15.45
GoodJohn Dowling Memorial Maiden Hurdle
- Prize money: £5851.24
- 2m 7f 116y
- 15 runners
Runners: 15 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
50/1
Form: B/
Last run: 1165 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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1 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 12lb |
Third in a point-to-point two seasons ago; plenty of stamina in the pedigree; may need the run after such a long absence. |
50/1 |
50/1
Form: O
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th 3 |
5th Jun 2026 Good 2m 3f 61y |
11st 11lb |
Has run well in defeat in maiden hurdles; put two lesser handicap runs on heavy ground behind him when second at Cork on return/stable debut; up 3lb for that but still looks a big player. |
11/4 |
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2nd 3 |
10th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 50y |
11st 7lb |
Placed, including behind some useful types, in maidens on nice ground during the summer, with form up to 3m; tailed off in final two starts for Paul Mulligan on winter ground; these conditions will suit him better on stable debut. |
13/1 |
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4 |
10th Aug 2025 Good 2m 5f 180y |
11st 4lb |
Ran out when in the process of running a big race on rules debut in a bumper at this track in May (2m2f, good); has hit the frame in three subsequent maiden hurdle starts; kept on for second behind subsequent Galway winner Strong Link at Tipperary (20.5f, good to yielding); slightly below his best at Galway last time when making some jumping errors (2m6f, good); good chance. |
3/1 |
66/1
Form: 8
Last run: 8 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 12lb |
Unseated in a point; 100-1 when eighth on hurdling debut at Listowel; ruled out. |
66/1 |
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8th 6 |
31st May 2025 Good 2m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Unseated in a point six days ago and best watched on rules debut here. |
100/1 |
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8th 6 |
31st May 2025 Good 2m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Unseated in a point six days ago and best watched on rules debut here. |
100/1 |
5/2
Form: 1/P2-2
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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6th 2 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 218y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Bumper/maiden winner for Gordon Elliott before being sold on for 20,000gns; remote third of four in a 2m7f novice at Uttoxeter (good) and his BHA mark of 115 looks flattering. |
11/1 |
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6th 2 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 218y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Bumper/maiden winner for Gordon Elliott before being sold on for 20,000gns; remote third of four in a 2m7f novice at Uttoxeter (good) and his BHA mark of 115 looks flattering. |
11/1 |
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6th 2 |
2nd Nov 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 218y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Bumper/maiden winner for Gordon Elliott before being sold on for 20,000gns; remote third of four in a 2m7f novice at Uttoxeter (good) and his BHA mark of 115 looks flattering. |
11/1 |
25/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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3rd 4 |
30th Jun 2026 Good 2m 3f 110y |
11st 12lb |
Modest pointer and hurdler is having first run over regulation fences; sure to be a big price. |
100/1 |
7/4
Form: 1/3
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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7 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 12lb |
French recruit won sole start in AQPS Flat race at Le Mans (2m, soft) in November 2022; made a belated Irish debut in a 2m4f maiden hurdle at Killarney last month, ran on well after an untidy jump two out to finish third, beaten almost 10l; obvious candidate for improvement; jockey has ridden a recent winner for the stable. |
7/4 |
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3rd 2 |
12th May 2025 Good 2m 4f 50y |
11st 12lb |
midfield, headway when not fluent 2 out, ran on run-in, went third final strides, no match for first two |
3/1 |
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3rd 2 |
12th May 2025 Good 2m 4f 50y |
11st 12lb |
midfield, headway when not fluent 2 out, ran on run-in, went third final strides, no match for first two |
3/1 |
13/2
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 12lb |
Unraced dam from a family associated with stamina; game winner for a novice rider on belated debut in a maiden point at Dromahane six weeks ago. |
13/2 |
14/1
Form: 75F7-4
Last run: 30 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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5 |
6th Jun 2026 Good To Yielding 3m 0f 157y |
11st 12lb |
Point-to-point winner; modest maiden over hurdles rated 103; rated 95 after three poor efforts over fences (pulled up, beaten 52l and pulled up); hard to fancy in this company. |
50/1 |
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7 |
31st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 80y |
11st 12lb |
Point-to-point winner; 0-6 over hurdles and rated 103; pulled up and beaten 72l in Downpatrick maiden hunter chases the last twice; others make more appeal. |
33/1 |
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7th 3 |
22nd May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 150y |
12st 0lb |
Hints of ability in maiden hurdles for this stable; won a maiden point at Hexham last November; hard to fancy on the form of his run since returning to Colin McBratney. |
66/1 |
100/1
Form: 00
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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6th 9 |
10th Jul 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 3lb |
Unexposed after only five starts (one in a point) but was soundly beaten on recent stable/handicap debut at Stratford (2m6f, good to firm) and needs to take a big step forward. |
20/1 |
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6th 3 |
29th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 2m 6f 7y Class 5 |
10st 12lb |
Struggled at massive prices in three hurdles runs last year and he unseated when favourite in a point on his return last month; still early days but he needs a transformation on this switch to a handicap. |
11/2 |
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11 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 12lb |
Has failed to feature in maiden hurdles at Down Royal and Downpatrick; can be ignored. |
100/1 |
8/1
Form: 24P-4
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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1st 6 |
21st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 6f 160y |
11st 12lb |
Debut point-to-point winner bagged back-to-back wins over hurdles in September in a Galway handicap (2m7f, good to yielding) and a Downpatrick novice contest (2m6f, yielding); fell at the first at Galway next time and tailed off at Cheltenham when last seen in October; top-rated of these over hurdles. |
4/1 |
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9th 1 |
25th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 2m 7f 208y Class 2 |
11st 8lb |
Early faller in Galway handicap when bidding for hat-trick after comfortable wins (2m6f, good to yielding/2m5f, yielding); faces no easy task off top weight in this field but may do better still. |
14/1 |
12/1
Form: 533/6
Last run: 10 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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10 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Rated 105 after four starts over timber; off for 469 days before posting modest efforts in maidens at Limerick and Punchestown on first two starts for this stable; best form on soft ground; hood now tried. |
16/1 |
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13 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 12lb |
Placed in a bumper and a maiden hurdle for Terence O'Brien; off for 15 months before recent stable debut at Limerick; considerable improvement required. |
12/1 |
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6 |
29th May 2025 Good 2m 0f 200y |
11st 8lb |
Last seen 15 months ago when third in a heavy-ground maiden at Clonmel; that entitles him to respect but hard to know what to expect after so long out; has changed trainers. |
14/1 |
50/1
Form: —
Last run: 8 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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10th 17 |
26th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 2f 0y |
11st 4lb
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First reserve; placed once in six point-to-point starts; good effort in a Cork maiden hurdle when fourth of 14 in August (2m2f, good); makes handicap debut. |
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6 |
23rd Aug 2025 Good 2m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Best of six point starts was a 5l third; tailed off in two maiden hurdles before outrunning his odds of 125-1 to finish a good fourth at Cork last time (2m2f, good); that was a big improvement on all previous form and hard to know if he can repeat it. |
8/1 |
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4th 11 |
4th Aug 2025 Good 2m 2f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Placed in a point-to-point but not much encouragement to take from first two runs over hurdles when 50-1 and 125-1; drops in trip but hard to fancy. |
66/1 |
33/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th 11 |
18th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 1f 30y |
11st 4lb |
Showed some promise over further before dropping in trip and posting his best effort at Cork in August when second (2m3f, good); reported to have burst a blood vessel when well beaten at Ballinrobe later that month (2m3f, good); contender if ready and strength in the market would be interesting. |
12/1 |
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6 |
25th Aug 2025 Good 2m 2f 60y |
11st 12lb |
Showed some promise over longer distances on his first two starts; better effort when dropped to roughly this trip at Cork three weeks ago, stayed on after a mistake at the last to finish 2l second to an odds-on favourite. |
11/4 |
100/1
Form: 9/00-0
Last run: 7 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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16 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 12lb |
Ran in a bumper in 2022; no worthwhile form in three maiden hurdles this year; new headgear combination. |
100/1 |
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8 |
1st Jun 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Well beaten in a bumper and no worthwhile form in two maiden hurdles; will find his level further down the line. |
100/1 |
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8 |
1st Jun 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Well beaten in a bumper and no worthwhile form in two maiden hurdles; will find his level further down the line. |
100/1 |
9/2
Form: 155-3
Last run: 25 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
10th Aug 2025 Good 2m 5f 180y |
11st 12lb |
Winner of a Fairyhouse bumper on debut in November (yielding); some reasonable efforts in maiden hurdles at around 3m without winning; not so fluent at Kilbeggan last time when fading into second (24.5f, good to yielding); needs a bit more to win and needs to give weight away to most, but one of the leading contenders. |
11/4 |
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2 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Fairyhouse bumper winner; rating of 113 gives him every chance and he's posted decent efforts at around this trip on his last three starts; obvious chance in first-time blinkers. |
5/2 |
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3 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Rated 113; Fairyhouse bumper winner last November; looked short of pace when 10l third over 3m1f at Tipperary and last time when 2.5l second at Punchestown (2m7f); possibilities back up in trip |
7/2 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €9.90 |
| Straight Forecast | €8.74 |
| Trifecta | €226.80 |
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