20.40
SoftHop House 13 Handicap
- Prize money: £8289.26
- 1m 6f 14y
- 15 runners
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Runners: 15 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
(Won)
- Win: £30.40
- Place: £4.00
Form: 0-5411 D
Last run: 11 days
W: 9st 6lb
6 yo Filly
OR: 62
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 24 (10) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 6f 0y |
8st 9lb |
Notched a three-timer last summer with wins at Bellewstown (1m7f, good), Ballinrobe (1m5f, good to yielding) and Galway (1m6f, yielding); made a moderate return at Ballinrobe last time and regular rider Patrick McGettigan is not aboard. |
40/1 |
|
9th 10 (14) |
8th May 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 4f 183y |
9st 6lb |
Won three in a row last summer (1m5f/1m6f, good-yielding) and narrowly beaten over today's trip in big field at Galway; absent since October so may just need this (regular rider switches to Granville Street). |
14/1 |
|
9 (10) |
24th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 6f 0y Class 3 |
8st 13lb |
Won three in a row on the Flat in the summer under Patrick McGettigan (1m5f/1m6f, good-yielding) and reverted to this code with narrow second in a big field at Galway (1m4f, soft) a fortnight ago; clearly thriving and has a big shout with the step back up in trip a likely plus. |
11/2 |
16/1
- Place: £4.30
Form: -32125
Last run: 16 days
W: 8st 12lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 64
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 (9) |
22nd Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 1m 3f 15y |
9st 10lb |
Consistent this season except for one poor run when she had an excuse (reported blowing hard); trip-versatile sort, won over 1m4f in May and has been placed at distances between 1m1f and 1m6f; handled an ease when second of 16 over 1m6f at Galway festival. |
6/1 |
|
2nd 17 (6) |
1st Aug 2025 Soft 1m 6f 14y |
8st 12lb |
In fine form this season, placed at Tipperary and Ballinrobe then won at Roscommon (1m4f, good); raised 6lb and runner up back at that venue over 10.5f two weeks later (winner went close here on Monday); ground may have been too soft upped to this trip latest; could bounce back. |
16/1 |
|
10 (11) |
16th Jul 2025 Good 1m 6f 80y |
8st 12lb |
Improving sort won over 1m4f at Roscommon and the extended 1m2f trip might have been too short there since; raised another 2lb but has to be respected again. |
5/1 |
12/1
- Place: £3.20
Form: 356-24 BF
Last run: 48 days
W: 10st 0lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 70
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 (1) |
31st May 2026 Good 2m 0f 40y |
9st 10lb |
Some good runs in defeat at up to 2m last season; moderate efforts over obstacles were punctuated by an okay fifth of 12 at Bellewstown (1m4f, soft) in April; tailed off at Downpatrick over hurdles last time; cheekpieces go on. |
12/1 |
|
11th 2 |
8th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 165y |
11st 11lb |
Landed a competitive juvenile handicap hurdle at Cheltenham last spring on good; fair form on the Flat at up to 2m after; refused to race on chase debut at Clonmel; stayed on to some effect in a Flat handicap at Bellewstown last month, ground should suit. |
10/1 |
|
5th 4 (1) |
11th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 3f 90y |
9st 13lb |
Landed competitive juvenile handicap hurdle at Cheltenham last April on good; good efforts on the Flat at up to 2m after; refused to race on chase debut at Clonmel last month; could figure. |
20/1 |
10/1
- Place: £2.40
Form: 7263-2
Last run: 14 days
W: 9st 9lb
7 yo Filly
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 6 |
20th Jan 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 1f 33y |
11st 2lb |
Dual-purpose; 1-29 on Flat; 0-6 over hurdles; her sole Flat win came over three years ago, but she had fair form in 2025, including when second in a 1m5f handicap at this venue; well clear of the remainder when chasing home an easy winner at Tramore on New Year's Day. |
5/1 |
|
6 (5) |
22nd Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 1m 6f 55y |
9st 10lb |
Record of 1-27 with her win coming three years ago doesn't inspire hugely, but she has been running well in defeat recently; beaten a head at Down Royal in first-time cheekpieces off 62 in July (1m5f, good); creditable runs at Galway and Killarney following that (a neck behind Ehteyat at Killarney); interesting. |
8/1 |
|
5 (1) |
22nd Aug 2025 Good 1m 6f 80y |
9st 11lb |
No win since 2022 but went agonisingly close to ending the drought at Down Royal last month (1m5f, good) in first-time cheekpieces; merit in Galway fourth since so remains of interest. |
15/2 |
33/1
Form: 0/8696 D
Last run: 16 days
W: 9st 10lb
6 yo Colt
OR: 66
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
4th May 2026 Good 2m 1f 88y |
11st 12lb |
Three-time Flat winner has run well in defeat in maiden hurdles this year, including over C&D; below form in an Aintree handicap last time, but this isn't as competitive and he is one to consider. |
4/1 |
|
16th 10 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 103y Class 2 |
11st 4lb |
Three-time Flat winner; placed in three of four maiden hurdles at up to an extended 2m1f in Ireland this year but doesn't strike as being obviously well treated from an opening hurdle mark in the mid-120s. |
33/1 |
|
3rd 3 |
17th Mar 2026 Yielding 2m 1f 105y |
11st 12lb |
Three-time Flat winner returned with blood at both nostrils when pulled up at Tramore on hurdling debut; eyecatching third at Thurles next time when rallying and keeping on well; 8l second at Leopardstown early this month; room for improvement in his jumping. |
8/1 |
9/1
Form: 7-8691 D
Last run: 24 days
W: 9st 12lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 68
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 5 (14) |
31st May 2026 Good 2m 0f 40y |
9st 9lb |
Three Flat wins, twice in Britain and over this trip at Tramore last July for Gordon Elliott; poor in two runs for new yard; tongue tie goes on but others preferred. |
25/1 |
|
9th 3 (14) |
20th May 2026 Good 1m 5f 170y |
9st 13lb |
Three Flat wins, twice in Britain and over 2m at Tramore last April for Gordon Elliott; disappointing over hurdles on last two starts in 2025; down the field on stable debut in the Navan race in which Celtic Druid was fourth. |
20/1 |
|
16th 12 (21) |
25th Apr 2026 Yielding 1m 5f 0y |
9st 11lb |
Three Flat wins, twice in Britain and over 2m at Tramore last April for Gordon Elliott; disappointing over hurdles on last two starts in 2025; makes stable debut. |
14/1 |
16/1
Form: /57-04
Last run: 25 days
W: 9st 9lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 15 (7) |
11th May 2026 Good 1m 4f 46y |
9st 5lb |
Lost way after 2024 Kilbeggan novice hurdle win for John McConnell; well beaten all five Flat starts last year; best watched after break on first start for new stable. |
10/1 |
|
6th 2 (7) |
30th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 7f 0y Class 6 |
10st 1lb |
Maiden on the Flat, but won a novice handicap hurdle in September 2024 (2m3f, good to yielding); fair fourth in a 1m5f handicap here in July (good to soft; cheekpieces on for first time); headgear back on (poor run without it last time); interesting. |
11/2 |
|
8 (19) |
9th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 4f 0y |
9st 8lb |
Hurdles winner (yielding) is 0-7 on the Flat, 1m6f looking beyond him here last time (behind Steps In The Sand); back in trip here but wide draw a negative. |
20/1 |
25/1
Form: 013/0-
Last run: 534 days
W: 9st 6lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 62
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 4 |
26th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 28y |
11st 9lb |
Dual purpose; course Flat winner hasn't won a handicap hurdle since 2022 and made an inauspicious start for this yard when failing to beat a rival on the Flat at Limerick; will strip fitter now but others preferred. |
16/1 |
|
16th 7 (19) |
25th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 3f 190y |
9st 11lb |
Dual-purpose veteran has won eight races including four on turf on the Flat; not a bad run on final start for Ian O'Connor in a Cork handicap hurdle in November; off since and entitled to need this on first run for Charles Coakley. |
22/1 |
Form: 605-15
Last run: 39 days
W: 9st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 60
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23th 27 (17) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 6f 0y |
8st 7lb |
Dual-purpose sort won twice on the level last season at Tipperary and Bellewstown over an extended 1m4f on softish ground; tailed off over hurdles at Fairyhouse when last seen and 3lb wrong. |
40/1 |
12/1
Form: 61-523
Last run: 39 days
W: 9st 11lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 67
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 6 (7) |
23rd Jan 2026 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
9st 6lb |
Maiden hurdle winner; won over this trip in a Bellewstown handicap in October 2024 off 64; cut out most of the running when fourth over 10.5f in November on second AW start; prominent over C&D last time before gradually weakening into seventh; down 3lb now. |
11/1 |
|
10 |
30th Aug 2025 Good 1m 4f 0y |
12st 1lb |
Won over this trip in Bellewstown handicap last autumn and some good runs in defeat this year; place claims. |
12/1 |
|
10th 6 (13) |
1st Aug 2025 Soft 1m 6f 14y |
9st 11lb |
Won off 3lb lower over 1m4f at Bellewstown (yielding last year); has shaped as though ready for a return to this sort of trip on her last two starts at 1m4f-1m5f (went close sole previous start at 1m6f); big chance. |
12/1 |
5/1
Form: 4-0991
Last run: 34 days
W: 10st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 70
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 10 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
10st 6lb |
Dual-purpose; won off 5lb lower at Downpatrick in June (2m2f, yld-sft) and followed up on the Flat at Newcastle 13 days later; below par in three runs on the level since; career best needed off current mark on return to this sphere. |
7/2 |
|
3rd 10 |
2nd Nov 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
10st 6lb |
Dual-purpose; won off 5lb lower at Downpatrick in June (2m2f, yld-sft) and followed up on the Flat at Newcastle 13 days later; below par in three runs on the level since; career best needed off current mark on return to this sphere. |
7/2 |
14/1
Form: -78655
Last run: 2 days
W: 10st 0lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 70
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 12 (12) |
5th Sep 2025 Good 2m 2f 141y |
9st 4lb |
Won three good ground handicaps at up to 2m1f last year (including here); running okay in defeat this year without much respite from the handicapper until dropped 3lb after recent Killarney run; back to last winning mark so don't rule out. |
7/1 |
|
1 (11) |
22nd Aug 2025 Good 1m 6f 80y |
10st 0lb |
Won three good ground handicaps at up to 2m1f last year but yet to hit top form in this campaign, recent Galway run in this grade was ordinary (three of today's rivals ahead); needs a bit more respite from the handicapper. |
12/1 |
7/1
Form: 99231- D
Last run: 282 days
W: 9st 8lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 64
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 22 (19) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 6f 0y |
8st 12lb |
Added a third Flat win at Navan last time (1m5f, good) in a big field by a neck; had Trubshaw 5.5l behind that day; up 5lb but should remain competitive; has never raced at this track. |
14/1 |
|
1st 8 (8) |
25th Apr 2026 Yielding 1m 5f 0y |
9st 13lb |
Won over 1m4f at Roscommon (good) last August and added a Wexford maiden hurdle (good) ten days later; should be better for last month's run when fifth over 1m6f here, 1 3/4l behind the reopposing Earthsong. |
8/1 |
|
5th 2 (6) |
30th Mar 2026 Heavy 1m 6f 0y |
9st 13lb |
C&D (yielding) winner in October 2024 off 11lb lower; won again over 1m4f at Roscommon (good) last August and added a Wexford maiden hurdle (good) 10 days later; out of sorts in four runs in both codes since then and ground probably not ideal here. |
7/1 |
33/1
Form: 950-
Last run: 271 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 63
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
16th Apr 2026 Soft 2m 3f 60y |
11st 9lb |
Maiden's best run was when third in Gowran handicap in October (2m4f, yielding); better than bare result at Fairyhouse (2m4f) in December, headway to lead after three out but could find no more in closing stages; could go well after a break. |
16/1 |
12/1
Form: 808-23
Last run: 37 days
W: 8st 10lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 62
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 8 (4) |
18th May 2026 Good 1m 4f 17y |
9st 6lb |
Twice placed for Paul Nolan in good-ground handicaps last June; best run so far for current yard when fourth over 9.5f at Ballinrobe, with four of these behind; unproven over this far, though. |
10/1 |
|
4th 16 (3) |
8th May 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 1f 133y |
9st 6lb |
Second reserve; placed in good-ground 1m2f handicaps at Fairyhouse and Naas last summer for Paul Nolan; form so far for current yard modest, albeit mainly on unsuitably soft ground; reduced mark looks tempting. |
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10th 7 (13) |
3rd May 2026 Good 1m 2f 158y |
9st 7lb |
Placed in good-ground handicaps over this trip at Fairyhouse and Naas last summer for Paul Nolan; three later runs for this yard were poor and reappears here in first-time tongue-tie; ground should suit and handicapper giving him a chance. |
12/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €446.30 |
| Straight Forecast | €405.35 |
| Tricast | €5701.83 |
| Trifecta | €1865.80 |
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