June 07 / 17.20 Punchestown

17.20

Good

Allied Recycling Supporting Ballymacad Hunt (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race

  • Prize money: £5363.64
  • 2m 0f 100y
  • 11 runners
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Allied Recycling Supporting Ballymacad Hunt (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race

Runners: 11 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

Form: 1-2 D BF

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Flat-bred won a Ballinrobe bumper on debut by 6l and was just denied in a Haydock winners' event since; no easy task carrying a 7lb penalty again but still has to be respected.
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1

7th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 100y

17:20 Punchestown

Jules Winfield

11st 12lb

J: Mr B M Coonan

T: A J Martin

Flat-bred won a Ballinrobe bumper on debut by 6l and was just denied in a Haydock winners' event since; no easy task carrying a 7lb penalty again but still has to be respected.

100/30

2nd

2

10th May 2025

Good

1m 7f 144y

Class 3

14:10 Haydock

Jules Winfield

11st 7lb

J: Mr Derek O’Connor

T: A J Martin

in touch with leaders, headway over 1f out, pressed winner inside final furlong, no extra towards finish

8/11

2nd

2

10th May 2025

Good

1m 7f 144y

Class 3

14:10 Haydock

Jules Winfield

11st 7lb

J: Mr Derek O’Connor

T: A J Martin

in touch with leaders, headway over 1f out, pressed winner inside final furlong, no extra towards finish

8/11

Form: 2

Last run: 15 days

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
A decent fourth on second point start in April and was runner-up, albeit beaten 15l in a Downpatrick bumper on rules debut; needs plenty more in a stronger race.
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8th

2

22nd May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 100y

19:00 Downpatrick

Coolboy Christy

11st 12lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Rated 99 over hurdles; promising fourth in Leopardstown novice handicap hurdle (2m3f, soft to heavy) in March before lesser effort at this venue; respectable fourth of 15 at Cork (2m3f, good) 12 days ago; 0-2 in points but bred to be a chaser; player.

12/1

4th

7

10th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 50y

15:50 Cork

Coolboy Christy

11st 2lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Promising fourth in a novice handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (2m3f, soft to heavy) before a lesser effort at Downpatrick, when fifth of ten (2m2f, yielding to soft); others more likely.

12/1

OUR TIP

Form: 7

Last run: 27 days

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Raced keenly when beaten a long way in a Killarney bumper on debut; is better than that but needs to settle to show it.
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2nd

2

7th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 0y

20:08 Wexford

Coolnav

12st 0lb

J: Mr M J McGrath

T: Roger Joseph McGrath

Sholokhov gelding is a brother to hurdle/chase winner Sweet Street, half-brother to two other winners; dam point/bumper winner; failed to make an impact in two bumpers last season; will need to step up on recent placed form in points.

10/1

3

7th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 100y

17:20 Punchestown

Coolnav

11st 5lb

J: Mr M J McGrath

T: Roger Joseph McGrath

Raced keenly when beaten a long way in a Killarney bumper on debut; is better than that but needs to settle to show it.

40/1

7th

2

11th May 2025

Good

2m 1f 0y

17:25 Killarney

Coolnav

11st 10lb

J: Mr M J McGrath

T: Roger Joseph McGrath

Sholokhov gelding is a seventh foal; brother to 2m4f chase-3m hurdle winner Sweet Street, half-brother to winners Something Sweet (2m2f-2m4f hurdle) and New Quay (point-2m3f hurdle); dam point-bumper winner, out of point winner; may need further in time but worth a market check.

40/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Third foal; half-brother to smart bumper/2m hurdle winner Mystical Power; dam unbeaten bumper and top-class 2m-2m4f hurdler (inc Champion Hurdle); by a leading Flat sire who gets jumps winners out of the brilliant Annie Power; obvious appeal on debut and the market can reveal expectations.
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3

25th May 2026

Good

2m 1f 54y

18:05 Ballinrobe

Davy Crockett

11st 12lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: W P Mullins

Looked a hot prospect when winning his first three starts last summer but progress has stalled; heavy defeats on last four runs over timber, though testing ground probably not ideal for three of them; return to sounder surface a plus, so can't totally discount for top yard.

15/2

15th

11

28th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 0f 132y

15:40 Punchestown

Davy Crockett

10st 3lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: W P Mullins

Looked a smart prospect last year but has failed to deliver in three runs this term, although was highly tried in his first two runs of 2026; never figured on handicap debut at Fairyhouse latest; down 2lb and tongue tie now reached for.

11/1

14th

10

4th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

17:00 Fairyhouse

Davy Crockett

10st 5lb

J: Mark Walsh

T: W P Mullins

Half-brother to 150-rated hurdler Mystical Power landed odds on opening three starts, including novice hurdles at the festival meetings of Galway and Listowel; way below best on heavy ground this term in Graded novices at Leopardstown and Naas however; remains unexposed on handicap debut, drying ground would suit; Walsh's pick.

8/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Fourth foal; brother to Italian 1m/9.5f winner Blue Golan; dam unplaced 7.5f-1m2f in France, half-sister to US 1m/1m1f Grade 2 winner Whatsthescript; unsold for E4,500 as a 3yo; top rider booked so is worth a market look.
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4

31st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 190y

16:20 Down Royal

Hopeful Hero

11st 6lb

J: Mr Alan O’Sullivan

T: T Hogan

0-7 under Rules; placed in three of his six starts in bumpers; beaten just 2.5l when runner up at Punchestown on latest (16.5f, gd-yld); sole run on softer than good was below par so may need the forecast rain to miss.

9/2

4

31st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 190y

16:20 Down Royal

Hopeful Hero

11st 6lb

J: Mr Alan O’Sullivan

T: T Hogan

0-7 under Rules; placed in three of his six starts in bumpers; beaten just 2.5l when runner up at Punchestown on latest (16.5f, gd-yld); sole run on softer than good was below par so may need the forecast rain to miss.

9/2

2nd

3

15th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 95y

17:05 Punchestown

Hopeful Hero

11st 3lb

J: Mr Alan O’Sullivan

T: T Hogan

Placed in two of his four completed starts in bumpers and has kept decent company; made a bright start over hurdles when third behind a Willie Mullins-trained odds-on chance at Roscommon late last month; could go well back in this sphere.

4/1

Form: 0-

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Well-bred sort was running a decent race in a C&D bumper on debut at the festival when badly hampered; he was about 5l behind Our Sonny then but there shouldn't be much between them today with improvement to come.
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3rd

4

27th Sep 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 0y

14:10 Listowel

Im A Rocket Man

11st 7lb

J: Brian Hayes

T: Stephen Gerard Carey

0-4 in bumpers, best effort a 10.5l fourth behind Davy Crockett at Punchestown; bred to have a future in this sphere but probably best watched for now.

11/1

5th

6

27th Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 40y

19:55 Bellewstown

Im A Rocket Man

11st 11lb

J: Miss J Townend

T: Stephen Gerard Carey

Badly hampered when finishing in mid-field on debut at the Punchestown festival; shaped well at the same venue when third behind the promising Davy Criockett (a Galway festival novice hurdle winner); failed to do himself justice when favourite at Galway; could make amends now of restored to form; Jody Townend booked.

3/1

8

28th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 130y

20:20 Galway

Im A Rocket Man

11st 10lb

J: Mr Derek O’Connor

T: Stephen Gerard Carey

Jukebox Jury gelding shaped nicely behind Davy Crockett (runs in the opener) at Punchestown on his second start; top rider booked and he has each-way claims if building on that latest effort.

10/1

Form: 7-

Last run: 35 days

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Well-bred sort was beaten 20l in a C&D bumper at the festival when started 6/1; likely to have improved a fair bit since but needs to.
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2nd

4

14th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 47y

Class 4

13:58 Perth

Lexington Wood

11st 5lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Showed promise in three Irish bumpers last year, after which he was sold for £105,000; novicey jumping, in at the deep end, on his hurdles debut in a Grade 2 at Kempton (2m, good to soft) when eighth of ten finishers in February; sure to have been well schooled since and could be a different proposition here.

13/8

8th

7

21st Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:00 Kempton

Lexington Wood

11st 5lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

0-3 in bumpers in Ireland but he showed promise, going down narrowly at Down Royal (yielding) in November; changed hands for £105,000 afterwards, and it's interesting that new connections throw him in at the deep end for his hurdling debut; unexposed and should be monitored in the market.

14/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Fifth foal; dam pulled up in French 2m1f hurdle only start, half-sister to French winners Cosavita (1m7f/2m hurdle) and Lionata (11.5f); cost E24,000 as a 3yo and is by a useful sire so is worth a market check on debut.
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3rd

3

30th May 2026

Good To Firm

2m 2f 148y

Class 4

17:50 Stratford

Maskarvel

11st 0lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Alastair Ralph

Made the frame in all three Irish bumpers last year and launched hurdling career with three very encouraging runs for new stable, most recently when clear second at Aintree (2m1f, good) 15 days ago; looks sure to run well.

5/4

2nd

4

15th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 4

16:35 Aintree

Maskarvel

11st 2lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Alastair Ralph

Promise in Irish bumpers and ran well to be second in a Huntingdon maiden, for all that only three got round; looks mildly progressive.

9/4

Form: 5

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Beaten 18l on debut at Clonmel last month when raced keenly and needs to make significant improvement plus settle better.
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4

3rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 3

16:30 Newton Abbot

Morning Mayhem

11st 0lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Nick Scholfield

Three wins for new stable last season (2m, heavy-good to soft) and he's continued in good form, beaten only 1l when fourth at Fakenham (2m4f, good) last month; the drop back in trip could help; firmly in calculations.

7/2

4th

8

4th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 2

17:13 Fakenham

Morning Mayhem

11st 0lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Nick Scholfield

Three wins for new stable last season, the latest here (2m, good to soft) in March; might have been a shade unlucky when keeping-on third at Stratford (2m2f, good; denied clear run) last time and is unexposed over 2m4f but needs to maintain his progress to land this prize.

12/1

3rd

2

28th Mar 2026

Good

2m 2f 148y

Class 4

17:08 Stratford

Morning Mayhem

11st 13lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Nick Scholfield

In fine form for his current yard and he got back on the up with 2m Fakenham handicap success 15 days ago; up 3lb but strong at the finish there so he holds excellent claims back over a longer trip.

5/2

Form: 6-

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 5lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Related to plenty of winners; ran a solid race in a C&D bumper at the festival when hampered in the straight; was about 5l in front of I'm A Rocket Man who was more seriously impeded then; there shouldn't be much between them with improvement to come.
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10

7th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 100y

17:20 Punchestown

Our Sonny

11st 5lb

J: Mr A P Ryan

T: Thomas Mullins

Related to plenty of winners; ran a solid race in a C&D bumper at the festival when hampered in the straight; was about 5l in front of I'm A Rocket Man who was more seriously impeded then; there shouldn't be much between them with improvement to come.

8/1

6th

20

29th Apr 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 149y

18:35 Punchestown

Our Sonny

11st 10lb

J: Mr A P Ryan

T: Thomas Mullins

Second runner for yard; half-brother to winners Big Penny (point/2m3f-3m hurdle), Breakeven (point/bumper/2m hurdle/2m2f chase) and Lockeen Girl (bumper/2m hurdle); by a young sire who has produced winners; best watched unless market support.

66/1

6th

20

29th Apr 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 149y

18:35 Punchestown

Our Sonny

11st 10lb

J: Mr A P Ryan

T: Thomas Mullins

Second runner for yard; half-brother to winners Big Penny (point/2m3f-3m hurdle), Breakeven (point/bumper/2m hurdle/2m2f chase) and Lockeen Girl (bumper/2m hurdle); by a young sire who has produced winners; best watched unless market support.

66/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 12lb

4 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
First foal; dam unraced half-sister to top-class 2m-3m hurdle/chase winner Faugheen (inc Champion Hurdle) and to dam of smart 2m-2m4f hurdle/chase winner Blow Your Wad; by the champion sire and related to the brilliant Faugheen; top rider aboard for debut; needs a close market look.
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8th

5

29th May 2026

Good

2m 5f 145y

18:30 Tramore

Muted Melody

11st 7lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Anthony Mullins

Some promise in bumpers; got behind early (started slowly) before staying on into third in an 18-runner maiden at Clonmel (2m, good to yielding) and that's something to build on; blinkers join the usual hood.

5/1

3rd

12

14th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 159y

19:20 Clonmel

Muted Melody

10st 13lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Anthony Mullins

Has shown fair level of ability in bumpers and probably need the comeback run at recent Punchestown festival; out of a half-sister to Faugheen, could be interesting now switched to hurdles.

12/1

9th

23

1st May 2026

Yielding

2m 2f 181y

19:40 Punchestown

Muted Melody

11st 7lb

J: Mr D Doyle

T: Anthony Mullins

Has shown minor promise in three of her four bumper starts, including when a 12.5l fourth of 7 in a Listed heat at Gowran when last seen in October; needs to improve again to make an impact here.

20/1

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Payout
Straight Forecast €6.55

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Davy Crockett

POSTDATA:

Jules Winfield

The Irish Sun:

Davy Crockett