8l, in the Grade 1 Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown (extended 2m7f, yielding) in May; however, that was still a good performance in today's context and he's fit from the Flat; possible player for top Irish stable. |
8/1 |
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4th 4 |
1st Nov 2025 Good 3m 0f 26y Class 1 |
11st 2lb |
11yo who appeared to be outstayed when fourth, beaten about 8l, in the Grade 1 Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown (extended 2m7f, yielding) in May; however, that was still a good performance in today's context and he's fit from the Flat; possible player for top Irish stable. |
8/1 |
|
14 (11) |
11th Oct 2025 Good 2m 2f 0y Class 2 |
8st 5lb |
Aged 11 but he's a seriously unexposed, dark horse on Flat; smart hurdles form in Grade 1s in August 2024-May 2025; three Irish maiden races are all he's contested on Flat, when runner-up twice last year (2m/1m6f) and winning by a short head this August (2m) but he's not been hit hard with this opening Flat mark and having Willie Mullins as his trainer demands respect. |
12/1 |
6/1
- Place: £2.50
Form: 340-31 D
Last run: 33 days
W: 11st 1lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 137
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
22nd Apr 2026 Soft 2m 7f 180y Class 1 |
11st 2lb |
She'll find it hard to beat a peak-form Panic Attack and she was pulled up in the Irish National 16 days ago; however, she was running well in January, in a Grade 2 mares' chase at Fairyhouse (2m6f, yielding) and the Thyestes Handicap at Gowran Park (3m1f, heavy; albeit no match for the first two); no surprise if she bounces back with a good performance today. |
9/2 |
|
3rd 14 |
22nd Jan 2026 Heavy 3m 1f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Had a good season as a novice last term, four wins included 2m4f Grade 3 Tipperary novice and finished third to Dinoblue at Cheltenham; reappeared with a fine third in the Galway Plate in July; pulled up in Kerry National when reported with atrial fibrillation and signs of being in season; jumped untidily when predictably no match for Dinoblue at Fairyhouse. |
25/1 |
|
9 |
24th Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 7f 180y |
11st 2lb |
Four-time winner over fences, including a 2m4f Grade 3 novice success at Tipperary last October; distant third behind Dinoblue at Cheltenham; remote seventh in the Irish Grand National; put in a fine effort when third at 33-1 in the Galway Plate; Jordan Gainford retains the ride; capable of another big run |
12/1 |
4/1
- Place: £1.80
Form: 420-11 D
Last run: 31 days
W: 10st 8lb
9 yo Mare
OR: 136
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 1 |
31st Jul 2024 Good 2m 0f 110y |
11st 12lb |
soon led |
16/1 |
|
3rd 8 |
4th Jul 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
10st 8lb |
In-foal mare; won Killarney mares' Listed contest in May, relegating Shecouldbeanything to third; backed that up by beating Senecia at Listowel; can be fancied to uphold form with those two rivals on these terms and could go close. |
4/1 |
|
1st 6 |
3rd Jun 2024 Good 2m 0f 0y |
11st 7lb |
made all, 4 lengths ahead after 3 out, reduced lead 2 out, ridden and kept on well run-in |
13/2 |
8/1
Form: 6PP-12
Last run: 31 days
W: 11st 1lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 136
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 1 |
11th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 100y |
11st 8lb |
Very smart chaser when at his best but he was well beaten in this 12 months ago and last season's placed efforts were remote ones behind class acts; current wellbeing is a bit of an issue. |
12/1 |
|
5 |
1st Feb 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 1f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Decent sort has two wins apiece over hurdles and fences, including a Grade 2 at Navan last season, his best performance; however, he is rated a long way below all of these rivals and is an unlikely winner. |
66/1 |
15/8
Form: 1P611- D
Last run: 65 days
W: 11st 5lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 150
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 |
25th May 2026 Good 2m 2f 72y |
11st 2lb |
Grade 3 and Listed winner over hurdles and rated 152; last sighted finishing well beaten in Southwell Flat maiden won by Constitution Hill; not seen over timber since Sussex Champion Hurdle second at Plumpton in April 2025; best treated by race conditions and the one to beat; cheekpieces on. |
11/10 |
|
9th 4 (1) |
20th Feb 2026 Standard 1m 4f 14y Class 2 |
9st 6lb |
Not as good a hurdler as Constitution Hill but he's smart, finishing a flattering second to State Man in last year's Irish Champion Hurdle and then competitive in two strong handicaps; last seen beaten at odds-on in a 1m5f maiden at Ballinrobe but that's turned out to be a strong race and he reportedly finished lame; ability much respected on this AW debut. |
9/2 |
14/1
Form: 31441- D
Last run: 64 days
W: 10st 11lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 129
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 7 |
14th Feb 2026 Good To Soft 2m 3f 203y Class 3 |
11st 4lb |
Capable of useful form over fences in Ireland for Gordon Elliott but he's still to score in this sphere and has offered little for his new yard, jumping sketchily when pulled up in 3m Doncaster handicap three weeks ago; plenty more is required despite a tumbling mark. |
33/1 |
|
1 |
24th Jan 2026 Soft 2m 7f 214y Class 3 |
11st 10lb |
Ex-Irish 6yo; last of five finishers at Newbury (2m6f) on debut for new yard, taking chase record to 0-7; needs improvement to defy top weight. |
25/1 |
7/1
Form: 03/P-2 D
Last run: 38 days
W: 11st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 135
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 19 |
2nd May 2026 Yielding 2m 4f 118y |
10st 0lb |
Smart form as a younger horse but on losing run since Grade 2 success at Limerick in December 2022; a step in the right direction in a 2m Cork conditions hurdle on latest but he's unproven at this trip; 4lb wrong and hard to fancy. |
28/1 |
|
3rd 6 |
5th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 70y |
11st 2lb |
Smart form in his younger days, including a Grade 2 win, but has lost his way; soundly beaten at Leopardstown last time when well behind Soir De Garde and he's poorly treated by these race conditions. |
25/1 |
|
4th 5 |
2nd Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 2f 72y |
11st 2lb |
Won a Grade 2 in 2022 (2m, heavy); has struggled since then; more likely to return to winning ways in a handicap; looks out of his depth here with blinkers replacing previously work cheekpieces. |
50/1 |
9/2
Form: 166/1- D
Last run: 332 days
W: 11st 1lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
27th Dec 2024 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
midfield, pulled up quickly after 5 out |
12/1 |
|
2 |
27th Dec 2024 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
midfield, pulled up quickly after 5 out |
12/1 |
|
4th 2 |
1st Dec 2024 Yielding 2m 0f 110y |
11st 4lb |
Smart hurdles form in the early part of 2022, highlighted by Imperial Cup victory; sixth behind State Man in County Hurdle six days later; off for ten month after Cork win last year; 1m5f maiden winner at Ballinrobe in July; in rear in two Flat handicaps at Leopardstown in the autumn; hard to be confident. |
20/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €64.70 |
| Straight Forecast | €213.89 |
| Trifecta | €2384.50 |
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