June 11 / 18.20 Limerick

18.20

Good

Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Memorial Handicap

  • Prize money: £7801.65
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • 7 runners
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Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Memorial Handicap

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £6.60
  • Place: £1.80

Form: 050-83

Last run: 10 days

W: 9st 6lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
Won at Naas last July from a mark 4lb higher than now; lost form after a Galway festival third; back to something like his best when third at Listowel ten days ago on second outing this term.
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20th

7

(19)

2nd Nov 2025

Heavy

0m 7f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Facethepuckout

9st 7lb

J: Jamie Powell

T: M D O’Callaghan

Recorded seventh career win at Limerick in June (good), some of earlier wins came in more testing conditions; recent runs well below best so needs to bounce back.

16/1

20th

7

(19)

2nd Nov 2025

Heavy

0m 7f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Facethepuckout

9st 7lb

J: Jamie Powell

T: M D O’Callaghan

Recorded seventh career win at Limerick in June (good), some of earlier wins came in more testing conditions; recent runs well below best so needs to bounce back.

16/1

20th

7

(19)

2nd Nov 2025

Heavy

0m 7f 0y

13:55 Curragh

Facethepuckout

9st 7lb

J: Jamie Powell

T: M D O’Callaghan

Recorded seventh career win at Limerick in June (good), some of earlier wins came in more testing conditions; recent runs well below best so needs to bounce back.

16/1

5/2

  • Place: £2.60

Form: 12-301

Last run: 33 days

W: 9st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
Gained third Flat win a month ago, making most under 10lb claimer and just holding on to score over an extended 1m1f at Ballinronbe; backed that up when making virtually all in a handicap hurdle at Clonmel six days later.
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14th

7

(3)

16th Oct 2026

Standard

1m 2f 150y

20:00 Dundalk (AW)

Expound

9st 9lb

J: Colin Keane

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Three wins on turf and twice over hurdles; comes here on the back of two average runs at Clonmel and Listowel; 4lb lower on the AW and a positive rider booking.

10/1

8th

11

(2)

21st Sep 2026

Good

1m 1f 0y

14:55 Listowel

Expound

9st 7lb

J: Mel Sheridan

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Five-time winner, below best this season; fourth of nine at Ballinrobe in May; disappointed in his nest two races, over hurdles at Clonmel in May and back on the Flat at Tramore last month; dropped away tamely in fourth at Clonmel last week; needs to raise his game.

14/1

4th

4

(5)

16th Sep 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 1f 168y

17:35 Clonmel

Expound

9st 7lb

J: J M Sheridan

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Fourth of nine behind Lough Leane at Ballinrobe in May; has disappointed in his last two races, over hurdles at this venue in May and back on the Flat at Tramore last month.

10/1

OUR TIP

Form: 1-1150 D

Last run: 18 days

W: 10st 0lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 86

Form & Verdict
Completed 1m Dundalk hat-trick during the winter; fifth there in February after an aggregate 18lb rise in the ratings; never counted back on turf at Leopardstown when 22lb higher than at the time of his sole turf win last August.
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8th

4

(5)

18th Sep 2026

Standard

1m 0f 0y

19:00 Dundalk (AW)

Perfect Judgement

10st 0lb

J: Ronan Whelan

T: P J F Murphy

Hat-trick of C&D wins the winter before last, cuminating in a victory off 84 in February of last year; mark has declined steadily since, but some creditable turf runs this summer make him of interest on first run in this grade on Polytrack.

6/1

5th

3

(7)

2nd Sep 2026

Good

1m 0f 20y

18:10 Navan

Perfect Judgement

10st 1lb

J: Gavin Ryan

T: P J F Murphy

Four-time AW winner and 1-22 on turf; second of 16 at Gowran last time (good to firm; has form on slower) and didn't quite see out the extended 1m1f; considered.

5/1

Form: 4184-3 C

Last run: 49 days

W: 9st 13lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Course winner at three; won a 7f fillies' handicap at Fairyhouse last September off 79; ended the season with a fair fourth at Naas and resumed with a solid third at Gowran; handled heavy going then, but last season's win was on good ground.
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9th

3

(8)

4th Oct 2025

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

13:15 Ascot

Bellaphina

9st 2lb

J: Jack Kearney

T: John Andrew Kinsella

Irish mare who landed a Curragh handicap in June; has reached the frame in Listed races at Naas (6f, yielding) and Newbury (7f, good to soft) since but needs more to win in this grade.

40/1

7

(5)

19th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

16:05 Newbury

Bellaphina

8st 13lb

J: Sean Levey

T: John Andrew Kinsella

Irish mare who landed a Curragh handicap in June; seemed to run well in Listed grade on penultimate start but failed to back up that form latest; balance of form leaves her with difficult task.

16/1

1

(5)

24th Aug 2025

Good

0m 5f 205y

15:25 Naas

Bellaphina

9st 7lb

J: James Ryan

T: John Andrew Kinsella

Progressive mare won over 7f at Fairyhouse last term and over the same trip at the Curragh on third start this season; not a bad run when fifth in a 7f Group 3 at Leopardstown; had to wait for a gap before staying on for third behind Sky Majesty and Carla Ridge in a C&D Listed race a month ago; winner may again have the upper hand.

14/1

Form: 4-2662 C

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 7lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
AW maiden winner; took a 7f handicap at this venue last year; runner-up to today's rival Perfect Judgement over this trip at Dundalk in January; below form twice over 7f but restored to her best when a long-priced second of 20 over this trip at the Curragh 19 days ago.
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1st

7

(22)

15th Oct 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 1f 0y

14:47 Curragh

Anvika

9st 12lb

J: Robbie Colgan

T: Ms Sheila Lavery

Only two wins from 33 starts; has occasionally run well in good company, notably when second in a premier handicap at last year's Irish Champions meeting at Leopardstown; down the field in the same race this season; now 19lb below her career-high mark, might not be a lost cause.

12/1

11th

19

(17)

12th Sep 2026

Good

1m 0f 60y

18:10 Leopardstown

Anvika

8st 7lb

J: Rory Cleary

T: Ms Sheila Lavery

Has a poor strike rate (2-26); however, worth recalling that she finished second (behind Pink Oxalis) when a 40-1 chance in this race 12 months ago; fair form this season; yard emerging from a quiet spell; lively outsider potentially.

20/1

16/1

Form: 191-07

Last run: 33 days

W: 9st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Won three of her first six starts for this yard last season; all three wins gained over the extended 1m at Galway, twice on heavy ground; in rear on both starts this year and probably not of much interest until a likely return to Ballybrit for the festival meeting.
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11th

9

(13)

8th Sep 2026

Soft

1m 4f 0y

19:00 Galway

Sylkie

9st 5lb

J: Jack Cleary

T: Daniel John Howard

Won three handicaps over the extended mile at this venue in 2024, at the festival, this fixture and the October meeting; no success since and was unplaced in this race 12 months ago before making the frame twice late in the season; only one run this season; potentially interesting off this mark.

8/1

14th

17

(7)

25th Apr 2026

Yielding

1m 2f 40y

16:50 Navan

Sylkie

9st 9lb

J: Rory Cleary

T: Daniel John Howard

Won three handicaps at Galway in 2024; no win last year but some solid efforts up to 1m4f; is fit from hurdling over the winter and can run well.

11/1

9th

16

26th Jan 2026

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

13:10 Punchestown

Sylkie

11st 5lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: Daniel John Howard

Three-time winner on the Flat at Galway; hood went on for hurdling debut at Cork when tailed off; big improvement needed.

50/1

Form: 06888-

Last run: 216 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
Won twice for James Ferguson, including on her first start last year; lost form after a respectable run (tenth of 30) in the Sandringham Handicap last June; 8lb lower than her career-high for her debut for Natalia Lupini; her ability to run well when fresh is an asset
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8

(1)

10th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 0f 0y

19:30 Dundalk (AW)

Nocturnal

9st 2lb

J: Ben Coen

T: Miss Natalia Lupini

Won twice when trained in UK over approx' 7f including on AW; last three runs have been over 1m2.5f; placed at Down Royal and this track either side of a poor run here; a chance if as effective back at a mile.

17/2

1

(8)

26th Sep 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

19:45 Dundalk (AW)

Nocturnal

10st 0lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: Miss Natalia Lupini

Dual winner including on AW in UK; decent runs in defeat first three runs for this yard but below form over C&D last time; that was a premier handicap so can do better in this grade.

9/1

12

(13)

15th Aug 2025

Standard

1m 2f 150y

17:10 Dundalk (AW)

Nocturnal

8st 11lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: Miss Natalia Lupini

AW winner when trained in UK; was just denied over this trip at Down Royal last time on third start for this yard; up 1lb and can run well.

10/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €24.00
Straight Forecast €29.76
Trifecta €104.10

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Bellaphina

The Irish Sun:

Anvika

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Perfect Judgement

POSTDATA:

Facethepuckout

TOPSPEED:

Bellaphina