December 06 / 18.30 Dundalk (AW)

18.30

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Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div I)

  • Prize money: £5386.96
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • 14 runners
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Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div I)

Runners: 14 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Rain

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £5.00
  • Place: £2.00

Form: 667034 CD

Last run: 9 days

W: 9st 12lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 61

Form & Verdict
Dual course winner (including C&D) and eyecatching runs over C&D in her last two starts; promising claimer takes off 5lb and looks a player from the same mark.
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5th

3

(17)

11th May 2026

Good

0m 7f 111y

17:23 Roscommon

Morning Approach

9st 12lb

J: W J Lee

T: W McCreery

Four-time winner was very much out of form at Dundalk over the winter; has had a break.

18/1

11th

8

(14)

6th Feb 2026

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1m 0f 0y

18:45 Dundalk (AW)

Morning Approach

9st 8lb

J: Hugh Horgan

T: W McCreery

Three-time course winner who was just denied over C&D off 60 last July; nothing like the same standard of form since then; never a factor behind Beat The Devil last month.

25/1

20/1

  • Place: £4.70

Form: -00U76 D

Last run: 70 days

W: 8st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 47

Form & Verdict
Losing run since May 2022; beaten 4l here in September and well held over timber since; enough to prove at present.
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16

30th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 50y

19:30 Tramore

Esticky End

10st 0lb

J: Dylan Robinson

T: Tom McGuinness

Flat winner is 0-13 over hurdles; didn't run terribly at Down Royal in December off this mark; should be sharper for latest run at Wexford when made late gains from the back; could outrun likely odds.

16/1

7th

14

16th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 0y

15:15 Wexford

Esticky End

10st 0lb

J: Dylan Robinson

T: Tom McGuinness

Five-time Flat winner (last win in 2024) but yet to trouble the judge in 12 starts over hurdles; some decent runs in defeat when last seen over the winter, finished fifth of 13 at Thurles (2m, good to yielding) and fifth of 20 at Down Royal (2m1f, yielding), flying home after being hampered by a faller; can't be ruled out.

6/1

20/1

  • Place: £4.00

Form: 807609

Last run: 9 days

W: 9st 2lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 51

Form & Verdict
Sole win came over 7f on heavy but no signs of a revival over this C&D in his last couple of starts.
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5th

15

(11)

20th May 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

18:50 Gowran Park

Master Garvey

8st 10lb

J: Declan McDonogh

T: Joseph Anthony Murray

Modest strike rate (2-49), fair AW form during the winter; finished in mid-field over C&D last month and needs to raise his game.

14/1

7th

11

(1)

23rd Apr 2026

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1m 0f 0y

18:45 Dundalk (AW)

Master Garvey

8st 10lb

J: Declan McDonogh

T: Joseph Anthony Murray

Has done a lot of racing since C&D win off 47 just over a year ago, one of only two wins in 48-race career; solid third in C&D handicap earlier this month; raced keenly from wide draw at Gowran on latest; contender at his best.

9/2

16/1

Form: 680-35

Last run: 245 days

W: 9st 0lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
Nine-race maiden and was only beaten roughly 1l here in March; fifth when last seen but likely to need this after 245 days off; blinkers on for return.
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14

(3)

14th Feb 2025

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1m 2f 150y

19:15 Dundalk (AW)

Adare Beauty

8st 8lb

J: Wesley Joyce

T: Thomas Dowling

Glimpses of form here albeit over shorter trips; not an obvious one.

16/1

OUR TIP

Form: 5088

Last run: 9 days

W: 10st 0lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Hasn't achieved much in three maidens and a claimer so far; tongue-tie on for handicap debut back down in trip; probably needs further.
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5th

1

(1)

29th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

19:25 Down Royal

Tassarolo

10st 2lb

J: J M Sheridan

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Three wins last year, two over hurdles and 1m4f Killarney Flat handicap off 59; recent Flat return was encouraging at Leopardstown although remains unproven over this extended trip.

13/2

7/1

Form: 002104 D

Last run: 47 days

W: 10st 1lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Gained fourth win on turf in October; 0-4 on AW but arrives in reasonable form, which is more than can be said for plenty of these and latest fourth at Galway was a solid effort; potential pace angle.
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7

(6)

26th May 2026

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1m 4f 0y

19:48 Dundalk (AW)

Eastern Wind

9st 10lb

J: Sadhbh Tormey

T: T G McCourt

Behind Jawhary and Copper Craft here in April, taking AW record to 0-9 (no places); more effective on turf, as recent Leopardstown second reminded us.

8/1

2nd

9

(12)

15th May 2026

Good

1m 4f 180y

19:57 Leopardstown

Eastern Wind

9st 10lb

J: Sadhbh Tormey

T: T G McCourt

Five-time Flat winner, also one win over hurdles; a frequent Leopardstown runner with two wins and three places from 17 visits; fit from AW; could go well with 7lb claimed.

14/1

6th

3

(7)

23rd Apr 2026

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1m 2f 150y

20:15 Dundalk (AW)

Eastern Wind

10st 0lb

J: Sadhbh Tormey

T: T G McCourt

Five-time Flat winner (0-8 on AW) and 1-6 over hurdles; decent return from a break when fifth over C&D last month but finished last over hurdles at Bellewstown five days ago.

25/1

Form: 905570

Last run: 86 days

W: 9st 12lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Nine-race maiden; respectable efforts here last winter but arrives on the back of poor run at Cork and may need this after three months off.
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15

(9)

19th Aug 2025

Good

1m 2f 95y

17:20 Roscommon

Sobriety Blue

9st 0lb

T: Andrew Slattery

Never in the first three in 15 outings; not well treated by the race conditions; reserve.

9

(7)

7th Aug 2025

Good

0m 7f 42y

19:23 Leopardstown

Sobriety Blue

9st 5lb

J: Andrew Slattery

T: Andrew Slattery

Maiden has been regressive in the last year; a falling mark is some help but still doesn't appeal on recent evidence.

28/1

7

(14)

25th Jul 2025

Good

0m 6f 0y

19:20 Cork

Sobriety Blue

9st 11lb

J: Adam Browne-Souza

T: Andrew Slattery

Closely matched with Cu Chulainn on recent Limerick running; both need to improve to feature.

12/1

40/1

Form: /0/0-0

Last run: 16 days

W: 9st 8lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
Sole win came over 6f on the beach at Laytown in 2021; only seen twice since February 2022; low-key return last month and may need more time.
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11th

8

(15)

18th Dec 2024

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0m 7f 0y

17:55 Dundalk (AW)

El Padre

9st 5lb

J: Nicola Burns

T: R P Burns

Sole win came over 6f on the beach at Laytown in 2021; very lightly raced in the last two years and hasn't been showing much.

25/1

11th

8

(15)

18th Dec 2024

Standard

0m 7f 0y

17:55 Dundalk (AW)

El Padre

9st 5lb

J: Nicola Burns

T: R P Burns

Sole win came over 6f on the beach at Laytown in 2021; very lightly raced in the last two years and hasn't been showing much.

25/1

8th

8

(5)

6th Dec 2024

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1m 0f 0y

18:30 Dundalk (AW)

El Padre

9st 8lb

J: Nicola Burns

T: R P Burns

Sole win came over 6f on the beach at Laytown in 2021; only seen twice since February 2022; low-key return last month and may need more time.

40/1

Form: 981075

Last run: 23 days

W: 9st 8lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
All three wins on testing ground on turf over 7f; placed over 1m and respectable run over 7f latest but mark is on the high side at present.
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17th

21

(6)

2nd Nov 2025

Heavy

0m 7f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Purring Along

8st 7lb

J: Wesley Joyce

T: P G Fahey

Four wins all at 7f, including here this time last year off a lowly 47; went up 7lb for Down Royal win in June and has struggled since, including when well-backed at Galway on Monday, doing best work at finish; 6lb wrong.

20/1

17th

21

(6)

2nd Nov 2025

Heavy

0m 7f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Purring Along

8st 7lb

J: Wesley Joyce

T: P G Fahey

Four wins all at 7f, including here this time last year off a lowly 47; went up 7lb for Down Royal win in June and has struggled since, including when well-backed at Galway on Monday, doing best work at finish; 6lb wrong.

20/1

17th

21

(6)

2nd Nov 2025

Heavy

0m 7f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Purring Along

8st 7lb

J: Wesley Joyce

T: P G Fahey

Four wins all at 7f, including here this time last year off a lowly 47; went up 7lb for Down Royal win in June and has struggled since, including when well-backed at Galway on Monday, doing best work at finish; 6lb wrong.

20/1

Form: 688897 CD

Last run: 37 days

W: 9st 13lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Three-time C&D winner, the latest in March from 5lb lower; not in the same form since including a C&D claimer last month; enough to prove at present.
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9th

12

(8)

21st Feb 2025

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1m 2f 150y

19:30 Dundalk (AW)

Zahee

9st 0lb

J: Rory Mulligan

T: John C McConnell

midfield

14/1

14

(10)

27th Jan 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

17:15 Dundalk (AW)

Zahee

9st 4lb

J: Donagh O’Connor

T: John C McConnell

The last of his three C&D wins came last March off 7lb higher than this mark; not in the best of form on last number of starts and others look more likely.

25/1

5th

14

(10)

27th Jan 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

17:15 Dundalk (AW)

Zahee

9st 4lb

J: Donagh O’Connor

T: John C McConnell

towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on towards far side inside final furlong, not reach leaders

25/1

Form: 227180 CD

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 8lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
Sole win came over C&D; didn't beat a rival on recent return but drop back in trip will help; needs career-best to defy this mark.
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15th

10

(6)

15th Jun 2025

Yielding

1m 0f 0y

15:35 Gowran Park

Suityourselfboss

9st 5lb

J: Sam Coen

T: Michael J Browne

1-23, best on AW; good turf effort when runner-up over C&D on penultimate start; failed to reproduce that form here on latest.

12/1

Form: 630750

Last run: 56 days

W: 9st 10lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Best run came in a 1m4f turf maiden in July but hasn't built on that since and drop in trip unlikely to suit.
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12th

7

(3)

6th Dec 2024

Standard

1m 0f 0y

18:30 Dundalk (AW)

Endless Pursuit

9st 10lb

J: Shane Foley

T: Mrs John Harrington

Best run came in a 1m4f turf maiden in July but hasn't built on that since and drop in trip unlikely to suit.

25/1

12th

7

(3)

6th Dec 2024

Standard

1m 0f 0y

18:30 Dundalk (AW)

Endless Pursuit

9st 10lb

J: Shane Foley

T: Mrs John Harrington

Best run came in a 1m4f turf maiden in July but hasn't built on that since and drop in trip unlikely to suit.

25/1

16/1

Form: 848545 D

Last run: 80 days

W: 9st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
AW winner on Tapeta in Britain; has looked regressive in recent times and best form is over further; another new yard.
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18th

20

(21)

23rd May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 2f 0y

14:30 Curragh

Pillar Of Hope

8st 8lb

J: Rory Mulligan

T: P Sweeney

Five turf wins include a 1m4f course success during a solid 2025 campaign; below his best in two outings this term; mid-field behind today's Perry Mason on the first occasion.

33/1

8th

1

(3)

8th May 2026

Yielding To Soft

1m 4f 183y

20:22 Ballinrobe

Pillar Of Hope

10st 2lb

J: Luke McAteer

T: P Sweeney

Five turf wins include last year at the Curragh and when bolting up off 70 at Leopardstown in October; didn't count on seasonal return at the Curragh over a short enough trip; drops in class and upped to more suitable trip so has to be considered.

10/1

Form: 7033-4

Last run: 30 days

W: 9st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 54

Form & Verdict
15-race maiden; placed over further here last winter and respectable return last month but 1m is probably sharp for him these days.
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9th

9

(6)

14th Mar 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

17:05 Dundalk (AW)

Streetscape

9st 4lb

J: Seamie Heffernan

T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy

soon led, headed under 2f out, soon weakened, eased inside final furlong

40/1

8th

10

(17)

21st Feb 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

19:30 Dundalk (AW)

Streetscape

9st 2lb

J: Julian Pietropaolo

T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy

midfield

8/1

10

(17)

12th Feb 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

17:05 Dundalk (AW)

Streetscape

9st 3lb

J: Seamie Heffernan

T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy

16-race maiden; put some consistent runs together before disappointing dropped back to 1m here in December; should fare better back up in trip.

16/1

Non-runners

Hialeah, Knockmore Prince

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €116.30
Straight Forecast €71.01
Tricast €983.18
Trifecta €1236.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Morning Approach

The Irish Sun:

Streetscape

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Pillar Of Hope

POSTDATA:

Morning Approach