January 23 / 19.30 Dundalk (AW)

19.30

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Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap

  • Prize money: £5900
  • 1m 4f 0y
  • 12 runners
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Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap

Runners: 12 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Light rain

11/2 (Won)

  • Win: £12.20
  • Place: £3.10

Form: 0083-8 C

Last run: 10 days

W: 9st 2lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 58

Form & Verdict
Record of 8-64, three of his wins coming at this venue over 10.5f; good third over C&D last month; got going too late in a lower grade last time (10.5f); this is tougher.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

9th

3

(2)

26th May 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

19:48 Dundalk (AW)

Church Mountain

10st 1lb

J: J M Sheridan

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Multiple winner on AW/turf but mostly disappointing since his C&D win in January, nine runs back; bit risky.

14/1

14th

2

(4)

15th May 2026

Good

1m 4f 180y

19:57 Leopardstown

Church Mountain

10st 1lb

J: J M Sheridan

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Winner of nine races; form has been uneven since a 1m4f Dundalk success in January; appears held by Jurality on running at Limerick last time.

12/1

13/2

  • Place: £1.80

Form: 90093- CD

Last run: 98 days

W: 9st 10lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 66

Form & Verdict
C&D winner in March 2024; missed a year subsequently but best run since returning when third in a 10.5f claimer when last seen in October, doing best work at the finish; step up in trip can suit on stable debut.
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

4

(1)

14th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 185y

19:40 Killarney

Satono Chevalier

9st 9lb

J: Oisin Murphy

T: M K Flannery

Undergoing very much a new lease of life, winning three of his last four, and a ride of 17lb could still be manageable; unproven over this trip but in the form of his life and will be popular with Oisin Murphy booked.

3/1

1st

3

(11)

19th Jun 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 4f 70y

20:10 Limerick

Satono Chevalier

9st 13lb

J: Paddy Harnett

T: M K Flannery

Five-time winner is 2-15 on turf; has notched up back-to-back wins at Navan (1m2f, heavy) and on debut for this yard at Ballinrobe (1m5f, good to yielding); well beaten at Gowran 18 days ago; handicapper looks in control for now.

14/1

8th

4

(11)

1st Jun 2026

Good

1m 4f 40y

14:34 Gowran Park

Satono Chevalier

10st 0lb

J: Reese Holohan

T: M K Flannery

Five-time winner is 3-14 on turf; has notched up back-to-back wins at Navan (1m2f, heavy) and on debut for this yard at Ballinrobe (1m5f, gd-yld); has gone up 14lb but has won off 2lb higher on the AW, so still on a feasible mark.

5/1

4/1

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 8640-4

Last run: 7 days

W: 8st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
Good effort over C&D last time when a 1.25l fourth after not getting a clear run up the straight; that was one of his best efforts and still lightly raced; interesting.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1st

3

(7)

12th Jul 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

16:20 Dundalk (AW)

Baila Conmigo

9st 11lb

J: Jack Kearney

T: Ciaran Murphy

Two wins here in the spring, including over this trip, and last couple of turf runs have been fine, 2m looking too far last time.

8/1

5th

6

(10)

31st May 2026

Good

2m 0f 40y

16:50 Listowel

Baila Conmigo

9st 7lb

J: Luke McAteer

T: Ciaran Murphy

Dual winner on the AW at 10.5f-1m4f in February/March; put a poor Bellewstown run behind him when taking the runner-up spot at Leopardstown (1m1f, yielding to soft) last time; unproven at this trip.

6/1

Form: 62906- CD

Last run: 35 days

W: 10st 4lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 74

Form & Verdict
Maiden winner in February 2024 (1m); added back-to-back C&D handicap wins at the back end of 2024; returned from a break when 10l behind in December (10.5f) but better effort later that month when a 5l sixth despite being 3lb wrong; return to this winning distance is a positive.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

8th

3

10th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

16:50 Kilbeggan

Pepper Noir

11st 7lb

J: Alex Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Three-time winner on polytrack for Gavin Cromwell; failed to complete twice over hurdles and nothing positive about her display at Bellewstown last week.

100/1

5

4th Jul 2026

Good

2m 1f 40y

17:48 Bellewstown

Pepper Noir

11st 5lb

J: Alyse Clarke

T: John C McConnell

Three Dundalk wins up to 1m4f and some decent efforts in defeat over the winter season; towards the rear in a 1m2f Navan handicap in April; two undistinguished juvenile hurdle runs; plenty to prove against that background.

33/1

18th

5

(24)

25th Apr 2026

Yielding

1m 2f 40y

16:50 Navan

Pepper Noir

10st 0lb

J: Jessica Maye

T: John C McConnell

Three AW wins up to 1m4f and some decent efforts in defeat over the winter season; best turf effort when second in a Leopardstown handicap over this trip last year; a player if repeating that.

14/1

15/1

Form: 8073-0

Last run: 14 days

W: 8st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 40

Form & Verdict
0-40, although a couple of placed efforts on AW, including over 10.5f here last month; didn't build on that last time when well beaten; 9lb wrong.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

4

(8)

15th Jul 2026

Firm

1m 3f 137y

Class 6

16:31 Bath

Man Is King

9st 13lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: David Flood

Triple course winner over 1m-1m2f, including on firm; placed elsewhere over 1m4f; 1lb higher than when winning a 0-60 here last month; claims if repeating that effort but has a bit to prove after his last three starts.

7/1

6th

2

(2)

30th Jun 2026

Good

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

16:13 Brighton

Man Is King

9st 8lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: David Flood

Front-runner who has won three times at Bath (1m/1m2f) since the start of last month, but he didn't get home when fourth of nine over C&D (good to firm) nine days ago; may not face too much competition up front so could still be dangerous.

9/2

4th

4

(1)

21st Jun 2026

Good

1m 1f 207y

Class 5

15:56 Brighton

Man Is King

9st 5lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: David Flood

Front-runner; modest overall strike-rate but not in recent weeks having won three of his last five races, all victories at Bath (1m-1m2f); still on a fair mark and good to soft ground was a feasible excuse at Chepstow last Monday.

11/2

6th
11 (9)
My Vonnie

5/1

Form: 2457-6 BF

Last run: 14 days

W: 8st 8lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 50

Form & Verdict
Maiden from 14 starts, but she has posted some okay efforts over C&D; 66-1 runner-up here in November off 1lb higher; couldn't improve on that in subsequent runs; blinkers replace the hood worn last time now.
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Verdict Starting price

11th

13

(11)

12th Jul 2026

Standard

1m 0f 0y

15:45 Dundalk (AW)

My Vonnie

9st 2lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: M M Rice

Second over 1m4f here in November, but that's her only time to place in 10 starts here and 1m likely too sharp; another headgear combo tried, but even the champion jockey will struggle to get this one involved

40/1

12th

13

(5)

6th Mar 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

18:45 Dundalk (AW)

My Vonnie

9st 3lb

J: Paddy Harnett

T: M M Rice

Still a maiden after 16 attempts; fair course form over a range of distances; needs extra after a sequence of outings in which she has failed to make the frame.

14/1

6th

9

(3)

20th Feb 2026

Standard

1m 2f 150y

18:45 Dundalk (AW)

My Vonnie

9st 5lb

J: Rory Mulligan

T: M M Rice

Maiden from 15 starts, but she has posted some okay efforts here over 1m4f; blinkers tried when below-form last time persisted with here and drops in trip.

14/1

Form: 0008-9

Last run: 14 days

W: 8st 7lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 40

Form & Verdict
Moderate efforts in handicaps to date and 12lb wrong; hard to fancy.
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Verdict Starting price

6th

14

(6)

11th Jul 2026

Firm

1m 4f 65y

20:00 Limerick

Lady Luck

8st 11lb

J: Shay Wallace

T: Rodger Sweeney

Best effort so far when sixth over 7f at Cork in May; contrasting ground conditions now and needs to find more.

10/1

6th

17

(20)

19th May 2026

Good

1m 2f 90y

20:12 Cork

Lady Luck

8st 13lb

J: Killian Leonard

T: Rodger Sweeney

Moderate efforts in handicaps to date, mainly on the AW; declining mark but hard to fancy.

25/1

Form: 8433-9

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 71

Form & Verdict
Just one win from 28 attempts, but has been knocking on the door in recent starts here; fourth over 10.5f in November before taking third spot next two times; squeezed out when one-paced upped in trip over C&D last time; this trip may not be his optimum.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4th

6

(5)

16th Jul 2026

Good

1m 2f 0y

19:45 Leopardstown

Sinbad My Dad

9st 4lb

J: Joseph Harnett

T: Seamus Fahey

Sole win in 26 Flat starts was over 1m1f in lower-grade contest here last August; that is possibly his optimum trip, although only beaten half-a-length over 10.5f on AW in December; after five months off, not a bad run at Roscommon lately.

12/1

6th

11

(8)

30th Jun 2026

Good

1m 2f 63y

19:30 Roscommon

Sinbad My Dad

9st 4lb

J: Joseph Harnett

T: Seamus Fahey

Just one win from 29 attempts; consistent when making the frame on three occasions at Dundalk last November/December; failed to reproduce that form in two races at the same venue in January.

16/1

8th

2

(8)

23rd Jan 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

19:30 Dundalk (AW)

Sinbad My Dad

10st 1lb

J: Joseph Harnett

T: Seamus Fahey

Just one win from 28 attempts, but has been knocking on the door in recent starts here; fourth over 10.5f in November before taking third spot next two times; squeezed out when one-paced upped in trip over C&D last time; this trip may not be his optimum.

13/1

Form: 0020/0 D

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 4lb

6 yo Colt

OR: 60

Form & Verdict
Four-time winner for Charlie Johnston; second in a Roscommon claimer for Denis Hogan; has shown nothing for this yard and was last of 12 over C&D last time; interesting jockey booking and blinkers go on, but hard to fancy.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

13th

11

(8)

7th Jun 2026

Good

1m 5f 0y

17:12 Navan

Edge Of Darkness

9st 2lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: Daniel John Howard

4-20 on turf but hasn't won since 2023; not a bad run over 2m at Listowel (2m, good) after missing the break latest; more needed back in trip, but positive rider booking.

14/1

6th

14

(9)

31st May 2026

Good

2m 0f 40y

16:50 Listowel

Edge Of Darkness

8st 7lb

J: Julian Pietropaolo

T: Daniel John Howard

Four-time winner over 1m4f back in the day in Britain; nothing like that sort of form for current yard, mark rapidly descending of late but 5lb outside the handicap here; declared reserve in 7.25 at Down Royal on Friday.

25/1

Form: 23047- D

Last run: 42 days

W: 9st 6lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
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.
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Verdict Starting price

2

10th Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

18:50 Cork

Preparations

12st 1lb

J: Mr A P Ryan

T: Andrew Slattery

Just two runs over hurdles in early 2025, winning a maiden and then outclassed in a Grade 2 (ground perhaps too testing); some competitive form on the Flat since then, but not last time in January.

20/1

10th

6

(7)

23rd Jan 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

19:30 Dundalk (AW)

Preparations

9st 6lb

J: Declan McDonogh

T: Andrew Slattery

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

OUR TIP

20/1

Form: /0659- D

Last run: 140 days

W: 10st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 70

Form & Verdict
Won a 1m4f handicap on AW for Ed Bethell in October 2024; not so good in most recent runs, including three turf starts for Tim Easterby; makes stable debut now and perhaps return to AW can help.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

14th

4

(6)

27th Feb 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

18:30 Dundalk (AW)

Sectarius

9st 12lb

J: Adam Grant

T: Henry De Bromhead

Won 1m4f AW handicap for Ed Bethell in October 2024; no worthwhile form in three turf starts for Tim Easterby; folded tamely behind Church Mountain on stable debut last month.

20/1

11th

3

(10)

23rd Jan 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

19:30 Dundalk (AW)

Sectarius

10st 0lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: Henry De Bromhead

Won a 1m4f handicap on AW for Ed Bethell in October 2024; not so good in most recent runs, including three turf starts for Tim Easterby; makes stable debut now and perhaps return to AW can help.

20/1

9th

6

(4)

5th Sep 2025

Good

1m 3f 140y

Class 5

17:27 Haydock

Sectarius

10st 0lb

J: David Allan

T: Tim Easterby

Won a 1m4f handicap on AW for Ed Bethell last October; not so good on his last four outings, with new stable for last two, and his record in turf handicaps suggests he is opposable.

25/1

Form: 05900-

Last run: 42 days

W: 8st 11lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Just limited promise in maidens; 80-1 for both handicap starts here including over C&D last time when never featured; down 5lb but much more needed.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

3

(5)

7th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

20:30 Tramore

Cala Gracioneta

10st 2lb

J: Robbie Colgan

T: Matthew J Smith

Well held in AW handicaps; improved in first-time hood on turf return in late May when chasing home hot favourite Ballyadam over this trip at Listowel (good); moderate run over 1m4f at Bellewstown last week; return to longer trip should help.

10/1

8th

3

(6)

3rd Jul 2026

Good

1m 4f 37y

20:17 Bellewstown

Cala Gracioneta

10st 0lb

J: Robbie Colgan

T: Matthew J Smith

Well held in AW handicaps but nicely improved in first-time hood on turf return in late May when chasing home a hot favourite over 2m at Listowel (good); contender if handling drop in trip and sharper track (good draw).

15/2

2nd

12

(2)

31st May 2026

Good

2m 0f 40y

16:50 Listowel

Cala Gracioneta

8st 13lb

J: Robbie Colgan

T: Matthew J Smith

Six-race maiden has come up short in first three AW handicaps at 10.5f-1.4f; failed to beat a rival when last seen in January; hood goes on now upped in trip but others more likely.

33/1

Non-runners

Palmezzano

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €69.50
Straight Forecast €40.38
Tricast €117.44
Trifecta €263.40

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Palmezzano

SPOTLIGHT:

Baila Conmigo

The Irish Sun:

Sectarius

POSTDATA:

Palmezzano