May 23 / 18.55 Curragh

18.55

Good

Heider Family Stables Gallinule Stakes (Group 3)

  • Prize money: £29256.2
  • 1m 2f 0y
  • 5 runners
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Heider Family Stables Gallinule Stakes (Group 3)

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

OUR TIP
1st
2 (4)
Reyenzi

3/1 (Won)

Form: 2-1 D

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Just denied in a 7f Naas maiden on sole start last year after losing plenty of ground at the start; was much sharper on return when a 5l 1m2f maiden winner at Navan; that was on soft but handled good ground on debut; yard is going well and there should be more to come.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

6th

5

(6)

30th Sep 2025

Good To Yielding

1m 2f 90y

16:15 Cork

Reyenzi

9st 5lb

J: Ben Coen

T: J P Murtagh

Lost a Group 3 in the stewards room earlier this year; odds-on when beaten in a handicap at Naas (1m2f, good) and never got involved from off the pace when tried hooded in a Group 3 on Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown (1m4f); might yet be capable of better.

7/1

6th

10

(5)

13th Sep 2025

Soft

1m 4f 0y

15:50 Leopardstown

Reyenzi

9st 1lb

J: Ben Coen

T: J P Murtagh

Navan maiden win came on soft and most recently career-best albeit beaten odds-on favourite when second in Naas handicap over 1m2f (good); first attempt at 1m4f and hood tried.

16/1

2

(6)

24th Aug 2025

Good

1m 2f 110y

17:10 Naas

Reyenzi

9st 13lb

J: Ben Coen

T: J P Murtagh

Looked good in winning his maiden at Navan (1m2f, soft) and was first past the post in the Group 3 Gallinule at the Curragh only to be demoted for causing interference; again wandered for pressure when eighth in another Group 3 at Royal Ascot and no surprise to see him now gelded; into his first handicap here and retains significant potential.

5/2

8/1

Form: 314-6

Last run: 16 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Won a 7f Listowel maiden last year and was fourth in a Leopardstown Group 3 on soft over 1m1f; however, was beaten a long way over 1m4f in the Chester Vase on return and appears to be the yard's second-string today.
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7th

7

(1)

20th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

1m 3f 188y

Class 1

15:00 York

Thrice

9st 2lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: A P O’Brien

Blinkered all starts; promoted to first in Group 3 at the Curragh (1m2f, good) in May, making most and bumped 1f out in a very tight finish; improved again when 80-1 in the Irish Derby at same track (1m4f, good) in June, albeit seventh of ten and coming about four and a half lengths behind winner Lambourn, therefore having something to find with him today.

66/1

10

(3)

29th Jun 2025

Good

1m 4f 0y

16:10 Curragh

Thrice

9st 2lb

J: Declan McDonogh

T: A P O’Brien

Won a 7f Listowel maiden last year and was fourth in a Leopardstown Group 3 on soft over 1m1f; remote sixth behind Lambourn in the Chester Vase on return; much better when a promoted winner of the Group 3 Gallinule Stakes over 1m2f at this venue, outperforming shorter-priced stablemate Shackleton.

50/1

2nd

4

(2)

23rd May 2025

Good

1m 2f 0y

18:55 Curragh

Thrice

9st 5lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

Won a 7f Listowel maiden last year and was fourth in a Leopardstown Group 3 on soft over 1m1f; however, was beaten a long way over 1m4f in the Chester Vase on return and appears to be the yard's second-string today.

8/1

Form: 5315-2

Last run: 34 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 98

Form & Verdict
Won a soft-ground Tipperary maiden last year and ran well in Group 3 company after; made a solid reappearance when just denied in a Cork conditions race over this trip; however, his best form has been on soft ground and that is a concern; seems yard's first-string.
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4th

1

(3)

3rd Jun 2026

Good

1m 6f 0y

19:20 Curragh

Emit

10st 0lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Consistent last season, going close in 1m2f Group 3 Gallinule Stakes here and later in year twice runner-up in Longchamp Group contests over 1m7f; first two runs this term at 1m6f were creditable, drop back 1m4f didn't suit latest; drops to handicap company and back to ideal trip.

13/2

5th

4

(2)

23rd May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 4f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Emit

9st 10lb

J: Ronan Whelan

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Consistent last season, going close in 1m2f Group 3 Gallinule Stakes on this weekend and later in year twice runner-up in Longchamp Group contests over 1m7f; both runs this term at 1m6f, latest when respectable third to Scandinavia in Navan Listed; possible fitness edge on some of these.

12/1

3rd

5

(6)

25th Apr 2026

Yielding

1m 6f 0y

15:05 Navan

Emit

9st 5lb

J: J M Sheridan

T: Joseph Patrick O’Brien

Consistent last season apart from a poor run in the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot. went close in a 1m2f Group 3 at the Curragh in May; Listed winner at Gowran (1m4f, good) in July before runner-up in Group 2 and Group 3 (both over 1m7f on very soft ground) in France; failed to show his best form when fourth behind Layfayette on reappearance at the Curragh.

11/2

2/1

Form: 2213- C BF

Last run: 223 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Won a 1m1f maiden on good ground at this course on third start last year before a decent effort in a Newmarket Group 3 over this trip; seems to be his powerful yard's first-string so has to be respected even though he lacks a run this term.
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7

(10)

19th Oct 2025

Yielding

1m 2f 0y

15:26 Leopardstown

Shackleton

9st 3lb

J: Declan McDonogh

T: A P O’Brien

Hasn't added to Currah 2yo maiden win but some good efforts in smart company, notably Queens Vase fourth and second behind Al Riffa in Group 2 Curragh Cup (1m6f, good); stamina test of 2m1f Irish Cesarewitch seemed beyond him last time and now takes a marked drop in trip.

9/1

8

(26)

28th Sep 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 170y

16:22 Curragh

Shackleton

9st 9lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

Third of three for yard and Lordan rides; not beaten far behind Carmers in the Queens Vase at Royal Ascot in June; good second behind Al Riffa in the Curragh Cup (1m6f, good) on penultimate; weakened over 2m latest; stamina a query on handicap debut.

14/1

5th

6

(2)

22nd Aug 2025

Good To Firm

2m 0f 56y

Class 1

14:25 York

Shackleton

8st 8lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

Sole win (eight races) remains a 2yo maiden; Group assignments all five starts since, his most competitive displays when a close, front-running fourth in Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot and second of five in another 1m6f Group 2 at the Curragh last time; may well stay 2m but had no answer to the Curragh winner and needs big improvement from today's new trip and/or first-time headgear.

15/2

Form: 134

Last run: 31 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Ran green but was still good enough to win a Dundalk maiden on debut over 1m; better efforts at this trip when third in the Group 3 Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown and fourth in Listed Blue Riband at Epsom; will need a bit more today but shouldn't be far away.
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7th

7

(1)

24th May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 2f 110y

15:55 Curragh

Tiberius Thunder

9st 5lb

J: David Egan

T: Robson De Aguiar

Showed improved effort here last time when beaten 6.5l behind Minnie Hauk (1m2f, good); that was a step in the right direction but it's still hard to see him playing any major role.

80/1

4th

3

(4)

4th May 2026

Good

1m 2f 0y

16:10 Curragh

Tiberius Thunder

9st 5lb

J: David Egan

T: Robson De Aguiar

Won at Dundalk before a creditable third behind Delacroix and Lambourn in last year's Ballysax Stakes; confirmed a good standard when fourth of 12 in the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot; ran better than finishing his position implies when eighth of nine in the Saratoga Derby; unsuited by soft ground in Naas event won by Beset.

20/1

Non-runners

Dawn Spirit

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Straight Forecast €26.26

Selections

The Irish Sun:

Dawn Spirit

SPOTLIGHT:

Reyenzi

TOPSPEED:

Thrice

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Tiberius Thunder

POSTDATA:

Shackleton