17.38
GoodStrokestown Handicap Chase
- Prize money: £5607.44
- 2m 0f 35y
- 13 runners
Runners: 13 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy
16/1
Form: 94307-
Last run: 53 days
W: 11st 12lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 105
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 5 |
2nd Jun 2026 Good 1m 7f 182y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Finally got off the mark over hurdles at Downpatrick (2m2f) last May; tried chasing again last month but well below par in handicaps (up to 2m2f) at Wexford and Limerick; needs this return to hurdling to spark a resurgence. |
12/1 |
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6th 1 |
21st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 157y |
12st 0lb |
Breakthrough success over hurdles came at Downpatrick last summer (2m2f, good); only second chase start on return at Wexford a fortnight ago when well beaten (well held in Roscommon handicap last summer). |
20/1 |
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11th 7 |
7th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Breakthrough success over hurdles came at Downpatrick last summer (2m2f, good), absent since midfield in 2m Limerick handicap in October, having had an easy lead; only second chase start (well held in Roscommon handicap last summer). |
20/1 |
28/1
Form: 08P0-P D
Last run: 24 days
W: 11st 12lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 105
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
19th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 1f 165y |
11st 4lb |
Three hurdle wins; best effort this season was when just denied over fences at this track in July; not as good since and questions after being pulled-up on last two hurdle starts. |
20/1 |
|
6 |
25th Aug 2025 Good 2m 1f 165y |
11st 2lb |
Pushed Lakefield Flyer all the way over 2m3f here last month but has since pulled up over hurdles at Galway and finished last of the four in a beginners chase; did face a tough task last time and this is more realistic. |
10/1 |
|
5 |
15th Aug 2025 Good 2m 5f 180y |
10st 12lb |
Maiden chaser last won in November 2022; went close in a handicap chase at Downpatrick last month off 104; pulled up over hurdles at Galway latest; likely up against it in this company. |
25/1 |
11/1
Form: 3949P- D
Last run: 45 days
W: 11st 11lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 12 |
31st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 80y |
10st 5lb |
Twice successful over hurdles; ordinary handicap chase form until second at Down Royal in January; pulled up at Thurles on his final start for the now-retired Des McDonogh; 10lb below hurdles mark; fair chance if replicating his improved display. |
8/1 |
|
13 |
5th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 2f 0y |
11st 2lb |
Twice successful over hurdles; ordinary handicap chase form until second at Down Royal last month; remains 9lb below hurdles mark; fair chance if replicating his improved display. |
7/1 |
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2nd 5 |
20th Jan 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 4f 145y |
11st 11lb |
Twice successful over hurdles; ordinary handicap chase form so far; premature to write off but hard to recommend until he shows some spark again; runs off 12lb lower than current hurdles rating. |
14/1 |
9/2
Form: 131-53 D BF
Last run: 10 days
W: 11st 10lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
21st May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 157y |
12st 0lb |
Hurdles and three-time chase winner; best form at Tramore; was demoted from first in Killarney chase last summer; never sighted in first three starts for this yard; blinkers go on now. |
16/1 |
|
11th 11 |
20th Apr 2026 Soft 2m 0f 80y |
11st 2lb |
One hurdle and two chase wins at this venue; was demoted from first in a Killarney chase last autumn; has a chance if back to form after two poor chase efforts for this new yard. |
9/2 |
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6th 9 |
6th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 45y |
10st 0lb |
Likes a sharp 2m and good ground; first past the post against useful rival at Killarney in October and better for recent comeback; 2lb wrong and ground may not be dry enough. |
20/1 |
11/4
Form: 1366-3 D
Last run: 28 days
W: 11st 9lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 102
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
9th Oct 2025 Soft 2m 4f 73y |
11st 4lb |
Won a handicap hurdle at Wexford last summer and several promising efforts this year, including over timber at Roscommon in August when only finding one too good; may have won that without a bad mistake late and arrives on the back of a facile success over fences at Galway on Tuesday; should go well from lower hurdle mark. |
5/2 |
|
1st 3 |
7th Oct 2025 Yielding 2m 2f 54y |
11st 8lb |
Placed in all his chase runs (handicaps), going close in the latest at Roscommon (2m, good); failed to exploit a lower hurdle mark back there last time but still ran very well; solid chance. |
7/4 |
10/1
Form: P74-04 D
Last run: 9 days
W: 11st 2lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 95
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
15th Aug 2025 Good 2m 5f 180y |
11st 2lb |
Sole chase win came at this track in September off 93 (2m, good); recent chase runs do not provide huge encouragement and both her wins have come at shorter than this; in saying that, the handicapper is giving her a chance. |
11/1 |
|
6th 8 |
23rd Jul 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Hurdles winner at this track in 2022 and also won a 2m Tramore handicap chase last season (good) off 3lb higher; beaten 21l here earlier this month in a race won by Crowsatedappletart (2m3f, good); needs to bounce back to form but handicapper giving her a chance. |
18/1 |
|
17 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 2m 3f 110y |
11st 6lb |
First reserve; hurdles winner here and also won 2m Tramore handicap chase last season (good) off 93; no more than okay form of late but declining mark so could be of interest soon. |
7/2
Form: 4/00-3 D
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 93
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 1 |
23rd Jul 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
12st 0lb |
Built on promising chase debut at Tipperary to win at Roscommon last month (2m, good); up 7lb but he appears to have more ability in this sphere compared to his hurdle starts; chance. |
5/1 |
|
7 |
9th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 35y |
11st 0lb |
1-8 over hurdles; solid effort on chase debut latest in a Tipperary handicap (16.5f, gd-yld); just 1lb higher here and ground is fine; should go well again with rider taking off a handy 3lb. |
7/2 |
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3rd 9 |
8th May 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 130y |
10st 8lb |
towards rear, headway from 3rd |
16/1 |
14/1
Form: 7/49-U D
Last run: 10 days
W: 11st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 93
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
9th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 35y |
11st 0lb |
Hasn't won since September 2022; no signs of the drought ending on return from break over hurdles at Tramore in April; unseated when hampered back in a chase there latest; pulled up on sole previous run at this venue; others preferred. |
14/1 |
|
7 |
30th May 2025 Good 1m 7f 110y |
10st 2lb |
Versatile 10yo with wins on flat, over hurdles and Ballinrobe handicap chase back in 2022; lightly raced of late, returning from 199-day absence when soundly beaten over hurdles here last month; bit to prove right now. |
12/1 |
12/1
Form: 30130-
Last run: 45 days
W: 10st 12lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
1st Oct 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 5f 27y |
10st 13lb |
Won over fences last year at Kilbeggan off 1lb higher; however, has been well beaten over hurdles and fences lately so others preferred. |
20/1 |
|
13 |
8th Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 2m 6f 97y |
10st 13lb |
Sole win came in a Kilbeggan handicap chase in July 2024; lost way since and now reverts to hurdles; others arrive in better form. |
16/1 |
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10th 4 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 5y |
11st 8lb |
Sole win came over C&D in this race last year off 85; 3lb higher now and needs to bounce back from successive non-completions but that is not impossible. |
12/1 |
20/1
Form: 27U00-
Last run: 175 days
W: 10st 12lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
9th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 35y |
10st 12lb |
Dual-purpose maiden has lost form since a close second over timber at Ballinrobe in May 2024; beaten 84l over hurdles when last seen in December; can only be watched on chase debut. |
20/1 |
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15th 2 |
16th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 51y |
12st 2lb |
Close second in a Ballinrobe handicap hurdle in May her best effort since her time in bumpers; did not run to that level at the same venue a few weeks later; unseated at the first at Listowel, struggled at Sligo. |
16/1 |
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15th 2 |
16th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 51y |
12st 2lb |
Close second in a Ballinrobe handicap hurdle in May her best effort since her time in bumpers; did not run to that level at the same venue a few weeks later; unseated at the first at Listowel, struggled at Sligo. |
16/1 |
14/1
Form: 6FF2U-
Last run: 45 days
W: 10st 11lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 17 |
26th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 28y |
10st 8lb |
First reserve; Sligo maiden hurdle winner in 2024; not a bad run on return from a break at Clonmel latest and handicapper giving her a chance, but stamina a query over this trip. |
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5th 4 |
14th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 116y |
11st 7lb |
Front-runner's sole win came in 2m2f Sligo mares' maiden in 2024 (good), good second in Limerick handicap over a year ago off 99; 0-10 chasing and well held back hurdling when last seen in October; ground to suit, don't rule out off this reduced mark. |
8/1 |
16/1
Form: U008-7 C
Last run: 18 days
W: 10st 7lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16th 15 |
13th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y |
10st 12lb |
Spent most of last season over fences; mid-division over hurdles at Clonmel on latest after being pulled up in consecutive chases; almost two years since the most recent of his three wins. |
25/1 |
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7th 9 |
14th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 216y |
11st 1lb |
Pulled up in a chase at Wexford last Friday; much more effective as a hurdler, though he he has added only one win to his tally since 2021. |
14/1 |
|
13 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 100y |
10st 3lb |
Three-time winning hurdler is 0-13 chasing, pulled up after some indifferent jumping last time; back from a break, handicapper has given him every chance and better ground in his favour. |
14/1 |
25/1
Form: 2/6PP/ D
Last run: 531 days
W: 10st 7lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13 |
9th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 35y |
10st 7lb |
Won a handicap chase at Catterick for Alistair Ralph in February 2023; pulled up on first two starts for this yard later that year and not seen since; entitled to need this after mammoth layoff. |
25/1 |
|
0 7 |
26th Dec 2023 Soft 2m 1f 160y |
10st 13lb |
Winner in Britain; pulled up on his sole Irish start at Thurles in October; hard to fancy. |
33/1 |
|
0 5 |
19th Oct 2023 Yielding 2m 4f 112y |
11st 7lb |
Sole win over fences in Britain came at Catterick last season; however, tailed off at Ludlow when last seen, has stamina to prove at this trip and probably best watched on yard debut returning from 163 days off (bought for £10,000 in August). |
18/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €13.70 |
| Straight Forecast | €12.66 |
| Tricast | €115.82 |
| Trifecta | €53.70 |
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