15.25
Soft To HeavyQuinnBet Hurdle
- Prize money: £9219.13
- 2m 2f 72y
- 5 runners
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Runners: 5 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
10/11 (Won)
- Win: £1.29
- Place: £1.02
Form: 2FF-15 C
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 7lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 154
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 2 |
9th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 0y Class 1 |
11st 10lb |
Probably acts on any going; high class over fences until jumping issues developed; has proved suited by the return to hurdles and an easy win at Leopardstown (2m2f) last time took his record in this sphere to 4-7; the best horse in this field if viewed on his peak chase form. |
5/1 |
|
1st 2 |
2nd Mar 2026 Soft To Heavy 2m 2f 72y |
11st 7lb |
Outstanding 2m novice chaser at his peak; became plagued by jumping frailties; fell in a number of Grade 1 contests; reverted to hurdles with a smooth 8.5l success at Punchestown on New Year's Day on seasonal return (2m3f, yielding), second won Gr.3 next time; this is much easier than the Irish Champion Hurdle (2m, heavy) last time, in which he finished last of five; huge chance. |
10/11 |
|
5th 3 |
1st Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
An outstanding 2m novice chaser at his peak; became plagued by jumping frailties; fell last season in Grade 1 races here, at Aintree and at Punchestown; return to hurdling did the trick at Punchestown a month ago, beating subsequent Grade 3 hurdle winner Glen Kiln and Cotswold Chase winner Spillane's Tower. |
10/1 |
6/1
- Place: £4.10
Form: 231-
Last run: 323 days
W: 11st 7lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 4 |
30th Jul 2026 Good 2m 2f 54y |
11st 1lb |
Maiden hurdle winner is rated 130 in that sphere but lost his form after some poor jumping; didn't jump well when won on chase debut at Wexford either but can surely do better with that experience behind him. |
100/30 |
|
1st 4 |
30th Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Half-brother to top-class State Man made a winning hurdles debut at Tramore last year; ran a decent race behind stablemate El Fabiolo at Leopardstown in March; fading in third when falling at the last at Cork and poor jumping took its toll when pulled up at Punchestown; goes chasing now; has twice been scratched on good-to-yielding ground, which is a concern. |
4/1 |
9/4
Form: P1-433 C
Last run: 22 days
W: 11st 12lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 150
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16th 13 |
29th Jul 2026 Good 2m 6f 111y |
11st 0lb |
A better hurdler than chaser but rated accordingly; however, he was a disappointing favourite in the Mayo National when last seen two months ago; others are more intriguing. |
40/1 |
|
10th 2 |
25th May 2026 Good 2m 7f 80y |
11st 9lb |
Smart stayer over hurdles (dual Grade 2 winner); not done much chasing but returned to this discipline to win small-field contest at Clonmel and his Grade 3-fourth at Killarney was perfectly respectable; jumping will be tested here in first handicap; trainer going for four in a row in this. |
11/2 |
50/1
Form: 000-P0
Last run: 61 days
W: 11st 2lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 119
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 14 |
1st Aug 2026 Good 2m 0f 175y |
11st 1lb |
Won a Limerick 4yo Grade 2 in 2022 but no win since; some decent efforts in defeat earlier this year but was well beaten in a 2m4f Punchestown handicap last time; the drop in trip may help. |
33/1 |
|
10th 19 |
2nd May 2026 Yielding 2m 4f 118y |
10st 0lb |
Smart form as a younger horse but on losing run since Grade 2 success at Limerick in December 2022; a step in the right direction in a 2m Cork conditions hurdle on latest but he's unproven at this trip; 4lb wrong and hard to fancy. |
28/1 |
8/1
Form: 9P1012 D
Last run: 9 days
W: 11st 2lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 127
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 2 |
24th Jul 2026 Good 2m 4f 85y |
12st 2lb |
Three runs earlier this year weren't great but he won three times last year, twice off breaks of 100+ days; his record when fresh provides hope that he could get involved here but he is perhaps best on softer, although he has won on good/yielding. |
10/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €6.40 |
| Straight Forecast | €6.44 |
| Trifecta | €11.00 |
Selections
The Irish Sun:
El Fabiolo