December 26 / 15.50 Limerick

15.50

Yielding To Soft

JJ Kavanagh Buses Mares Flat Race

  • Prize money: £5386.96
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • 12 runners
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JJ Kavanagh Buses Mares Flat Race

Runners: 12 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run: 229 days

W: 11st 11lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well beaten on her bumper debut at Cork in May; others appeal far more.
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12

6th Mar 2025

Good To Yielding

1m 7f 136y

15:30 Thurles

Cash Chase

10st 11lb

J: Richard Deegan

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

towards rear, not fluent 4th, detached 5th

100/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Ninth foal; half-sister to point and useful 2m3f/2m5f hurdle winner Jay Bee Why; dam bumper winner/placed over hurdles, half-sister to 2m4f-3m3f hurdle/chase winner Lordberniebouffant; stoutly-bred Shirocco mare; stable adept at having one ready first time and she would not have to be a star to contend here.
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4th

1

11th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 6f 100y

16:35 Killarney

Early Bird

11st 7lb

J: Alan O’Sullivan

T: Jonathan Sweeney

Bumper winner on good to yielding and progressing over hurdles, second over 2m3f (soft) at Clonmel in March.

4/1

2nd

2

26th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 2f 188y

16:42 Clonmel

Early Bird

11st 7lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: Jonathan Sweeney

Useful form in bumpers, winning at Tramore on third attempt in May 2025 on good; shaped well enough in a good mares maiden hurdle at Naas in December, beaten 17.5l seventh by Oldschool Outlaw; ran about as well as could be expected again behind that rival in Grade 3 company lto; calmer waters now and big chance back down in trip.

100/30

4th

5

3rd Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 2f 85y

14:25 Fairyhouse

Early Bird

10st 10lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: Jonathan Sweeney

Off the mark at the third attempt in a Tramore bumper in May (good-to-yielding); absent until fair midfield finish on hurdles debut in 2m Naas maiden in December on testing ground; lots more needed.

25/1

Form: 9

Last run: 231 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Point winner but last of nine on her sole bumper outing for Denis Ahern in May; debuts for Gordon Elliott here but others appeal more on evidence to date.
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8th

7

14th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 7f 0y

17:42 Clonmel

Forceonmyown

11st 8lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Point-to-point and bumper winner; best effort in maidens a 5.75l fourth of 15 at Punchestown (2m, sft-hvy); weakened upped to 18.5f on handicap bow at Leopardstown latest; dropped 1lb but more needed up in trip; cheekpieces on.

15/2

5th

5

3rd Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 2f 72y

14:55 Leopardstown

Forceonmyown

11st 2lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: Gordon Elliott

Point-to-point winner landed six-runner bumper at Punchestown early last year (soft); encouraging run at the same venue last time on her third hurdles start; good claimer up for handicap debut.

6/1

4th

12

4th Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

13:38 Punchestown

Forceonmyown

11st 5lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Gordon Elliott

Point-to-point winner landed six-runner bumper here a year ago (soft); reappeared in December in 2m4f maiden hurdles, racing prominently but not seeming to get home at Limerick and when remote third here; drops in trip now.

11/2

Form: 37-

Last run: 337 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Touched off late in a 2m4f heavy ground maiden hurdle here a year ago; ran no race in a similar Fairyhouse contest a month later and not seen since; bumper debut on less testing ground and interesting to see what the market makes of her.
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13

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 170y

13:35 Wexford

Hurricane Bailey

11st 5lb

J: Harry Sexton

T: E Sheehy

Hasn't reproduced debut promise of Limerick maiden run in December 2023 (heavy) in just three starts since, latest when pulled up at Gowran in March; new yard.

40/1

Form:

Last run: 160 days

W: 11st 11lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Soundly beaten in a Killarney mares' bumper in July; hard to fancy here.
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4th

1

2nd May 2026

Yielding

2m 4f 118y

16:15 Punchestown

Ill Raise A Glass

11st 7lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Martin Paul Fitzgerald

Bumper winner got off the mark at the third attempt over hurdles in 2m4f maiden here in January (soft-to-heavy); two runs since in much better company suggest she'll struggle again here.

100/1

5th

7

12th Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 6f 170y

13:00 Limerick

Ill Raise A Glass

10st 9lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Martin Paul Fitzgerald

Bumper winner got off the mark at the third attempt over hurdles in 2m4f Punchestown maiden (soft-to-heavy); subsequent Navan mares Listed third (beaten 11l) to Zanoosh was better form but hard to see her reversing that form on just 3lb better terms.

20/1

3rd

4

8th Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 4f 0y

14:20 Navan

Ill Raise A Glass

10st 9lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Martin Paul Fitzgerald

Bumper winner got off the mark at the third attempt over hurdles in a mares' maiden at Punchestown (19.5f, sft-hvy) last month (Poetsia 5l behind in second); the runner up lacked a recent outing and did plenty wrong so may not be as much between them this time.

7/1

Form:

Last run: 81 days

W: 11st 11lb

4 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Beaten a long way on her bumper debut at Tipperary in October; hard to make a case for.
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10th

13

6th Oct 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 50y

17:25 Tipperary

Queen Of Chenab

11st 5lb

J: Mr G Abbas

T: Patrick J Flynn

midfield

50/1

Form: 6-2

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Remote second to an admittedly good horse at Punchestown last month with some reasonable horses behind her; big drop in class here and likely to make her presence felt.
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6

30th May 2026

Good

2m 7f 100y

17:00 Listowel

Shesakindofmagic

11st 7lb

J: James Smith

T: Anthony McCann

Bumper winner in 2024 (yielding to soft); beaten 22l in seventh on handicap debut at Cork (2m3f, good) last time, jumping lacking fluency; more needed.

20/1

7th

6

10th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 50y

15:50 Cork

Shesakindofmagic

11st 7lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Anthony McCann

Bumper winner in 2024 (yielding to soft); returned from an absence in January when no match for subsequent Grade 1 winner Place De La Nation in a Fairyhouse conditions hurdle; poor back there next time, but more promising was her fifth of 16 there last month in a first-time tongue tie; yet to be seen if this opening mark is fair.

10/1

5th

14

4th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

14:05 Fairyhouse

Shesakindofmagic

11st 7lb

J: James Smith

T: Anthony McCann

Limerick bumper winner last season (yielding-to-soft); returned from absence to chase home long odds-on winner in four-runner C&D mares' hurdle on New Year's Day; disappointing run here two months ago leaves her plenty to find with Alliteration; first time with a tongue-tie.

12/1

Form: 85-P

Last run: 211 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Not disgraced in a 2m3f heavy ground bumper here in April; much more needed here.
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9

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 60y

16:38 Ballinrobe

So Far Away

11st 5lb

J: Niall Moore

T: John M Burke

Best of five bumper runs when third of 12 at Limerick last Christmas, off since January; tongue-tie fitted for hurdling debut.

10/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Sixth foal; half-sister to winners The Caddy Rose (bumper and useful 2m4f-2m6f hurdle/chase), The Flier Begley (2m3f/2m4f chase) and Sporting Glory (bumper/2m hurdle); dam unraced half-sister to high-class chaser Harbour Pilot; from a good staying family but best watched on debut.
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13th

15

6th Mar 2025

Good To Yielding

1m 7f 136y

15:30 Thurles

Thefarmersdaughter

10st 11lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: Patrick G Kelly

towards rear

100/1

12

28th Jan 2025

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:05 Limerick

Thefarmersdaughter

11st 7lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: Patrick G Kelly

Decent pedigree but completely tailed off on belated debut in a bumper at this track a month ago.

50/1

12

28th Jan 2025

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:05 Limerick

Thefarmersdaughter

11st 7lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: Patrick G Kelly

towards rear, dropped to last when reminder and weakened after 6th, pulled up before 2 out

50/1

Form:

Last run: 46 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Well held in a mares' bumper on debut last month; others far more likely.
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No Results Found

Form: 27-

Last run: 380 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Ran into the very useful Only By Night in a bumper here 14 months ago on debut; lost a shoe in a Punchestown bumper on her next start a year ago; her previous effort sets a reasonable standard and likely to take the beating if she can match or improve it here after a year off.
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3rd

6

10th May 2026

Good

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

16:02 Ludlow

Ufouria

11st 1lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Alastair Ralph

Bumper winner in Ireland; inconsistent results for current stable, taking hurdles record to 0-8; not particularly solid but her reduced mark is attractive judged on peak efforts.

13/2

10th

7

19th Apr 2026

Good

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

16:18 Stratford

Ufouria

11st 10lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

0-7 over hurdles but kept on for respectable fourth at Bangor (2m, soft) in February, her fourth start for Alastair Ralph, and has dropped another 5lb since; may benefit from this move back up in trip; worth a second look.

9/2

4th

9

25th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 145y

Class 4

14:00 Bangor-on-Dee

Ufouria

11st 4lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Alastair Ralph

Won an Irish bumper in early 2025; no closer than 15l in three runs for current yard, the last two handicaps (2m; good to soft/heavy); could still have a say in this weak a race.

8/1

Form: 8

Last run: 37 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Beaten a mile in a bumper on the inside track here last month; makes little appeal.
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11

12th May 2025

Good

2m 6f 100y

16:35 Killarney

Whatchukno

10st 13lb

J: Robbie Geoghegan

T: T J Nagle Jr

Long odds and suffered heavy defeats in two bumpers and two maiden hurdles; impossible to fancy.

66/1

11

12th May 2025

Good

2m 6f 100y

16:35 Killarney

Whatchukno

10st 13lb

J: Robbie Geoghegan

T: T J Nagle Jr

Long odds and suffered heavy defeats in two bumpers and two maiden hurdles; impossible to fancy.

66/1

11th

18

25th Apr 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 100y

17:25 Kilbeggan

Whatchukno

10st 11lb

T: T J Nagle Jr

in rear, not fluent 1st

Betting Forcast

66/1 Cash Chase, 5/1 Early Bird, 8/1 Forceonmyown, 4/1 Hurricane Bailey, 100/1 Ill Raise A Glass, 100/1 Queen Of Chenab, 3/1 Shesakindofmagic, 33/1 So Far Away, 50/1 Thefarmersdaughter, 66/1 Treenbeg, 11/8 Ufouria, 100/1 Whatchukno

Selections

The Irish Sun:

Early Bird

POSTDATA:

Forceonmyown

SPOTLIGHT:

Ufouria