18.05
SoftGalway Handicap
- Prize money: £5607.44
- 0m 7f 0y
- 15 runners
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Runners: 15 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
(Won)
- Win: £8.80
- Place: £2.70
Form: -59164 D
Last run: 42 days
W: 10st 4lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 74
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 (9) |
27th Oct 2025 Heavy 1m 0f 73y |
10st 1lb |
Career win number seven when beating Lady Arwen here over 7f last month (soft) off 74 for today's rider; just okay runs twice since off revised mark; more needed. |
9/1 |
|
1 (9) |
27th Oct 2025 Heavy 1m 0f 73y |
10st 1lb |
Career win number seven when beating Lady Arwen here over 7f last month (soft) off 74 for today's rider; just okay runs twice since off revised mark; more needed. |
9/1 |
|
7th 11 (11) |
11th Oct 2025 Yielding To Soft 0m 7f 0y |
9st 1lb |
Career win number seven when beating 14 rivals at Galway (7f, soft) and not a bad last run at Listowel when upside Midnight Strike, given that he came from well off the speed. |
14/1 |
14/1
- Place: £2.90
Form: 437-04 D
Last run: 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15th 2 (10) |
15th Oct 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 1f 0y |
10st 2lb |
Six-time winner, including in July at Ballinrobe and when beating 16 rivals at the Galway festival despite a slow start; again compromised chance with slow start at Punchestown and when third over 1m here 11 days ago, a good effort in the circumstances; Billy Lee has a good record on her. |
8/1 |
|
3rd 8 (13) |
4th Oct 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Six-time winner, including in July at Ballinrobe and when beating 16 rivals at the Galway festival despite a slow start; again compromised chance with slow start at Punchestown on latest, so comes with a health warning. |
12/1 |
|
8th 3 (3) |
15th Sep 2026 Good 1m 1f 30y |
9st 8lb |
Six-time winner, including twice in July; defied a 7lb rise for a Ballinrobe success when beating 16 rivals at the Galway festival; overcame a high draw, and the loss of several lengths at the start; holding her form well judged on last week's Galway second. |
11/2 |
8/1
- Place: £2.60
Form: 632-05 D
Last run: 36 days
W: 9st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 60
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 (15) |
5th Oct 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 0f 30y |
9st 7lb |
Both wins came on soft ground in 2023; he'll need to find something on this season's efforts. |
25/1 |
|
7th 8 (2) |
8th Sep 2026 Soft 0m 7f 0y |
8st 11lb |
Both wins came over this trip on soft ground in 2023; has since been placed twice over C&D; not a bad run at Limerick last time and can be a player down 4lb. |
6/1 |
11/2
Form: 157482
Last run: 38 days
W: 9st 13lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 69
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 (12) |
16th Oct 2026 Standard 1m 2f 150y |
8st 12lb |
Claimed out of Patrick Magee's after winning at Laytown (6f); no impression in two turf handicaps since joining this yard and not bred to stay this far. |
14/1 |
|
10th 8 (9) |
30th Sep 2026 Yielding To Soft 0m 7f 205y |
9st 8lb |
Has won over 1m on soft; claimed after 6f win at Laytown and on a decent mark. |
7/1 |
|
1st 6 (1) |
10th Sep 2026 Standard 0m 6f 0y |
10st 3lb |
Stable won this race last year; won a Curragh handicap in March of last year (1m, soft); no joy since and went wrong when pulled up at Bellewstown when last seen in April (sent off favourite); market can guide after a break. |
9/1 |
10/1
Form: 238
Last run: 14 days
W: 9st 9lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 3 (17) |
19th Oct 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 0f 75y |
10st 0lb |
Yet to replicate her promising maiden runs in handicaps, finishing well held since returning from a break. |
20/1 |
|
6th 4 (14) |
19th Sep 2026 Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
10st 0lb |
Cracking placed runs in maidens at Killarney and Galway last year over this trip; however, she lost her form after that and needs a return to that best after an absence. |
22/1 |
20/1
Form: 00-800 CD
Last run: 18 days
W: 9st 6lb
8 yo Mare
OR: 62
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 16 (4) |
18th Oct 2026 Good 1m 3f 150y |
8st 7lb |
Yet another good run at Naas when second there last week (1m2f, soft); fourth in this 12 months ago; has form claims but would prefer slower ground; 1lb out of the weights. |
25/1 |
|
6th 10 (5) |
23rd Aug 2026 Good 1m 2f 110y |
8st 7lb |
Four-time winner, most recently over C&D (yielding) last October; yet to hit top form this term and only midfield on latest at Galway; best form on much softer ground than this and 8lb wrong here. |
33/1 |
|
9th 10 (21) |
30th Jul 2026 Yielding 1m 4f 0y |
9st 13lb |
Course winner over 7f in 2022 has run well in defeat back here since over 1m; similar efforts last three runs including up to an extended 1m3f; needs more; tough draw. |
22/1 |
12/1
Form: 607283
Last run: 51 days
W: 9st 6lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 62
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14 (29) |
21st Oct 2025 Soft 1m 2f 0y |
9st 6lb |
AW winner; fair placed form on Flat; not beaten far in fifth at Killarney last time and handled soft ground on that occasion. |
14/1 |
|
1 (12) |
30th Sep 2025 Good To Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
10st 2lb |
AW maiden winner in January; second in 1m2f handicap at Roscommon in May and third at the Curragh in July (1m); soft ground perhaps no help last time; possibilities. |
8/1 |
|
7th 10 (7) |
9th Sep 2025 Soft 0m 7f 0y |
9st 6lb |
Won a 1m fillies' maiden at Dundalk in January; best turf run came when second in a middle-distance handicap at Roscommon in May; probably more effective over a bit further than this. |
12/1 |
12/1
Form: -45005
Last run: 18 days
W: 9st 11lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 67
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15 (14) |
27th Oct 2025 Heavy 1m 0f 73y |
8st 11lb |
Sole success came over 6f on heavy ground for former yard in Britain; decent run on similar ground at Gowran last month, trip probably too far both starts since; blinkers now tried and drops back in trip so could improve on recent efforts. |
14/1 |
|
15 (14) |
27th Oct 2025 Heavy 1m 0f 73y |
8st 11lb |
Sole success came over 6f on heavy ground for former yard in Britain; decent run on similar ground at Gowran last month, trip probably too far both starts since; blinkers now tried and drops back in trip so could improve on recent efforts. |
14/1 |
|
9th 13 (6) |
20th Oct 2025 Yielding 1m 3f 175y |
8st 12lb |
One of two for yard; sole success came over 6f on heavy ground for former yard; ran okay on heavy here (9.5f) on penultimate but failed to build on that at Naas latest; stamina to prove for this trip. |
28/1 |
6/1
Form: 0-0901 D
Last run: 8 days
W: 10st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 71
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 (18) |
30th Sep 2026 Yielding To Soft 0m 7f 205y |
10st 1lb |
Beaten only 2l when twice fourth; not as good last time, but handles soft ground well and on a fair mark now. |
7/1 |
|
5th 3 (13) |
19th Sep 2026 Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
10st 0lb |
Three-time winner has run some solid races in defeat this term, notably when a close fourth over C&D the last twice; handles easy ground and should be a player down 2lb. |
7/1 |
|
4th 2 (4) |
1st Sep 2026 Soft 1m 0f 0y |
10st 2lb |
Roscommon winner on soft a year ago off 59; hasn't won since although C&D fourth (Roderick second) in June was a good effort, coming from well back from a wide draw; ground to suit, should go well. |
7/1 |
20/1
Form: 200960 D
Last run: 10 days
W: 9st 0lb
7 yo Filly
OR: 56
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 1 (7) |
20th Jan 2026 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
No AW win since March 2024; respectable showings, behind in-form rivals, over a range of trips (6f-1m) recently, without doing enough to suggest that she's primed to strike; drop back to 7f is helpful and she might have place possibilities; one of two for Iain Jardine. |
8/1 |
|
9 (10) |
28th Oct 2025 Soft 0m 5f 212y Class 6 |
8st 12lb |
Won six times from seven starts between March and May last year, but losing run up to 22 and well held back with her former trainer at Newcastle (6f, AW; well backed) this month; enough to prove. |
7/1 |
|
9 (10) |
28th Oct 2025 Soft 0m 5f 212y Class 6 |
8st 12lb |
Won six times from seven starts between March and May last year, but losing run up to 22 and well held back with her former trainer at Newcastle (6f, AW; well backed) this month; enough to prove. |
7/1 |
10/1
Form: -40006 CD
Last run: 38 days
W: 9st 5lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 61
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 15 (7) |
22nd Sep 2025 Yielding To Soft 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Won 7f Galway maiden last year; regressive this term; unappealing despite career-low mark; well held by Racing Royalty on Galway running. |
20/1 |
|
11th 11 (10) |
9th Sep 2025 Soft 0m 7f 0y |
9st 5lb |
Won a C&D maiden last year on yielding; has struggled in handicaps since then, but had no luck in running last time in C&D event in which Goldrush Kid was second; cheekpieces now; not a lost cause. |
10/1 |
|
13 (10) |
2nd Aug 2025 Soft 0m 7f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Won a C&D maiden last year (yielding); has struggled in handicaps since then; well beaten at the Curragh last time (1m, good); maybe the return to this track will spark something. |
33/1 |
10/1
Form: 10-116 D BF
Last run: 134 days
W: 9st 5lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 61
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 5 (2) |
4th Aug 2026 Good 0m 7f 80y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Both wins came on AW in early-2025 when trained by Daragh Bourke; hasn't run to that level since and now with his sixth trainer; best watched at present. |
25/1 |
|
5th 6 (4) |
30th Mar 2026 Standard To Slow 0m 7f 0y Class 5 |
8st 13lb |
5yo who has had several different stables during his light career; well beaten at Galway last autumn on final two outings but he's well worth a second look today given he's 2-2 on AW, the latest of those wins coming over C&D last February; makes stable debut with new trainer's horses running well. |
6/1 |
Form: 2000-0
Last run: 45 days
W: 8st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 47
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13th 18 (9) |
9th Sep 2025 Soft 0m 7f 0y |
8st 7lb |
Second in a maiden at Sligo last season; very weak form in handicaps; big price when in rear at Gowran on seasonal debut; third reserve. |
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15th 6 (16) |
26th Jul 2025 Good To Yielding 0m 7f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Ran well when second in Sligo maiden (5.5f, yielding to soft) last year but well beaten in three subsequent starts; makes seasonal return for new stable with tongue tie applied but she has a lot to find. |
20/1 |
16/1
Form: 1-4490
Last run: 96 days
W: 9st 10lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 66
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 1 (6) |
30th Sep 2026 Yielding To Soft 0m 7f 205y |
10st 0lb |
1m2f winner in May; very consistent lately, but has gone up 9lb in total for three seconds and doesn't want it too soft. |
9/2 |
|
2nd 7 (4) |
21st Sep 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
9st 10lb |
Lost his form in midsummer but his fortunes have been more positive in two starts for this yard, just failing to get up over 6f at Laytown last time; low draw might mean he will need some luck in running, but a leading contender if all goes well. |
13/2 |
12/1
Form: 64-720 CD
Last run: 54 days
W: 9st 7lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 63
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 (5) |
9th Sep 2025 Soft 0m 7f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Beaten only a neck in this race 12 months ago; also runner-up at Tipperary on the second of three starts this term; Leopardstown run was disappointing |
12/1 |
|
2 (13) |
17th Jul 2025 Good To Firm 0m 7f 50y |
9st 9lb |
Dual winner and today's trip/ground is fine; nearly got up from off the pace last time at Tipperary (7.5f, good to firm) and possibilities despite her career-high mark. |
7/1 |
|
2nd 5 (5) |
2nd Jul 2025 Good 0m 7f 100y |
9st 10lb |
Wins have been at Galway (7f heavy) in 2023, and Gowran (1m good) last September; may improve from her seasonal debut at Limerick three weeks ago; stiff task off 10lb higher than her last winning mark |
14/1 |
Non-runners
Counterculture, Alto Sax, Alex Belardo
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €76.10 |
| Straight Forecast | €54.15 |
| Tricast | €288.39 |
| Trifecta | €1065.40 |
Selections
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