17.25
SoftFrank Conroy Irish EBF Maiden
- Prize money: £9752.07
- 1m 0f 0y
- 8 runners
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Runners: 8 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
20/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 4 (6) |
1st Jun 2026 Good 1m 1f 120y |
9st 11lb |
Modest form in maidens; similar story on seasonal return and handicap debut at Navan (1m2f, heavy) in March; promising second at Ballinrobe, seemingly appreciating better ground; closely matched with Pliny on Navan run; holds an obvious chance, with the form of the Ballinrobe race working out well |
9/4 |
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2nd 6 (3) |
8th May 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 1f 133y |
9st 9lb |
Modest form in maidens; similar story on seasonal return and handicap debut at Navan (1m2f, heavy) in March; cheekpieces worn that day discarded; could improve on this better ground and yard in form. |
7/1 |
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6th 10 (8) |
30th Mar 2026 Heavy 1m 2f 0y |
9st 1lb |
Struggled at two; finished last twice; gelded now; cheekpieces fitted; hard to fancy. |
14/1 |
9/4
Form: 3
Last run: 19 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1st 1 (2) |
18th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 2f 0y |
10st 0lb |
Failed to win at two, but got off the mark on second start of this season in 1m2f (yielding) maiden at Navan; never landed a blow on handicap debut in the King George V handicap at Royal Ascot (1m2f, good to firm) last time; capable of better, but has to prove he handles quick ground. |
9/2 |
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17th 15 (1) |
18th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 3f 211y Class 2 |
8st 9lb |
Started his career in a Listed race but it wasn't until his fifth start that he got off the mark, showing improved form with a switch to front-running in a maiden at Navan (1m2f, yielding); saw off a serious challenge that day and there's enough stamina in the family for 1m4f to be interesting. |
33/1 |
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1st 1 (2) |
16th May 2026 Good 1m 2f 40y |
9st 8lb |
Encouraging third behind Daytona on debut in 1m Listed race at Naas (good) last July; finished the season rated 83 after 3l fourth of 12 at Tipperary (1m1f, gd-yld); kept on nicely for a 2.25l second behind race-fit odds on rival over C&D (gd-yld) last month; now rated 87 and the one to beat. |
5/6 |
10/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 7 (2) |
9th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 98y |
9st 7lb |
Last of eight on debut at Leopardstown; big price when around 8l fourth of nine over C&D at the festival; likely to find a few too good. |
10/1 |
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4th 6 (8) |
2nd Aug 2025 Soft 1m 0f 73y |
9st 7lb |
Failed to beat a rival on debut at Leopardstown (1m, yielding to soft); can improve but others more likely. |
28/1 |
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3 (4) |
24th Jul 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Tenth foal; half-brother to five winners including Group 2 scorer Hanalia (Blandford Stakes) and Group 3 winners Hunaina and Hamariyna; dam 1m winner, half-sister to Group 3 winner Hamairi. |
10/1 |
13/2
Form: 4
Last run: 10 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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13th 2 (17) |
29th Aug 2026 Good 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Dual winner over this trip has run with credit in pattern company several times, notably when third in a 10.5f Longchamp Group 3 in April; decent efforts back to this trip in the Colm Quinn Mile at Galway and Ruby Stakes at Killarney; visor replaces cheekpieces; can run well. |
12/1 |
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3rd 9 (10) |
21st Aug 2026 Good 1m 0f 30y |
9st 3lb |
Smart form as a 2yo, bolted up in Leopardstown maiden (1m, yielding/soft) before 5l second to Benvenuto Cellini in Group 2; opened season with easy conditions race win at Naas (1m, soft) and decent efforts in defeat since; fourth at Galway 24 days ago a solid effort in first-time cheekpieces but needs to reverse form with Jagged Edge off same terms; tongue-tie goes on. |
9/2 |
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4th 6 (16) |
28th Jul 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 0f 123y |
9st 7lb |
Ran against smart Ballydoyle colts as a juvenile; won a three-runner 1m conditions event at Naas in March; did not quite see out the extended 1m2f when third in the Prix Noailles at Longchamp; failed to run to expectations in a valuable Gowran contest; could make a high-class handicapper, but no horse of his age has won this since 2004; cheekpieces added. |
8/1 |
15/8
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
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| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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3 (9) |
7th Aug 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y |
9st 5lb |
Well-bred Sea The Stars colt missed the break when keeping on for a 6.25l third of 8 here on debut (1m, yld-sft); leading yard's 2yos often improve markedly for their first run and he's the choice of Lordan; has a Group 1 entry; leading claims. |
15/8 |
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5 (1) |
24th Jul 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Ninth foal; Sea The Stars colt is closely related to Flat/hurdle winner Ephesus, half-brother to six winners including Group 2 Blandford Stakes winner Cayenne Pepper; dam 7f AW 2yo winner; no Group 1 entries but Moore prefers to Pierre Bonnard. |
15/8 |
9/2
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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2nd 5 (2) |
19th Aug 2026 Good 1m 3f 188y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Looked every inch a serious Derby prospect last term, which he failed to confirm behind two of these in the mud at Epsom this June but the Irish Derby at the Curragh (1m4f, good) three weeks later addressed the doubts when he rallied well to finish just a neck behind runner-up Christmas Day; as he receives 5lb today from that rival and from Maltese Cross, that career-best performance puts him clear top on form. |
3/1 |
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3rd 6 (1) |
28th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 4f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Asserted late on to finish firmly on top last October in two 1m2f Pattern events, the Group 3 Zetland Stakes at Newmarket (good to firm) and Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud (very soft); 3yo campaign got off to a low-key start behind Christmas Day in the Ballysax at Leopardstown; much more like it when second to James J Braddock in the Derby Trial at the same venue; jury is out following a short-lived Derby challenge. |
12/1 |
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7th 12 (8) |
6th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 1m 4f 6y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Asserted late on to finish firmly on top last October in a Group 3 at Newmarket (good to firm) and Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud (very soft) and they were over 1m2f; 3yo campaign got off to a muted start but he briefly hit the front in Derby Trial at Leopardstown before James J Braddock swooped and Aidan O'Brien has stressed that he went gently with him at home until after that race; his sire and dam's sire were Derby winners (dam won 1m2f Group 1 Nassau) and he now moves up from 1m2f; he looked every inch a serious Derby contender last term and that's probably still the impression to go with. |
6/1 |
8/1
Form: 5
Last run: 26 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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1st 2 (5) |
11th Jul 2026 Good 1m 2f 40y |
9st 10lb |
Curragh 2yo maiden has been highly-tried this season, career-best when beaten 3.5l in Group 3 Ballysax Stakes over this trip; Group 3 Gallinule run since not quite as good, but nonetheless sets a good standard dropped in grade here. |
5/4 |
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5th 6 (9) |
23rd May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 2f 0y |
9st 5lb |
Course 1m1f maiden winner on the fourth of five starts at two; limitations revealed in two Group 3 Leopardstown events won by the Aidan O'Brien-trained Dante third Christmas Day. |
16/1 |
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6th 8 (8) |
12th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 2f 0y |
9st 5lb |
Curragh maiden winner; unplaced in races won by Endorsement and Christmas Day; trainer's second string. |
50/1 |
14/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9 (15) |
17th Oct 2025 Standard 0m 7f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Best run came when beaten 6l in a 6f maiden here last month; didn't get the clearest of runs when favourite on last week's handicap debut; extra furlong will probably help but widest draw won't. |
8/1 |
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2 (3) |
8th Oct 2025 Yielding 0m 5f 180y |
10st 0lb |
One of two for yard; not much to recommend in maidens at 6f-1m but yard's runners always merit respect on their handicap debuts and he's preferred by McMonagle; check the market. |
12/1 |
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15 (12) |
19th Sep 2025 Standard 0m 6f 0y |
9st 8lb
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First reserve; down the field in two maidens so far and likely one for handicaps now. |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €44.00 |
| Straight Forecast | €54.63 |
| Trifecta | €192.80 |