September 19 / 14.11 Downpatrick

14.11

Yielding

Randox Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £4876.03
  • 2m 1f 165y
  • 15 runners
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Randox Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 15 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

3/1 (Won)

  • Win: £1.62
  • Place: £1.02

Form: 1070-2 D

Last run: 51 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Point and bumper winner; left poor form of three maiden hurdle starts behind when upped in trip for handicap debut at Galway last time (2m6f, good), finishing a 5l second behind a subsequent winner; the drop back to this trip is concerning.
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Verdict Starting price

6th

3

30th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 80y

16:26 Listowel

High Court Cave

11st 12lb

J: Mr O McGill

T: Noel C Kelly

Point and bumper winner added a hurdles win at Downpatrick in September (2m2f, yielding); creditable return to action at Punchestown earlier this month when seventh of 24 (2m, yielding), shaping as though he would improve; not ruled out.

12/1

7th

5

1st May 2026

Yielding

2m 0f 45y

19:10 Punchestown

High Court Cave

11st 12lb

J: Mr O McGill

T: Noel C Kelly

Point and bumper winner has been absent since winning a Downpatrick maiden hurdle in September (2m2f, yielding); took second off a 15lb lower mark in a big-field Galway handicap in July prior to his win (2m6f, good); player if ready to rock.

16/1

4/1

  • Place: £2.50

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Rated 83 on the level with three wins to his name at 7.5f-10.5f (including on heavy); now makes hurdling debut and is a big contender if capable of transferring ability to hurdles.
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2

19th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

14:43 Tramore

Sea Eagle

11st 12lb

J: Thomas O’Connor

T: Gerard O’Leary

Dual Flat winner (good/heavy) in 2024 is rated 82 in that sphere although ran nowhere near that figure in Dundalk claimer when last seen in October; previously runner-up in 2m2f Downpatrick maiden hurdle so entitled to respect on that run.

13/2

9/2

  • Place: £1.80

Form: 9332

Last run: 35 days

W: 10st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
May want further but chased home a De Bromhead favourite at Tramore last month and that form brings her into this.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1st

4

20th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

14:50 Ffos Las

October Hill

11st 3lb

J: Rian Corcoran

T: David Pipe

Ex-Irish mare who is 0-11 under rules and has been beaten about 15l in her two handicaps; unwise to rate her subsequent placed form in maidens as improvement; cheekpieces tried last time are removed.

13/2

3rd

5

17th Apr 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 161y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

October Hill

10st 11lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: David Pipe

Is 0-10 under rules; tongue tied when a creditable second of 12 in 2m Ludlow novice last month; cheekpieces are added now and she holds good form claims.

Evs

2nd

7

19th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

14:20 Ludlow

October Hill

11st 5lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: David Pipe

Yet to score in eight attempts over hurdles but she's been placed five times, in Ireland and for David Pipe, and her third of 13 at Taunton (2m3f, good to soft) was a solid effort in January; hasn't quite matched that in two subsequent starts but didn't stay 3m last time and now drops back down in trip in a modest event; tongue-tie added and she holds obvious claims.

11/8

Form: U50

Last run: 78 days

W: 10st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Rated 46 on the Flat and big prices for three recent maiden hurdle starts; best of those was at this track in June when a 9.25l fifth (2m6f, yielding to soft); unlikely.
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No / Draw
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8th

9

30th Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

15:30 Thurles

Imperial Miss

10st 3lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Thomas Gibney

Dual-purpose maiden went closest to scoring when just denied in a Galway h'cap hurdle over 2m6f last time; prominent runner should be a player again up 2lb.

6/1

8th

9

30th Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

15:30 Thurles

Imperial Miss

10st 3lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Thomas Gibney

Dual-purpose maiden went closest to scoring when just denied in a Galway h'cap hurdle over 2m6f last time; prominent runner should be a player again up 2lb.

6/1

8

7th Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 6f 60y

15:20 Galway

Imperial Miss

10st 1lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Thomas Gibney

Dual-purpose maiden produced her best run in this sphere on latest in a Downpatrick maiden (2m2f, yielding); stays this far and handles soft so don't discount in first handicap hurdle.

12/1

Form: 64

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 2lb

4 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Rated 69 on the Flat; built on a middling hurdles debut at Listowel to finish an 8l fourth of seven at Down Royal when running too keenly and fading late on (2m4f, good to firm); return to this distance may suit and not totally ruled out.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

11th

1

(12)

14th Oct 2025

Standard

0m 7f 0y

18:45 Dundalk (AW)

North Winterfell

9st 10lb

J: Adam Caffrey

T: C Byrnes

Soundly beaten over hurdles on his last three starts; best British Flat form was at 1m4f; questions to answer dropped to 7f.

14/1

5th

6

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

North Winterfell

11st 2lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: C Byrnes

Rated 69 on the Flat; built on a middling hurdles debut at Listowel to finish an 8l fourth of seven at Down Royal when running too keenly and fading late on (2m4f, good to firm); return to this distance may suit and not totally ruled out.

10/1

Form: 99

Last run: 68 days

W: 10st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Unsighted in two maiden hurdle starts; similar story likely.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

8

22nd May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 180y

18:29 Downpatrick

Boston Queen

11st 0lb

J: Alan O’Sullivan

T: Gordon Elliott

Beaten a cumulative distance of 131l in trio of maidens at 2m-2m2f on good and yielding ground; jumping issues evident when tailed off on handicap debut at Killarney; top connections and may have benefitted from the break.

25/1

6th

11

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

Boston Queen

10st 9lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Gordon Elliott

Unsighted in two maiden hurdle starts; similar story likely.

40/1

Form: 0-97

Last run: 25 days

W: 10st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Struggled in two bumper outings; same story in a maiden hurdle over C&D last month.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

8th

16

29th Sep 2025

Yielding

1m 7f 135y

13:40 Roscommon

Notmiwadi

11st 0lb

J: Dylan Kidd

T: John C McConnell

No appeal on what she's shown in two bumpers and as many maiden hurdles.

100/1

7th

13

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

Notmiwadi

10st 9lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Struggled in two bumper outings; same story in a maiden hurdle over C&D last month.

33/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tenth foal; half-sister to hurdle winners I Am Spider Man (2m4f/3m1f), Maggie O (2m) and Skin Full (2m); dam unraced sister to useful 3m/3m1f chase winner A Good Skin, half-sister to Champion Bumper and smart 2m/2m2f hurdle winner Cousin Vinny; worth a market check; one of two for trainer.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

14

26th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 0y

14:14 Wexford

Trixaboutmaisie

10st 6lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Colin Bowe

Long odds and soundly beaten in a pair of Downpatrick maiden hurdles; may do better when tackling handicaps.

50/1

7th

11

10th Oct 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 1f 65y

14:13 Downpatrick

Trixaboutmaisie

11st 4lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Colin Bowe

Made debut in a C&D maiden, finishing tailed off; would be an unlikely winner.

40/1

8th

14

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

Trixaboutmaisie

10st 9lb

J: Eoin Staples

T: Colin Bowe

Tenth foal; half-sister to hurdle winners I Am Spider Man (2m4f/3m1f), Maggie O (2m) and Skin Full (2m); dam unraced sister to useful 3m/3m1f chase winner A Good Skin, half-sister to Champion Bumper and smart 2m/2m2f hurdle winner Cousin Vinny; worth a market check; one of two for trainer.

18/1

Form: 448

Last run: 44 days

W: 10st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Looks the best of trainer's two runners with the pick of his three maiden hurdle runs coming at Ballinrobe on his penultimate start when a 8.5l fourth (good); will need to improve to win.
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6

30th Oct 2025

Good

1m 7f 150y

16:00 Thurles

Tudorista

11st 6lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Fourth in two of her three maiden hurdle starts; every chance she can make her presence felt now for her top stable on handicap debut.

7/1

6

30th Oct 2025

Good

1m 7f 150y

16:00 Thurles

Tudorista

11st 6lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Fourth in two of her three maiden hurdle starts; every chance she can make her presence felt now for her top stable on handicap debut.

7/1

9th

15

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

Tudorista

10st 9lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: Gavin Cromwell

Looks the best of trainer's two runners with the pick of his three maiden hurdle runs coming at Ballinrobe on his penultimate start when a 8.5l fourth (good); will need to improve to win.

12/1

Form: 00

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well beaten in two maiden hurdle starts; trainer's other runner, Tudorista, looks more likely.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

14th

10

31st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 30y

13:32 Down Royal

Wings Of Eve

11st 1lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: Gavin Cromwell

Very lightly raced 5yo handicapped on three maiden runs over shorter trips so obvious scope for improvement.

14/1

14th

10

31st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 30y

13:32 Down Royal

Wings Of Eve

11st 1lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: Gavin Cromwell

Very lightly raced 5yo handicapped on three maiden runs over shorter trips so obvious scope for improvement.

14/1

10th

10

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

Wings Of Eve

10st 11lb

J: Alix Balfe

T: Gavin Cromwell

Well beaten in two maiden hurdle starts; trainer's other runner, Tudorista, looks more likely.

66/1

Form: 0-05

Last run: 21 days

W: 10st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Hasn't been involved in bumper and two maiden hurdle starts and unlikely to do it now.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

11th

8

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

Hello Yes

10st 11lb

J: Richard Deegan

T: S McParlan

Hasn't been involved in bumper and two maiden hurdle starts and unlikely to do it now.

50/1

7

29th Aug 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

18:05 Wexford

Hello Yes

10st 13lb

J: James O’Sullivan

T: S McParlan

Down the field in a Galway bumper on only start last year and didn't count (jumped left) on recent return in Sligo maiden hurdle.

50/1

12th

2

20th Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 111y

17:05 Sligo

Hello Yes

10st 13lb

J: James O’Sullivan

T: S McParlan

Down the field in a Galway bumper on only start last year; likely to need this on return.

33/1

Form: PP/62

Last run: 40 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Pulled up in two hurdle races in France last year; more recent of two bumper runs at this track was satisfactory, second in a five-runner contest; others are more appealing.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

3

22nd May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 180y

18:29 Downpatrick

Scary Askari

11st 7lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: S McParlan

Has shown ability including when runner-up in a course bumper; made a respiratory noise in running when soundly beaten on handicap debut at Fairyhouse; never involved at Punchestown in December.

40/1

9

4th Nov 2025

Soft

2m 4f 110y

15:15 Fairyhouse

Scary Askari

11st 8lb

J: Mr N McParlan

T: S McParlan

Standout effort a 4l second of 5 in a Downpatrick bumper in July (2m3f, good); makes handicap debut after two heavy defeats in maidens at that venue; best watched on this ground (pulled up twice on heavy in France).

33/1

9

4th Nov 2025

Soft

2m 4f 110y

15:15 Fairyhouse

Scary Askari

11st 8lb

J: Mr N McParlan

T: S McParlan

Standout effort a 4l second of 5 in a Downpatrick bumper in July (2m3f, good); makes handicap debut after two heavy defeats in maidens at that venue; best watched on this ground (pulled up twice on heavy in France).

33/1

Form: P3

Last run: 30 days

W: 10st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Big prices for two maiden starts and ran like it; ruled out.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1

23rd Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 51y

15:22 Clonmel

Annie Grey

11st 7lb

J: Liam McKenna

T: Patrick J McKenna

Shown very little in three starts at huge odds in maiden hurdles so far; new yard and now tried with cheekpieces; hard to fancy.

100/1

13th

7

19th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 165y

14:11 Downpatrick

Annie Grey

10st 11lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: Noel C Kelly

Big prices for two maiden starts and ran like it; ruled out.

66/1

5

20th Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 107y

18:08 Sligo

Annie Grey

10st 11lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: Noel C Kelly

First foal; dam won on the Flat, is sister to winners Vocito (Flat hurdle/chase) and Volatile Lady (hurdle), family of high-class chaser Heart Wood; pulled up after never featuring on last month's Bellewstown debut; can only be watched for now.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 7

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Favourite when placed for all three French Flat runs for Andre Fabre; made stable debut returned from a mammoth absence in a Tramore maiden hurdle last month when tailed off; can only be watched for now; goes in first-time hood.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

9th

12

31st May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 7f 150y

16:00 Kilbeggan

Mount Hotham

10st 9lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Poor form in maidens; 50-1 when in rear at Tramore in his first handicap.

33/1

14th

13

20th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 0f 80y

17:42 Tramore

Mount Hotham

10st 12lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Was well beaten in four maiden hurdles and has to do much better after a break even dropping to this level.

33/1

Form: 9

Last run: 57 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
First reserve; tailed off on bumper debut and hard to recommend based on that; makes stable debut.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6

27th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 100y

14:57 Wexford

Owls Delight

11st 12lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Alan McIntyre

Jumped poorly on hurdling debut but a bit better at Gowran last time; needs another chunk of progress even down in grade.

14/1

6

27th Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 100y

14:57 Wexford

Owls Delight

11st 12lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Alan McIntyre

Jumped poorly on hurdling debut but a bit better at Gowran last time; needs another chunk of progress even down in grade.

14/1

8th

6

4th Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 4f 40y

13:55 Gowran Park

Owls Delight

11st 12lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: Alan McIntyre

Tailed off in a Wexford bumper and got loose at the start in first run over hurdles at Downpatrick when falling and two without looking dangerous.

20/1

Non-runners

First Ascent, Shanliss Tricks, Biddy Early

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €7.80
Straight Forecast €6.41
Trifecta €27.90

Selections

TOPSPEED:

High Court Cave

The Irish Sun:

First Ascent

RP RATINGS (IRE):

October Hill

SPOTLIGHT:

Sea Eagle

POSTDATA:

High Court Cave