15.15
GoodThomas Donovan Construction Maiden Hurdle
- Prize money: £4876.03
- 3m 0f 100y
- 14 runners
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Runners: 14 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
22/1
Form: 22/P0-
Last run: 151 days
W: 11st 12lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 12lb |
Rated 108; bumper winner was placed in his first three maiden hurdles in soft conditions; pulled up at Gowran on return from a 427-day absence (3m, soft to heavy); made little impression in a Punchestown maiden hurdle last time (2m3f, heavy); others preferred |
22/1 |
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11th 2 |
3rd Feb 2025 Soft To Heavy 2m 3f 92y |
11st 12lb |
held up in rear, hampered by faller 2nd |
11/1 |
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11th 2 |
3rd Feb 2025 Soft To Heavy 2m 3f 92y |
11st 12lb |
held up in rear, hampered by faller 2nd |
11/1 |
7/2
Form: 155-32
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 113
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
15/2
Form: 7 BF
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
24th Oct 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 1f 80y |
11st 4lb |
Point winner in 2024 ran too badly to be true on rules debut in a Listowel bumper (6/4 fav) in June; better over hurdles twice since, notably at Thurles last time when first past the post over 2m6f but demoted for interference; the cheekpieces worn then are retained; should go close but has a tendency to hang left. |
5/4 |
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1st 1 |
16th Oct 2025 Good 2m 6f 154y |
11st 12lb |
Winner of his second point start before being sold for 160,000GBP; ran very disappointingly on rules debut at Listowel when well backed; rider reported he hung badly left throughout that day and had to stop riding to keep straight; put in a better showing at Wexford last time when a 9.75l fifth on hurdles debut; cheekpieces on now and one of the main players. |
11/8 |
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4 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
6l Punchestown point winner last year; backed into favouritism on return from 464-day absence at Listowel last month but beaten 127l; can improve but questions to answer |
15/2 |
25/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
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 2 |
5th Aug 2025 Yielding 2m 4f 59y |
11st 12lb |
Placed in points but did go 0-6 and didn't show a great deal on 3m hurdle debut; cheekpieces turned to. |
50/1 |
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5 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Makes rules debut following some placed finishes in maiden point-to-points; best was last time when a 3.75l third; likely to find this too hot. |
25/1 |
18/1
Form: 4/5-UP
Last run: 25 days
W: 11st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 1 |
2nd Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 2f 72y |
11st 12lb |
Placed four times over hurdles but had been out of form (largely over fences) until a close third at 66-1 over 2m here on St Stephen's Day (yielding) on handicap hurdle debut; up 3lb for that but chance if he can back it up; slight question mark on this ground. |
5/1 |
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4 |
6th Aug 2025 Good 2m 3f 130y |
11st 8lb |
Placed four times over hurdles; chase form is unconvincing; new headgear combination following an unplaced maiden hurdle run at this venue. |
16/1 |
33/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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7 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Makes rules debut; has only completed two of five point starts but the best of those was last time when a distant second; unlikely to feature |
33/1 |
9/1
Form: 344F-
Last run: 173 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
23rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 5f 122y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Initially disappointing for new stable this year but easily landed gamble in Bangor handicap (2m7f, good) in March, and did not need to be at same level to justify skinny odds in Uttoxeter novice (2m7f, good) this month; has a big penalty but should still be hard to beat. |
4/9 |
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1st 1 |
4th Jun 2026 Good 2m 7f 70y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Miles clear with one other when beaten just over 1l in a Market Rasen 0-125 handicap latest (3m, good; RPR 118), and this novice contest isn't anywhere near as deep; yet to register form of that calibre with give underfoot, but possible he could get away with it here even if rain arrives. |
4/11 |
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2nd 4 |
8th May 2026 Good 2m 7f 16y Class 3 |
11st 10lb |
The same combination of a sharp track, good ground and stayers' trip of his peak Irish effort similarly worked the oracle at Bangor last time; a 9lb re-raise demands another big step forward, though that's not impossible having won with far more in hand than the near-3l verdict may infer. |
15/8 |
4/1
Form: 5D154-3
Last run: 55 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 |
11th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Disqualified for a banned substance after winning a 2m4f Wexford maiden hurdle last October; solid third places over C&D and back at Wexford lately; should go close with cheekpieces added. |
6/4 |
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9 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Made all in a maiden hurdle at this track last October but subsequently disqualified for a banned substance (2m4f, yielding); returned to form following a pair of underwhelming runs when a 3.75l third at Cork in May; interesting contender. |
4/1 |
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3rd 4 |
10th May 2025 Good 3m 0f 80y |
11st 12lb |
disputed lead |
11/2 |
25/1
Form: 06
Last run: 34 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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9th 2 |
2nd Oct 2025 Good 2m 4f 35y |
11st 12lb |
Has been well beaten in four maiden hurdles and has to find plenty of improvement even in this lesser race; blinkers need to work. |
14/1 |
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7 |
17th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 85y |
11st 4lb |
Little sign of winning potential in three maiden hurdles and best wait for handicaps. |
200/1 |
50/1
Form: —
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| 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 |
3/1
Form: 5943-2 BF
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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12 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
11st 4lb |
Top-rated of the four holding a mark; ran on well to take third in a Punchestown handicap hurdle in April (2m3f, yielding); stepped up in trip and denied by a nose when slightly hampered at the last fence back at that track last time (2m7f, good to yielding); the trip of this race is up his alley. |
3/1 |
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9 |
8th Jun 2025 Good 2m 7f 116y |
11st 4lb |
Showed ability fourth in a heavy ground maiden hurdle at this venue in February (reportedly coughed post race); comes into the reckoning on the evidence of his staying-on run in the final of the Adare Manor Opportunity Series at the festival meeting; enough stamina in the pedigree to encourage support. |
4/1 |
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3rd 25 |
30th Apr 2025 Yielding 2m 3f 58y |
11st 2lb |
Best run yet when fourth in a heavy ground maiden hurdle here last time (reportedly coughed post race); his better runs have come on softer ground than this. |
40/1 |
66/1
Form: /7000-
Last run: 120 days
W: 10st 11lb
5 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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13 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
10st 11lb |
No impression in bumpers or maiden hurdle starts; might be one for handicaps. |
66/1 |
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11th 11 |
6th Mar 2025 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 0y |
11st 5lb |
towards rear, in touch with leaders halfway |
50/1 |
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10th 10 |
25th Jan 2025 Soft 2m 4f 90y |
11st 5lb |
towards rear |
10/1 |
66/1
Form: P6-0
Last run: 24 days
W: 10st 11lb
6 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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15 |
22nd Jul 2025 Yielding 2m 1f 89y |
10st 11lb |
Winner and twice second in points; no encouragement from her racecourse form; huge price when pulled up at Wexford last time. |
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14 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 0f 100y |
10st 11lb |
Point winner but well beaten in a hunter's chase in March and same story in a Sligo maiden hurdle last month; tongue tie added to cheekpieces but hard to fancy |
66/1 |
|
11 |
10th Jun 2025 Good 2m 1f 157y |
11st 7lb |
Won a point-to-point at Comea in February; cheekpieces reached for after heavy defeat on Rules' debut in a Downpatrick maiden hunter chase; hard to fancy after that run. |
50/1 |
Form: 6P3-P
Last run: 57 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 9 |
8th Jun 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 5f 150y |
11st 5lb |
After winning a point he ran a solid third in a 2m6f handicap at Tramore nine days ago, beaten 7l by a well-backed winner; only a 7yo and considered. |
4/1 |
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3rd 4 |
30th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 0y |
11st 5lb |
Third in a hunter chase here last year and returns to rules action after winning a point two weeks ago; however, others have more pressing claims when this is his handicap debut. |
20/1 |
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7th 2 |
27th Aug 2025 Good 2m 4f 110y |
11st 10lb |
Point-to-point winner placed in a Tramore hunters' chase, pulled up after trailing throughout in Wexford maiden hurdle latest; easily passed over. |
33/1 |
Non-runners
Strong Link, Plomeur, Tamara Jane
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €9.20 |
| Straight Forecast | €7.74 |
| Trifecta | €28.50 |