12.50
Good To YieldingMercedes Benz South Dublin Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £7695.65
- 2m 4f 0y
- 23 runners
Runners: 23 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy
10/1 (Won)
- Win: £10.30
- Place: £2.80
Form: 55-042 BF
Last run: 25 days
W: 11st 3lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 3 |
29th May 2026 Good 2m 5f 180y |
11st 12lb |
Winning hurdler is 0-3 in chases and rated 95; kept on well for a 2.75l fourth of 14 in Down Royal beginners' on latest (19.5f, gd-yld); place claims again if sees out this longer trip but that's not guaranteed. |
11/2 |
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4th 5 |
22nd May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Second runner for yard; top-rated of these over fences; third on sole point start; 1-13 over hurdles; tailed off on chase bow at Fairyhouse; improved fifth of 16 in Thurles handicap chase (2m2f, soft) in February; should be involved if the ground doesn't deteriorate. |
12/1 |
|
5th 10 |
5th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 2f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Third on sole point-to-point start; 1-13 over hurdles (rated 104), that win gained at Leopardstown at Christmas 2024; tailed off on chasing debut at Fairyhouse; probably wants better ground. |
12/1 |
16/1
- Place: £4.30
Form: 00-177 D
Last run: 94 days
W: 12st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
6th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 3m 0f 120y |
11st 5lb |
Two-time chase winner; fine effort when runner-up in a Cartmel handicap chase in June 2025 but only seen three times since and well beaten both starts in 2026, over hurdles at Haydock and in the Kim Muir at Cheltenham; needs to rediscover best. |
25/1 |
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14th 18 |
12th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 3m 2f 70y Class 2 |
11st 0lb |
Runner-up at Cartmel (2m5f, good to soft) last June and he's run well at up to 3m in the past; however, he was tailed off at 50-1 over hurdles at Haydock last month when back from a break and looks up against it today. |
66/1 |
33/1
- Place: £2.50
Form: 086542
Last run: 18 days
W: 10st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
24 |
29th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 3f 58y |
11st 2lb |
Course 2m7f winner over fences; may have needed chase run early this month after a break; not without a chance despite a mark 6lb higher than his chase rating. |
12/1 |
|
9th 13 |
4th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 5f 45y |
10st 6lb |
Comfortably justified favouritism at Punchestown last October (2m7f, good to yielding) when returned to fences, adding to his summer hurdles win at Galway; a long way below his best on heavy at Cheltenham in November; better at Leopardstown at Christmas; trainer has saddled the winner of this in two of the last three seasons; Aine O'Connor won it in 2017. |
13/2 |
10/1
- Place: £3.00
Form: -69021 D
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 5lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 17 |
14th Oct 2025 Good 2m 7f 22y |
10st 8lb |
Won off 3lb lower at Thurles (2m4f, good) last November; mostly below best in 2025 but a bit of encouragement at Ballinrobe on latest (2m6f, soft); place chance if building on that. |
12/1 |
|
2nd 7 |
12th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 6f 5y |
10st 12lb |
Won off 99 at Thurles (2m4f, good) last November and some good runs after; however, well beaten of late and hard to be confident in. |
16/1 |
15/2
Form: 3-3075
Last run: 15 days
W: 11st 8lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Promise in bumpers in the first half of 2024; ordinary form in maiden hurdles; attracted significant market support on his handicap debut in a 23-runner contest at Leopardstown last Christmas; finished fifth, showing enough to suggest he can win a race of some description. |
4/1 |
|
4 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Promise in bumpers in the first half of 2024; ordinary form in maiden hurdles; attracted significant market support on his handicap debut in a 23-runner contest at Leopardstown last Christmas; finished fifth, showing enough to suggest he can win a race of some description. |
4/1 |
|
4 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Promise in bumpers in the first half of 2024; ordinary form in maiden hurdles; attracted significant market support on his handicap debut in a 23-runner contest at Leopardstown last Christmas; finished fifth, showing enough to suggest he can win a race of some description. |
4/1 |
12/1
Form: -15503 D
Last run: 42 days
W: 11st 8lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 12 |
25th May 2026 Good 2m 1f 54y |
11st 5lb |
2-18 over hurdles and rated 115; her wins have come over 2m3f and 2m4f so this trip may be on the sharp side on chase debut; likely best watched. |
22/1 |
|
6th 14 |
29th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 3f 58y |
11st 8lb |
Consistent on good ground at around this time last year; less predictable later in the year; won on yielding-to-soft at Thurles in November; down the field at Leopardstown in December. |
25/1 |
20/1
Form: 680-60
Last run: 28 days
W: 11st 13lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 114
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12 |
3rd Aug 2025 Good 3m 0f 60y |
11st 6lb |
1-18 over hurdles (win was two seasons ago over 2m); best run last season when second in 3m Gowran handicap in testing conditions, also ran well in 3m2f beginners chase; poor display at Wexford in May when Duke Silver was second. |
25/1 |
|
10th 2 |
17th May 2025 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Only 1-17 over hurdles (win was two seasons ago in 2m novice here); standout run this past season when second in 3m Gowran handicap in testing conditions and also ran well in 3m2f beginners chase here; tame effort at Kilbeggan latest and now reverts to hurdles. |
10/1 |
|
10th 2 |
17th May 2025 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Only 1-17 over hurdles (win was two seasons ago in 2m novice here); standout run this past season when second in 3m Gowran handicap in testing conditions and also ran well in 3m2f beginners chase here; tame effort at Kilbeggan latest and now reverts to hurdles. |
10/1 |
9/2
Form: 058111 D
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 5lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
26th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 28y |
11st 11lb |
3-20 over hurdles; shaped like the run was needed after six months off at Sligo on latest when 33-1; remains 2lb above last win and might need another run or two to hit top form. |
20/1 |
|
6th 4 |
12th May 2026 Good 3m 1f 172y |
11st 10lb |
Three-time winner over hurdles; remans 4lb above his last win and has been off since a heavy defeat at Fairyhouse in November; might need this run. |
16/1 |
20/1
Form: 7645
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 5lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Top-rated of the four holding a mark; ran on well to take third in a Punchestown handicap hurdle in April (2m3f, yielding); stepped up in trip and denied by a nose when slightly hampered at the last fence back at that track last time (2m7f, good to yielding); the trip of this race is up his alley. |
3/1 |
|
9 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 4lb |
Showed ability fourth in a heavy ground maiden hurdle at this venue in February (reportedly coughed post race); comes into the reckoning on the evidence of his staying-on run in the final of the Adare Manor Opportunity Series at the festival meeting; enough stamina in the pedigree to encourage support. |
4/1 |
|
3rd 25 |
30th Apr 2025 Yielding 2m 3f 58y |
11st 2lb |
Best run yet when fourth in a heavy ground maiden hurdle here last time (reportedly coughed post race); his better runs have come on softer ground than this. |
40/1 |
20/1
Form: 732700 D
Last run: 13 days
W: 11st 5lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 1 |
28th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 0y |
12st 0lb |
Bounced back with a bang when easily winning at Downpatrick (2m6f, yielding to soft) off career-low mark on return in March; failed to back that up from 10lb higher at Down Royal but remains fairly treated on pick of old form. |
7/1 |
|
6th 1 |
12th Apr 2026 Good 3m 0f 0y |
12st 0lb |
Bounced back to form with a bang at Downpatrick (2m6f, yielding to soft) when defeating runner-up Coppola by 7.5l off a career low mark; hefty 10lb hit for that, but this three-time hurdles winner has won off a mark of 106 before; big player. |
15/4 |
20/1
Form: 605300
Last run: 20 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 105
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 3 (16) |
1st Jun 2026 Good 1m 4f 40y |
10st 1lb |
Dual-purpose; 1-9 on turf on the Flat; won on the AW (1m4f) off 4lb lower in January and has generally held form well since; hasn't won on turf since 2023, however, and others make more appeal. |
12/1 |
|
5th 3 (7) |
20th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
9st 12lb |
Winner on turf and over hurdles; has developed into a capable AW performer, notching three wins and four seconds from eight runs here; no match for Beauparc last week, not guaranteed to avenge that loss despite altered terms |
5/1 |
50/1
Form: 0-670
Last run: 46 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 1 |
27th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 56y |
12st 0lb |
Best maiden hurdle run came at this track but has been soundly beaten in two handicaps lately; likely capable of better, though. |
14/1 |
|
11th 1 |
27th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 56y |
12st 0lb |
Best maiden hurdle run came at this track but has been soundly beaten in two handicaps lately; likely capable of better, though. |
14/1 |
|
12th 19 |
28th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Well held on all four outings so far including handicap debut last time and seems on a stiff mark for what he's achieved so far. |
50/1 |
11/1
Form: 262152 D
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 6lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13th 10 |
28th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Dual hurdle winner who got off the mark over fences at Clonmel in October and bounce back from a lesser effort when runner-up over fences at Thurles last month; now 9lb lower in this sphere and should go well. |
11/1 |
|
13th 10 |
28th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Dual hurdle winner who got off the mark over fences at Clonmel in October and bounce back from a lesser effort when runner-up over fences at Thurles last month; now 9lb lower in this sphere and should go well. |
11/1 |
|
2nd 3 |
29th Nov 2024 Good 2m 2f 63y |
11st 13lb |
Has tended to show his best form at Downpatrick (two wins and four places from seven starts); broadened his horizons with Clonmel win; finished 6l behind Sea Road Fill in a stronger race than this at Naas 19 days ago. |
13/2 |
12/1
Form: 8640-P
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 10lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 111
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 4 |
28th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 10lb |
Minor promise in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown in February but tailed off twice since switching to handicaps; enough to prove from this mark at present; tongue-tie on. |
12/1 |
|
14th 4 |
28th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 10lb |
Minor promise in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown in February but tailed off twice since switching to handicaps; enough to prove from this mark at present; tongue-tie on. |
12/1 |
|
8 |
23rd Nov 2024 Yielding 2m 3f 87y |
11st 5lb |
Some promise in three maidens, notably when staying on late into fourth of 16 at this venue (16.5f, heavy) in February; looked a potential improver on handicap debut but that didn't come to fruition; the jury is out. |
33/1 |
40/1
Form: 799-97 D
Last run: 14 days
W: 10st 7lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
18 |
7th Jun 2025 Good 3m 0f 157y |
10st 3lb |
Hasn't won a race since November 2023 although she is a three time winner hurdles; runs from 10lb lower mark than last win over hurdles for handicap chase debut but she has looked badly out of form for awhile. |
28/1 |
100/1
Form: 963508 D
Last run: 32 days
W: 10st 4lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 16 |
29th May 2026 Good 2m 5f 145y |
10st 2lb |
Has lost way since a purple patch in 2024 which included a win here over 20.5f (gd-yld) off 15lb higher; not a bad run on return from 133 days off latest and on a dangerous mark if she's back on song. |
20/1 |
|
6th 15 |
14th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 116y |
10st 6lb |
Wins have been divided between Tramore and Wexford, all on decent ground; long losing run however and continues to struggle off plummeting mark. |
25/1 |
|
8 |
26th Oct 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
10st 12lb |
Won twice last year and is 7lb below her last success but she is hard to fancy on what she has shown on her last three runs, though she faced an impossible task on latest. |
33/1 |
33/1
Form: 3-4657 D
Last run: 13 days
W: 11st 11lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 3 |
27th May 2026 Good 2m 1f 61y Class 5 |
11st 9lb |
Close second over fences at Catterick in January (1m7f, good) but mainly poor efforts since, the latest in a selling hurdle. |
40/1 |
|
4th 5 |
2nd May 2026 Good 2m 0f 48y Class 4 |
11st 1lb |
Three hurdle wins in Ireland during 2023 but a close second over fences at Catterick (about 1m7f, good) in January came from out of the blue and hasn't been repeated since; returns to hurdles with a cloud hanging over him. |
14/1 |
|
7th 1 |
5th Apr 2026 Good 2m 1f 43y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Seemingly back in good form when close second to short-odds favourite at Catterick (1m7f, good) on New Year's Day, his third start for Joanne Foster, but pulled up there twice since and now has it all to prove again; tongue-tie (worn on penultimate start) refitted. |
16/1 |
25/1
Form: 908410 D
Last run: 94 days
W: 11st 6lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 4 |
28th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 200y |
11st 4lb |
Dual-purpose; 4-33 over hurdles; last won at Killarney off 4lb lower last July (20.5f, yld-sft); good ground is fine but lacks a run and overall record when fresh suggests he'll come on for this run. |
14/1 |
|
9th 11 |
26th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 2f 0y |
11st 8lb |
Four-time winner over hurdles, with his latest win coming at Killarney in July (2m4f, yielding to soft) in a comfortable fashion; three starts since then have been middling; chance on best form. |
20/1 |
40/1
Form: 441564
Last run: 37 days
W: 10st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 3 |
10th Aug 2025 Good 2m 1f 165y |
11st 9lb |
Better chaser than hurdler, winning three of 20 chase starts; 0-10 over timber but is rated 17lb lower; winner of a Kilbeggan handicap chase in April (2m4f, yielding); unable to take advantage of lower hurdles mark at that track last month when 17l fourth of 13 (18.5f, good); could be thereabouts. |
11/4 |
20/1
Form: 15/0-0
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 8lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 10 (13) |
5th Sep 2025 Good 2m 2f 141y |
9st 7lb |
Three Flat wins include over 2m1f at Killarney and more recently 2m AW success in March; back from a break with encouraging third (Party Dress second) in Leopardstown lady riders' handicap last month; one to consider. |
9/1 |
|
3rd 4 (5) |
7th Aug 2025 Good 1m 7f 0y |
11st 11lb |
Dual-purpose gelding snapped a long losing run at Dundalk (2m) in March; seen just twice since and has failed to replicate that effort; questions to answer for now. |
9/1 |
|
13 (23) |
7th Jun 2025 Good 1m 6f 0y |
9st 9lb |
Strong stayer has won at up to 2m1f; got the better of Palamon by 1.5l over 2m on AW in March but was well behind that rival from 8lb worse off at Gowran on latest; might prefer further than this these days. |
16/1 |
16/1
Form: F-5720 D
Last run: 41 days
W: 11st 7lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
18th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 1f 30y |
11st 13lb |
Course winner has been regressive for some time and was poor when last seen so not much appeal. |
25/1 |
10/1
Form: 5-324
Last run: 25 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Mare
OR: 105
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 5 |
22nd Feb 2024 Soft 2m 0f 88y |
11st 11lb |
Stayed on strongly to win a point at Boulta in December; half-sister to a bumper winner and dam was a bumper winner; ought to go well and her point experience could be key. |
3/1 |
50/1
Form: 5-70P3 D
Last run: 14 days
W: 10st 7lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 14 |
26th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 28y |
10st 13lb |
2-28 with both wins coming at Sligo, the most recent off 2lb lower last June (20.5f, good); has run well over C&D off higher marks in the past and likes good ground; go well. |
10/1 |
|
5th 3 |
12th May 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y |
11st 10lb |
Both wins have come here over an extended 2m4f; 3lb above last win here in June 2025 and off since a modest Thurles win in October; will improve for this run. |
15/2 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €222.70 |
| Straight Forecast | €109.12 |
| Tricast | €954.60 |
| Trifecta | €995.90 |
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