16.25
SoftPaud, Sarah & Mary Fitzmaurice Memorial Handicap Chase
- Prize money: £6413.04
- 2m 3f 100y
- 16 runners
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Runners: 16 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
11/2 (Won)
- Win: £4.00
- Place: £1.10
Form: /833-2
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 5lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 2 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Looked set to win a chase at Cork last time, only to unseat at the last; a possible contender, though his overall 3-43 record makes it hard to be confident; beaten around 7l in fourth at this venue last October on his most recent hurdles start |
4/1 |
11/2
- Place: £1.40
Form: 56-122 D
Last run: 52 days
W: 10st 13lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 5 |
29th Jan 2026 Soft 2m 4f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Consistent gelding over fences and hurdles, better as a chaser; placed on all three starts over hurdles since a handicap chase win at the Listowel festival; touched off at Limerick last time; up 3lb but still 12lb below his chase mark; strong contender. |
6/1 |
|
5 |
18th Nov 2025 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Has been generally consistent in the last 18 months since joining this yard; won over fences at Listowel and a good 2nd over C&D since so goes on the shortlist. |
11/4 |
- Place: £2.30
Form: 86P561
Last run: 14 days
W: 10st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 79
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 12 |
21st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 6f 160y |
10st 1lb |
Winless in 31 attempts hurdling; 3-35 over fences, with two of those at Tramore; flopped when well fancied for course handicap hurdle in February; fair fifth over fences at Tramore last month. |
16/1 |
|
5th 13 |
20th Apr 2026 Soft 2m 5f 160y |
10st 4lb |
3-34 over fences, with two of those successes coming at this track, including when 33-1 chance in this race in 2023; creditable third in a 2m7f handicap chase here on New Year's Day; flopped when well fancied for a handicap hurdle at Limerick last time. |
6/1 |
|
14 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 5f 0y |
10st 3lb |
Is 3-34 over fences; veteran's recent form is solid, featuring a third placing over C&D last month and a third in a handicap chase at Tramore on New Year's Day; 0-30 record over hurdles is a significant negative; rider's claim is an asset. |
8/1 |
12/1
- Place: £2.20
Form: -50714
Last run: 28 days
W: 10st 13lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 14 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Gained second win of the year in a 2m7f handicap hurdle Killarney early last month; another solid display when third over 2m5f at Limerick last time. |
13/2 |
|
3rd 14 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Gained second win of the year in a 2m7f handicap hurdle Killarney early last month; another solid display when third over 2m5f at Limerick last time. |
13/2 |
|
3rd 14 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 11lb |
Gained second win of the year in a 2m7f handicap hurdle Killarney early last month; another solid display when third over 2m5f at Limerick last time. |
13/2 |
22/1
Form: 6-0470 D
Last run: 18 days
W: 10st 11lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 92
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 3 |
3rd May 2025 Good 2m 4f 15y Class 5 |
11st 6lb |
took keen hold, midfield on inner |
20/1 |
33/1
Form: PPP-45
Last run: 36 days
W: 10st 8lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 89
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 7 |
13th Apr 2025 Good To Yielding 1m 7f 110y |
10st 12lb |
Second over C&D in October but well held since; may have needed recent Limerick reappearance but modest enough strike-rate and Prince Of Air looks the yard's main hope; tongue-tie left off. |
10/1 |
|
5th 7 |
13th Apr 2025 Good To Yielding 1m 7f 110y |
10st 12lb |
Second over C&D in October but well held since; may have needed recent Limerick reappearance but modest enough strike-rate and Prince Of Air looks the yard's main hope; tongue-tie left off. |
10/1 |
|
13 |
1st Apr 2025 Good 2m 3f 128y |
10st 3lb |
led, joined briefly 1st, headed 5 out |
12/1 |
100/1
Form: 9P-080
Last run: 21 days
W: 10st 4lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 85
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14 |
7th Nov 2024 Good 2m 4f 171y |
10st 11lb |
prominent, pressed leader when mistake and lost position 10th, mistake and weakened 4 out, dropped to rear when not fluent 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out |
100/1 |
|
14 |
7th Nov 2024 Good 2m 4f 171y |
10st 11lb |
prominent, pressed leader when mistake and lost position 10th, mistake and weakened 4 out, dropped to rear when not fluent 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out |
100/1 |
|
9th 10 |
16th Oct 2024 Good 2m 7f 39y |
10st 7lb |
Beaten 23l on handicap chase debut at Listowel last time; steps up in trip today but has lots to find. |
25/1 |
Form: 0-7090
Last run: 23 days
W: 10st 0lb
6 yo Filly
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 (2) |
22nd Oct 2024 Soft 1m 4f 0y |
10st 13lb |
Dual-purpose maiden is out of her depth in this grade and is making up the numbers. |
200/1 |
|
15th 20 |
4th Oct 2024 Good 2m 4f 40y |
10st 0lb |
Modest performer under all codes; 1lb wrong here and makes no appeal. |
66/1 |
|
8th 19 |
27th Sep 2024 Soft 2m 3f 100y |
10st 0lb
|
prominent |
11/1
Form: 85U34P
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 11lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
20th May 2025 Good 3m 1f 185y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Irish raider; 0-10 over fences and has same strike-rate over hurdles; not favoured by the weights when well-beaten last of three in recent Killarney beginners' chase and has better chance in this handicap but his record over the last year or so is not compelling. |
7/1 |
|
3 |
20th May 2025 Good 3m 1f 185y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Irish raider; 0-10 over fences and has same strike-rate over hurdles; not favoured by the weights when well-beaten last of three in recent Killarney beginners' chase and has better chance in this handicap but his record over the last year or so is not compelling. |
7/1 |
|
2 |
11th May 2025 Good 2m 7f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Vastly inferior hurdler to his two rivals and he's now 0-9 over fences; should be outclassed. |
33/1 |
28/1
Form: 6-6779 C
Last run: 28 days
W: 11st 5lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 |
6th Oct 2024 Good 2m 1f 0y |
10st 9lb |
0-12 over fences; badly out of form since winning over hurdles at Cheltenham in November 2021; blinkers need to have a transformative effect. |
25/1 |
|
10th 8 |
27th Sep 2024 Soft 2m 3f 100y |
11st 5lb |
held up in rear |
28/1 |
|
9th 6 |
30th Aug 2024 Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
11st 7lb |
Dual hurdle winner is 0-10 over fences and isn't easy to fancy on the back of recent poor efforts. |
33/1 |
22/1
Form: -33468
Last run: 18 days
W: 12st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
30th Oct 2025 Good 2m 2f 66y |
11st 10lb |
Maiden was a close second at Punchestown last year over 2m7f; has been poor in a hurdle and chase start this year so has to return to best. |
10/1 |
|
3 |
30th Oct 2025 Good 2m 2f 66y |
11st 10lb |
Maiden was a close second at Punchestown last year over 2m7f; has been poor in a hurdle and chase start this year so has to return to best. |
10/1 |
|
6 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 5y |
11st 5lb |
Went close at Punchestown in October (2m7f, gd-yld) and just 1lb higher here; should strip fitter for spin over hurdles at that venue in June and has placed at this trip over timber; not discounted back over fences. |
12/1 |
25/1
Form: 9-6449 CD
Last run: 51 days
W: 11st 13lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 4 |
21st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 176y |
11st 4lb |
More than three years since his last racecourse win; okay run in a Cork hunters' chase when a 22l fifth but tailed off at Punchestown last time; blinkers go on now but unlikely. |
22/1 |
|
12th 12 |
1st May 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 160y |
12st 0lb |
More than three years since his last racecourse win; pulled up in the hunter chase won by Panda Boy at Thurles in January; held by Asian Master on Cork running. |
100/1 |
|
5th 10 |
6th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
12st 0lb |
More than three years since his last racecourse win; huge price when pulled up in a hunter chase at Thurles in January; unlikely to end his losing sequence. |
33/1 |
15/2
Form: 5P-PU1 D
Last run: 23 days
W: 11st 6lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 8 |
8th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 5f 180y |
11st 2lb |
Ordinary form last year; now back below the mark off which he won at Kilbeggan in 2024; pulled up at Limerick on final run before a break; new headgear combination now. |
14/1 |
|
9 |
19th Oct 2025 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Ordinary form this year; now back below the mark off which he won at Kilbeggan last year, so a revival may not be out of the question. |
12/1 |
|
8th 2 |
4th Oct 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 50y |
11st 11lb |
Bagged his second hurdles win at Kilbeggan last year off 93 (2m3f, yielding); made satisfactory return to action back at Kilbeggan in June when a distant third (2m4f, good) but never involved there the following month (2m3f, good to yielding); capable on his best day. |
14/1 |
22/1
Form: 5-5767
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 7 |
31st Mar 2026 Soft 2m 1f 200y |
10st 0lb |
Second runner for yard; course hurdle winner won at Gowran in January and ran well here last time; was poor when last seen over fences though, so questions to answer in that respect. |
5/1 |
10/1
Form: 11453U C
Last run: 21 days
W: 11st 1lb
9 yo Mare
OR: 96
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 8 |
30th Oct 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y |
10st 5lb |
Made all to win her eighth race over jumps at Galway last time; 9lb higher and may not get away with the same runaway tactics today but still on the shortlist. |
4/1 |
|
12th 8 |
30th Oct 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y |
10st 5lb |
Made all to win her eighth race over jumps at Galway last time; 9lb higher and may not get away with the same runaway tactics today but still on the shortlist. |
4/1 |
|
7 |
7th Oct 2025 Yielding 2m 6f 60y |
10st 0lb |
Went out on her shield after making a bold bid in a Roscommon handicap chase (21.5f, good) latest; is 2lb below her last winning hurdles mark and could be dangerous if she's given too much rope in front. |
100/30 |
18/1
Form: 1-0PPB
Last run: 14 days
W: 10st 6lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 87
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 |
2nd Oct 2025 Good 2m 2f 141y |
10st 5lb |
Bagged his two chase wins in 2023 at around 2m1f at Limerick and Ballinrobe, with his latest win coming off 12lb higher; out of form this year and change of stable didn't help much when tailed off at Ballinrobe latest. |
20/1 |
|
5th 15 |
12th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 7f 6y |
10st 0lb |
Lost his way since a course success in 2023 and pulled up a long way out latest; new yard and now tried with hood. |
100/1 |
|
15 |
18th Jul 2025 Good 2m 7f 0y |
10st 0lb |
Dual chase winner in 2023 but shown nothing in the last 12 months; now tried with tongue-tie. |
50/1 |
Non-runners
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €12.60 |
| Straight Forecast | €13.24 |
| Tricast | €81.13 |
| Trifecta | €96.10 |
Selections
RP RATINGS (IRE):
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