12.35
YieldingThorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle
- Prize money: £7695.65
- 2m 0f 0y
- 17 runners
Runners: 17 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
Form: 6
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th 4 |
7th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Maiden hurdle winner early last year; fair form over fences last season, best effort a second placing at Punchestown in November when in front of the useful Coral River; runner-up in a six-runner contest at Cork on handicap debut; officially rated 11lb inferior to Karoline Banbou. |
8/1 |
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2nd 6 |
6th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 45y |
10st 9lb |
Maiden hurdle winner and useful novice form over fences this term; looked like 2m4f stretched him when last seen at Christmas; has his chance on handicap bow with leading claimer on board. |
6/1 |
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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12 |
10th Feb 2026 Heavy 1m 7f 150y |
10st 12lb |
Point-to-point winner in 2023; yet to show any signs of winning potential in eight starts over hurdles; remote sixth at Fairyhouse nine days ago. |
25/1 |
Form: 4/15- C
Last run: 238 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3rd 1 |
14th Apr 2026 Yielding 1m 7f 131y |
11st 12lb |
Hasn't stood much racing since winning a bumper at Leopardstown in December 2023; remote sixth on chase debut at Punchestown in November and off since; others appeal more. |
22/1 |
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9th 6 |
1st May 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 94y |
12st 0lb |
Leopardstown winner at Christmas fixture in 2023; remote fifth in this race last year; 8-1, fell three out on hurdling debut in a strong maiden at Leopardstown last Christmas. |
12/1 |
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9th 6 |
1st May 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 94y |
12st 0lb |
Leopardstown winner at Christmas fixture in 2023; remote fifth in this race last year; 8-1, fell three out on hurdling debut in a strong maiden at Leopardstown last Christmas. |
12/1 |
Form: 2-17 D BF
Last run: 33 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3rd 2 |
30th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 75y |
11st 12lb |
Grade 3 novice hurdle winner over 2m4f last season but is comfortable at this trip too; got off the mark over fences at Fairyhouse before winning a valuable Leopardstown handicap and Navan Grade 3, all over approx' 2m; fine fourth in the WillowWarm Gold Cup last time at 2m4f; can be involved. |
14/1 |
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4th 2 |
5th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 4f 0y |
11st 10lb |
Grade 3 novice hurdle winner at Naas last season; off the mark over fences at third attempt, taking a 2m beginners' at this venue in first-time cheekpieces; split today's rivals Kappa JyPyke and Predators Gold in a Grade 3 event over a near-2m4f trip at Punchestown; won a DRF handicap and has since landed the odds in a 2m Grade 3 at Navan. |
6/1 |
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1st 3 |
28th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 0f 0y |
11st 1lb |
Grade 3 novice hurdle winner at Naas last season; off the mark over fences at third attempt, taking a 2m Fairyhouse beginners' in first-time cheekpieces; split two Mullins-trained runners in a Grade 3 event over a near-2m4f trip at Punchestown; made a stylish entry to handicap company at the DRF and can continue on an upward curve; no issues with trip or ground. |
4/5 |
Form: 1/4
Last run: 19 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 4 |
22nd Feb 2026 Soft To Heavy 1m 7f 110y |
11st 5lb |
Had 923 days off after winning a French bumper in 2022; comfortably won his third maiden hurdle start at Punchestown (2m, good to yielding); raced too keenly on handicap debut back at Punchestown in November when 7-2 joint favourite; weakened quickly at Leopardstown last time (2m, yielding); Mark Walsh now rides Fierce Handay. |
10/1 |
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4 |
7th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Beat Grade 2 winning hurdler Jet Blue in a bumper on sole French start in 2022; returned from a 923-day absence last December in a soft ground maiden hurdle when an okay fourth to Jasmin De Vaux; didn't follow that up three weeks later when well beaten at Leopardstown; returns from an absence again but has ability. |
11/2 |
Form: 05645
Last run: 30 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9th 2 |
11th Oct 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
12st 0lb |
Got off the mark in a Sligo handicap in June but has struggled a bit off a significantly higher mark since; not a bad chasing debut last time but needs more back to hurdles. |
7/1 |
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5th 3 |
19th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 1f 165y |
11st 12lb |
Won a Sligo handicap hurdle over 2m2f in the summer and put a poor Galway run behind when a respectable fifth at Kilbeggan; tends to jump left but not ruled out on chase debut. |
8/1 |
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5th 8 |
22nd Aug 2025 Good 2m 2f 200y |
11st 6lb |
Got off the mark over hurdles when winning a Sligo handicap in June but was well beaten at Galway since; dropped 2lb but tends to jump left and others preferred. |
12/1 |
Form: 6-0
Last run: 19 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2nd 4 (4) |
10th Jul 2025 Good 1m 7f 0y |
11st 2lb |
A winner of a Cork handicap hurdle in May (2m4f, good); okay fourth when switched to chasing on his final start for Gavin Cromwell; now tries the Flat for the first time on stable debut but his jump form doesn't give much encouragement. |
20/1 |
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4th 4 |
16th May 2025 Good 2m 4f 90y |
11st 12lb |
Respectable form in maiden hurdles; fell when favourite on handicap debut at Fairyhouse; beaten 40l next time at Clonmel; raced keenly when third at Bellewstown; winning favourite at Cork last week; trip and ground should suit for this switch to chasing. |
9/2 |
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4th 4 |
16th May 2025 Good 2m 4f 90y |
11st 12lb |
Respectable form in maiden hurdles; fell when favourite on handicap debut at Fairyhouse; beaten 40l next time at Clonmel; raced keenly when third at Bellewstown; winning favourite at Cork last week; trip and ground should suit for this switch to chasing. |
9/2 |
Form: 30/3
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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2 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 5f 122y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Three-time Flat winner (1m1f-1m4f) who showed promise in maiden hurdles but his progress stalled in spring 2025, pulling up on handicap hurdle debut and finishing well beaten on his final start for Denis Hogan in May last year; brought down at the first on stable debut after an absence this April (20-1), but still sets the standard with a mark of 110. |
11/2 |
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6 |
24th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 16y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Three-time Flat winner who has also shown promise over hurdles; well beaten in this code last May and bought out of Denis Hogan's yard for £17,000 later that month; absent since but he's one of the likelier winners if at the top of his game on this comeback and stable debut; watch the betting. |
4/1 |
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3rd 1 |
15th May 2025 Good 2m 3f 137y |
11st 12lb |
Three-time Flat winner on a sound surface last year; not as effective a hurdler (0-6), standout effort when second to a 10l winner in C&D maiden last month; stiff task on Flat latest; place claims back in maiden company but no easy task conceding weight. |
9/2 |
Form: /2311- C
Last run: 239 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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1st 17 |
9th Mar 2025 Soft 2m 3f 109y |
11st 12lb |
Runner-up in the Grade 1 Punchestown Champion Bumper in 2022 and went one better in that same race last season; was a bit disappointing when fourth of 17 in a Leopardstown maiden on belated hurdle bow and was tailed off having jumped poorly behind Kopek Des Bordes; big player if he can get to the level of his bumper form. |
11/4 |
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8th 8 |
2nd Feb 2025 Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Clearly has not been the easiest to train; leading bumper horse over a period of more than two years, snaring a deserved Grade 1 at Punchestown last season; probably raced too keenly on his belated hurdles debut here at Christmas; this is a big step up but he has the bumper form. |
8/1 |
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8th 8 |
2nd Feb 2025 Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Clearly has not been the easiest to train; leading bumper horse over a period of more than two years, snaring a deserved Grade 1 at Punchestown last season; probably raced too keenly on his belated hurdles debut here at Christmas; this is a big step up but he has the bumper form. |
8/1 |
Form: 13F-5 D
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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8th 3 |
20th Apr 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 140y |
11st 6lb |
His first two wins over fences included a defeat of this week's impressive Cheltenham winner Theatre Native; RPRs suggest he could be on a useful mark and forget last time as was found to be coughing. |
6/1 |
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8th 3 |
20th Apr 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 140y |
11st 6lb |
His first two wins over fences included a defeat of this week's impressive Cheltenham winner Theatre Native; RPRs suggest he could be on a useful mark and forget last time as was found to be coughing. |
6/1 |
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6th 1 |
23rd Mar 2025 Good 2m 3f 120y |
12st 6lb |
held up in rear |
5/2 |
Form: 1-65 D
Last run: 41 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 |
1st May 2026 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Ex-Gavin Cromwell; likely needed first run since April 2025 when beaten 28l on British/yard debut; middle leg of subsequent five-timer was a 6l defeat of Practice Run in a Howick intermediate (soft); untried over rules fences, but versatile as regards track and going types. |
Evs |
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6th 2 |
10th Apr 2025 Good 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
prominent behind clear leader, pressed leaders briefly home turn, lost position and weakened quickly before 2 out, tailed off |
6/4 |
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6th 2 |
10th Apr 2025 Good 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
prominent behind clear leader, pressed leaders briefly home turn, lost position and weakened quickly before 2 out, tailed off |
6/4 |
Form: 00
Last run: 19 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 |
15th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 209y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Fair on the Flat when based in Ireland but unplaced all five hurdling starts there; made low-key stable debut (on the Flat) last month and has quite a bit more to prove than some of these. |
33/1 |
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8th 8 (6) |
2nd Apr 2026 Standard 1m 3f 23y Class 5 |
9st 1lb |
Ex-Irish 7yo who brings a long losing spell to this debut for new yard, as it's three years since his sole win; finished second in a Dundalk claimer (1m4f) when last seen. |
9/1 |
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4 (17) |
29th Oct 2025 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
9st 13lb |
Losing run goes back to a turf success in April 2023; below form when sixth in a claimer at Roscommon in August; better when taking the same place at this venue 12 days ago. |
10/1 |
Form: 0864
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 6 |
20th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 3f 0y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
This sort of trip looked worth another go when he kept on for fifth of 15 on stable debut at Hereford (2m, soft) in December; however, he was tailed off at Ludlow (2m5f, soft) recently on his sole start since. |
14/1 |
Form: 113- D
Last run: 239 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 5 |
1st May 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 45y |
11st 12lb |
Unseen since taking the runner-up spot behind Kopek Des Bordes in last season's Supreme Novices' Hurdle (2m, good to soft); that was just his fourth hurdles start after placing in his opening two maiden hurdles at Leopardstown and Fairyhouse and comfortably winning a Listed novice hurdle (soft) over this C&D before his Cheltenham run; contender if running to his best but it would be a huge performance to win this after 416 days off. |
6/1 |
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2nd 11 |
11th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 0f 87y Class 1 |
11st 7lb |
Respectable third in sole Grade 1 attempt (final start in bumpers); opened his hurdles account with an effortless Listed novice win at Punchestown (2m, soft; went clear on the bridle) last month when ridden by Sean Flanagan for the first time and settling better than previously in this sphere; now goes in first-time hood as an extra measure, which allies with the likely strong pace; peaking at the right time and looks set for an interesting rematch with Workahead, who beat him at Leopardstown in December; owner-trainer landed this prize two years ago with a horse ridden by Michael O'Sullivan, who very sadly lost his life recently and is honoured in the race title today; a fitting success is conceivable, with further improvement likely. |
13/2 |
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5 |
20th Feb 2025 Soft 1m 7f 211y |
11st 5lb |
Smart bumper form, winning at Navan (beat C'Est Ta Chance) and Naas before fine third to Redemption Day in Grade 1 event here; reversed form with that rival when second in a strong maiden on hurdles debut at Leopardstown; good chance here on the strength of seconds to the promising Kawaboomga at Fairyhouse; room for improvement in his jumping. |
8/11 |
Form: 3
Last run: 19 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1st 4 |
16th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Point winner was a smart maiden hurdle winner in 2024 but hasn't really built on that; the best of three runs last season was when second in a Gowran Grade 3 in February; was then outclassed in the Champion Hurdle; yard does well with chasers so can run a big race. |
9/4 |
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9th 6 |
10th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 87y Class 1 |
11st 10lb |
Lightly raced 8yo; dropped away from the top of the hill in the Supreme on this card 12 months ago, having raced freely and done too much up front; achieved best RPRs when scoring impressively at Leopardstown (strong maiden form) in December 2024 and good second in Grade 3 at Gowran Park (again over 2m; heavy) last time; faces a stiffer assignment and competition for the lead. |
66/1 |
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4th 7 |
25th Jan 2026 Heavy 1m 7f 190y |
11st 3lb |
Looked a fine prospect when winning good-class Leopardstown maiden last season but far too keen and ran no sort of race in Grade 1 Supreme Novices' in March; had a setback after and having his first run back, but remains a smart prospect if settling better. |
11/4 |
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 5lb
5 yo Filly
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9th 16 (13) |
22nd Oct 2024 Soft 1m 2f 0y |
9st 1lb |
Maiden whose best form has come in testing conditions; well beaten on recent return but can improve from that; due to run in the 4.30 Gowran Monday. |
22/1 |
Form: 5-467
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 5lb
5 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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1 |
27th Aug 2025 Good 2m 4f 110y |
11st 12lb |
Point winner; sent off a favourite for her only handicap start here in April, only to fall; has come down in the ratings; respectable form at Kilbeggan on his last two starts; may again find a few too good. |
7/1 |
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4th 1 |
9th Aug 2025 Good 2m 0f 0y |
12st 0lb |
Point winner has found it tough since racing under Rules; she has been well behind in her three recent starts at this venue at 15.5f-2m3f; she was sent off a warm order for her only handicap start at Bellewstown in April off 109 when she fell; can do better back in handicap company. |
9/4 |
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3rd 13 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 2m 2f 200y |
10st 11lb |
Beginning to look exposed after eight defeats over hurdles and beaten 16l over C&D two weeks ago when one of the favourites for a maiden; usual hood retained but the tongue-tie now left off. |
10/1 |
Betting Forcast
40/1 Glenashling, 33/1 Glens Sensation, 8/1 Goldinthemountains, 9/1 Jacobs Ladder, 25/1 Joueur Masque, 66/1 Navy Guitar, 50/1 Next Stop Paris, 12/1 Polemon, 1/2 Redemption Day, 66/1 Springt De La Mare, 66/1 The Dancing Tree, 200/1 Theophilos, 200/1 Times A Wastin, 11/2 William Munny, 13/2 Workahead, 200/1 Awqaat, 66/1 Half Past Tipsy
Selections
The Irish Sun:
Joueur MasquePOSTDATA:
Half Past TipsyRP RATINGS (IRE):
WorkaheadSPOTLIGHT:
Redemption Day