March 06 / 14.30 Thurles

14.30

Good To Yielding

Leugh Beginners Chase

  • Prize money: £5363.64
  • 2m 4f 176y
  • 11 runners
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Leugh Beginners Chase

Runners: 11 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £6.70
  • Place: £1.80

Form: -50902

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 10lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Won maiden hurdle at Tipperary two seasons ago; also won on AW at Dundalk in 2023; unconvincing form in beginners' chases; found his level when second in a 2m handicap at this venue; this trip may stretch his stamina.
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Verdict Starting price

8th

2

14th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 116y

16:47 Clonmel

Spinning Web

12st 0lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Ms Margaret Mullins

Hurdle and dual chase winner was poor in this sphere last time after a couple of falls chasing; isn't well-treated at these weights.

25/1

12th

3

24th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 110y

16:50 Kilbeggan

Spinning Web

11st 11lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Ms Margaret Mullins

Dual chase winner at Thurles last year over 2m5f; not badly treated but probably in need of a confidence boost after two falls over fences; cheekpieces now as well as usual tongue-tie.

8/1

1

31st Mar 2026

Soft

2m 1f 200y

18:42 Limerick

Spinning Web

11st 12lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Ms Margaret Mullins

Dual chase winner at Thurles last year over 2m5f; pulled-up here on final 2025 start and fell at the first on return lately at Navan; seems best watched for now.

6/1

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5/1

  • Place: £3.20

Form: 516

Last run: 67 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won two point-to-points for Caroline McCaldin last season; winner of a maiden hurdle on good ground at Limerick in October on his second attempt; jumping was untidy at times when beaten 32l in sixth on handicap debut over 2m4f at Leopardstown; sent chasing now, likely contender.
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5th

6

11th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 100y

19:07 Killarney

Ballybrittas

11st 2lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Winning pointer and hurdler; never dangerous from off the pace at Kilbeggan last time and he was behind Iamagetaway.

14/1

4th

8

24th Apr 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 210y

19:29 Kilbeggan

Ballybrittas

11st 5lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Winning pointer and hurdler; runner-up on first two attempts chasing, in beginners' at Thurles (2m5f) and Clonmel (2m1f) last season; has failed to build on those promising efforts, stablemate Duffys Hodey is more appealing currently.

12/1

7/2

  • Place: £1.70

Form: 4U3310 D BF

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Wide-margin handicap winner in first-time blinkers at Limerick on penultimate hurdle start; visor tried now after a disappointing Punchestown run; good effort at Cork on sole chase outing, close up in third after losing momentum when pecking on landing at the last; should go close.
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6th

4

16th May 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 0y

15:50 Wexford

Beggars Rock

11st 6lb

J: Kevin Sexton

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Has been mostly chasing in the last year, winning a Kilbeggan beginners' over 2m5f; mightn't have lasted 3m2f last time and this trip back off a lower hurdles mark can suit; chance.

7/1

3rd

4

12th Apr 2026

Good

3m 2f 50y

16:37 Down Royal

Beggars Rock

11st 3lb

J: James Smith

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Beginners' chase winner last year for Declan Queally but hasn't been as good since for different yards; has to return to best on second start for this stable; better ground a help.

12/1

6th

9

4th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 5f 45y

15:15 Fairyhouse

Beggars Rock

10st 12lb

J: Ms H Phillips

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Won a Kilbeggan beginners' chase (2m4f, good) last May for Declan Queally; placed over 2m4f in the first of two outings for Gordon Elliott in January; pulled up here on the second; has joined Ian Donoghue who tries a new headgear combination.

25/1

Form: 475043 D

Last run: 49 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Long-priced winner of a 2m4f maiden hurdle at Roscommon last August; novice chase form seemed ordinary; however, he showed that his 109 handicap mark is just about right with Fairyhouse third; trainer scored with a long-priced stable recruit at Navan last Saturday.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

8

2nd May 2026

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 90y

14:30 Punchestown

Vaureal

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Off the mark chasing in 2m6f Fairyhouse handicap in November (yielding-to-soft) and better again when just denied over same C&D early this month on similar ground; in between wasn't discredited in strong renewal of PP Hogan Memorial over today's C&D (fifth to Vanillier); definite claims.

10/1

2nd

10

4th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 5f 45y

15:15 Fairyhouse

Vaureal

10st 11lb

J: Caragh Monaghan

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Second for this rider when favourite for this race last season and a C&D winner for her last November; kept ticking over with a cross-country run and a hurdles outing in February; strong chance.

5/1

4th

8

21st Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 4f 50y

14:05 Fairyhouse

Vaureal

10st 0lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Won a handicap chase here (21.5f, yld-sft) off 107 in November; well beaten off revised mark in a Leopardstown handicap chase (24.5f, yielding) and midfield over the banks at Punchestown (3m1f, sft-hvy) last time; testing ground a concern on return to hurdling and 1lb wrong.

25/1

Form: 416436

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won 2m2f Cork handicap hurdle last August; placed over fences at Tramore at the beginning of January; takes a big step up in distance now, but seems trip-versatile; unplaced over hurdles last time.
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2

26th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 3f 100y

16:18 Listowel

Gabriel Ranger

11st 12lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Joseph G Murphy

Won off 4lb lower at Killarney in May, his last run on yielding ground; not as good the last twice on good ground but the return to an easier surface offers hope of an improved run.

8/1

3rd

3

17th Aug 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

16:30 Tramore

Gabriel Ranger

11st 3lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Joseph G Murphy

Mid-field over hurdles at Galway; better judged on his handicap chase win at Killarney on only his second attempt in a handicap chase; likely to confirm form with fourth-placed Ik's Man.

5/1

8th

14

30th Jul 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

17:35 Galway

Gabriel Ranger

11st 8lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: Joseph G Murphy

Scored from this mark over fences at Killarney in May and gave the impression a step back up in trip could be in his favour; this looks more competitive but not ruled out.

12/1

Form: 448560

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Placed in a point; ordinary racecourse form; down the field over 2m here on chasing debut; trainer has a stronger candidate in Spinning Web.
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Verdict Starting price

6th

4

6th Mar 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 176y

14:30 Thurles

Colonel Nelson

11st 12lb

T: Ms Margaret Mullins

prominent

20/1

10th

2

6th Feb 2025

Good

2m 0f 4y

13:25 Thurles

Colonel Nelson

11st 12lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Ms Margaret Mullins

in touch with leaders

50/1

Form: 43P008

Last run: 3 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Promise in a couple of his maiden hurdle starts, notably when 20l third behind the top-class Romeo Coolio at Down Royal; tailed off in a 2m contest at Fairyhouse on his handicap debut; midfield at Leopardstown on Monday; hard to make a case for him.
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Verdict Starting price

7th

10

9th Jun 2025

Good

2m 5f 150y

18:38 Roscommon

Presenting Max

11st 12lb

J: Liam Quinlan

T: A J Martin

Maiden is rated 105 after three starts over fences; best chase effort at Kilbeggan when beaten 3l off 104 (2m4f, yielding); good second in charity race at Punchestown early last month; still early days and this longer trip will suit on the evidence that last effort; place shout.

9/1

Form: 515285

Last run: 7 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
2-20 over hurdles, placed five times; remote fifth on last week's chasing debut at Clonmel; up against it.
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3

15th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 95y

14:30 Punchestown

Flidais

11st 0lb

J: Michael Kenneally

T: John Patrick Ryan

Three-time hurdles winner on good to yielding; finished 0.75l behind Spick And Span at Clonmel (2m4f, yielding) before stepping up in trip at Tipperary last time to record a very easy victory (23.5f, good to yielding); up 7lb now and drops back in trip.

3/1

11

2nd Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 35y

15:25 Clonmel

Flidais

10st 2lb

J: Daniel King

T: John Patrick Ryan

Dual hurdles winner is now 7lb below last winning mark; won at Ballinrobe in July last year (2m1f, good to yielding); winner of a beginners' chase here in March over extended 2m; out of form following that; modest third at Ballinrobe last time (2m6f, soft).

7/1

3rd

9

12th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 6f 5y

17:00 Ballinrobe

Flidais

10st 8lb

J: Daniel King

T: John Patrick Ryan

Two hurdle wins include 2m2f handicap here last summer off 103, more recently won Clonmel beginners' chase in March; recent hurdles form however leaves her with plenty to find.

10/1

Form: 960023

Last run: 14 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Three seconds in points; has shown improved form on his last two starts over hurdles, second in a Fairyhouse maiden and third in a handicap at Punchestown; fair chance if managing form of equivalent standard.
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9th

6

6th Mar 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 176y

14:30 Thurles

I Ballyadam Moon

11st 12lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Terence O’Brien

raced in second

6/1

6

20th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 6f 211y

16:25 Punchestown

I Ballyadam Moon

11st 3lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Terence O’Brien

Left his previous maiden hurdle form behind when runner-up at Fairyhouse last month (beaten roughly 1l) and the third went close at Clonmel since; handicapper has revised his mark and may need further progress to win on handicap debut but longer trip may suit.

7/1

20/1

Form: 80190P

Last run: 151 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Struggled in the autumn after a 2m3f handicap hurdle win at Kilbeggan last July; 95-rated mare faces a tough task on her chasing debut.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

14th

8

28th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 200y

17:50 Limerick

Ixigreczed

10st 11lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: E Seymour

Sole success came in 2m3f Kilbeggan handicap nearly two years ago; fair run in first-time blinkers at Clonmel in March; below that form last time at the same venue.

25/1

11th

10

14th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 116y

17:50 Clonmel

Ixigreczed

11st 1lb

J: Conor Clarke

T: E Seymour

Sole success came in 2m3f Kilbeggan handicap nearly two years ago; hasn't troubled the judge since over both hurdles and fences, although mildly encouraging C&D effort in March in first-time blinkers.

16/1

6th

7

26th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 2f 188y

17:12 Clonmel

Ixigreczed

10st 13lb

J: Conor Clarke

T: E Seymour

Sole success off at Kilbeggan (2m3f, gd-yld) in June 2024; never better than sixth in eight (hurdles and chases) in 2025; blinkered for the first time now.

33/1

Form: 97-767

Last run: 50 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Placed twice in bumpers; modest form over hurdles in recent seasons; now switched to chasing late in his career.
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Verdict Starting price

10

8th Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 100y

19:13 Wexford

Castlehill Boy

11st 0lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

Promise displayed in bumpers a long time ago now; no sign of a return to form in a Thurles beginners' chase latest; hard to fancy on recent showings.

14/1

11th

3

6th Mar 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 176y

14:30 Thurles

Castlehill Boy

11st 12lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

towards rear, mistake 2nd, not fluent 8th

33/1

Non-runners

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Payout
Exacta €58.00
Straight Forecast €52.79
Trifecta €369.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Vaureal

POSTDATA:

Beggars Rock

The Irish Sun:

Vaureal