18.45
StandardWillie Buckley Memorial Apprentice Handicap
- Prize money: £5130.43
- 1m 4f 0y
- 14 runners
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Runners: 14 runners
Type: Flat AW
Surface: Polytrack
Weather: Partly cloudy
16/1 (Won)
- Win: £13.80
- Place: £3.60
Form: 08557- D
Last run: 107 days
W: 9st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 48
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 7 (6) |
20th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 5f 0y |
9st 4lb |
Back-to-back Dundalk wins in the spring, and close second at Dundalk last month; previously put up his best turf effort of the season when close third to Darius Dark over 1m4f at the Curragh; steps up in grade. |
11/2 |
|
2nd 1 (12) |
12th Jul 2026 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
10st 0lb |
Back-to-back C&D wins under this rider in the spring and really good third in higher grade at the Curragh last time; lots to like. |
5/1 |
6/1
- Place: £2.20
Form: 554-64 BF
Last run: 28 days
W: 9st 8lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 52
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 6 |
16th Aug 2026 Good 2m 0f 140y |
11st 4lb |
Runner-up in maiden hurdles at Clonmel (2m4f) in May and Punchestown (3m) in June; not so good the last twice back in trip and has it to do here. |
12/1 |
|
4th 3 |
8th Aug 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Runner-up in maiden hurdles at Clonmel in May and Punchestown in June; failed to match that form at Wexford last month; more like it when fourth in a Flat handicap at Tramore four days later. |
10/1 |
4/1
- Place: £2.10
Form: 6983-2 C
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 48
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 15 (16) |
27th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 6f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Enjoying a fine season; back to back 1m5f wins here (good) and at Down Royal (soft) earlier this summer; went up 11lb and only fifth behind a couple of these at Sligo in hat-trick bid on latest; more needed off 1lb lower. |
11/1 |
|
5th 7 (11) |
5th Aug 2026 Good 1m 5f 56y |
9st 8lb |
7yo has hit a rich vein of form this year; no worse than third in six starts and on a hat-trick after hard-fought wins over this trip at Navan and Down Royal; ground-versatile. |
4/1 |
7/2
Form: 60-313 C
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 49
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 17 (19) |
27th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 6f 0y |
9st 7lb |
AW winner; 0-5 on turf but filled the runner up spot on first two runs this term over around 1m4f at Bellewstown and Limerick; beaten favourite when behind a few of these at Sligo latest (13.5f, yielding); return to quicker ground a plus; considered. |
14/1 |
6/1
Form: 8422-5
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 5lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 49
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14 (1) |
2nd Sep 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y |
10st 10lb |
Course 1m5f winner in June; backed that up with a narrow defeat at Bellewstown; unplaced on last three starts; perhaps too high in the ratings now, though the booking of Jody Townend is a positive. |
14/1 |
|
5th 3 (7) |
21st Aug 2026 Good 1m 6f 80y |
9st 6lb |
Winner over 1m5f at Navan (good) in June off 11lb lower; followed up with narrow defeat at Bellewstown (split Numidia and Celestially); obvious chance on that form but folded tamely at Leopardstown 29 days ago. |
10/1 |
|
8th 6 (9) |
23rd Jul 2026 Good 1m 7f 0y |
9st 7lb |
Got off the mark at Navan over 1m5f and good efforts since over just short of this trip at Bellewstown and Killarney; needs a bit more off this mark. |
6/1 |
14/1
Form: 8/67-5 C
Last run: 21 days
W: 10st 1lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 60
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 1 (11) |
13th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 2f 150y |
10st 2lb |
Winner of a 7f nursery here in October 2024; not at his best in two turf runs last year; produced a good effort in a 1m claimer here last month on stable debut; another solid run over 1m4f last Friday despite meeting trouble in running. |
7/1 |
|
6th 2 (17) |
6th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
10st 1lb |
Winner of a 7f nursery here in October 2024; not at his best in two turf runs last year; produced a good effort in a 1m claimer here last month on stable debut; not sure to stay as far as this; new headgear combination. |
14/1 |
|
5th 6 (11) |
13th Feb 2026 Standard 1m 0f 0y |
9st 6lb |
Winner of a 7f nursery here in October 2024; two summer turf runs for Mark Fahey were not the best; makes stable debut now but others more likely and bad draw. |
33/1 |
5/1
Form: 09013- CD
Last run: 105 days
W: 10st 1lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 59
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 3 |
8th Aug 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Winner on the Flat and very consistent of late over hurdles, most recently finishing second to a front-running winner at Cork on Monday; the one to beat if able to reproduce that. |
11/4 |
|
2nd 5 |
3rd Aug 2026 Good 2m 1f 0y |
11st 2lb |
AW winner last autumn has returned with a couple of solid runs in 2m handicap hurdles on good ground of late, third at Roscommon and kept on well from last to chase home a 3l winner at Wexford; 3lb higher now but definite player. |
9/2 |
25/1
Form: 03309-
Last run: 233 days
W: 10st 2lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 60
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 1 (3) |
27th Mar 2026 Standard 2m 0f 0y |
10st 2lb |
Maiden produced much less encouraging runs last summer after a good 1m6f Gowran effort ; made seasonal return over 1m4f here last timr when 4.25l behind in eighth (denied a clear run from 2f out); others more appealing. |
14/1 |
|
8th 1 (13) |
6th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
10st 2lb |
Maiden produced much less encouraging runs last summer after a good 1m6f Gowran effort; lacks the advantage of race fitness. |
25/1 |
|
6 (7) |
16th Jul 2025 Good 1m 6f 80y |
9st 8lb |
Dual-purpose maiden ran a cracker at Gowran when narrowly in front of Lady Kai but has to rebound from a poor Navan run. |
14/1 |
16/1
Form: 0/006-
Last run: 176 days
W: 8st 13lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 44
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 8 (9) |
1st Apr 2026 Standard 1m 0f 0y |
8st 13lb |
Not an obvious candidate based on two recent runs here over contrasting trips (7f/1m4f). |
20/1 |
|
12th 13 (5) |
27th Mar 2026 Standard 0m 7f 0y |
8st 13lb |
Creditable enough run at Clonmel in September when sixth (9.5f, soft); 1m4f was perhaps too far here last time when weakened into ninth; capable of more. |
15/1 |
|
9th 14 (6) |
6th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 4f 0y |
8st 13lb |
Not a bad run on soft ground at Clonmel last September; an unknown quantity at this trip; gelded since his last run. |
16/1 |
12/1
Form: 27-928 C
Last run: 14 days
W: 10st 0lb
6 yo Filly
OR: 58
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 1 (14) |
24th Jun 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 2f 194y |
10st 0lb |
The latest of her five wins came over 1m4f at Roscommon in May; unseated early next time and 1m1.5f looked too short last time at Gowran; has to rebound. |
12/1 |
|
11th 4 (6) |
12th Jun 2026 Yielding To Soft 1m 1f 100y |
10st 0lb |
Notched third turf win at Roscommon (1m4f, gd) two starts ago, beating Makaiah by 2.25l; stumbled and unseated early lto at Fairyhouse; needs more from career-high mark. |
12/1 |
14/1
Form: 656-69
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 7lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 51
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16th 8 (14) |
27th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 6f 0y |
9st 11lb |
Dual-purpose veteran and a multiple winner in both codes; won off 3lb lower at Sligo in May (1m6f, yld-sft); well beaten over hurdles at Galway on latest but is 9lb lower than when a 2.5l third over C&D last summer so not written off. |
25/1 |
|
20th 15 |
27th Jul 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 0f 130y |
11st 6lb |
Admirable veteran gained a fourth turf win on the Flat at Sligo in May; has come up short off revised mark since; first run over hurdles since unseating at Cork in March last year for Sneezy Foster; others more likely. |
20/1 |
14/1
Form: 57-666
Last run: 14 days
W: 9st 3lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 47
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 10 (14) |
15th Aug 2026 Standard 1m 2f 150y |
9st 5lb |
Eighteen race maiden is 0-11 on the AW; soundly beaten on return from 128 days off over 1m here last month and the hood worn that day is left off; not easy to fancy. |
16/1 |
|
11th 13 (11) |
12th Jul 2026 Standard 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
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 |
25/1
Form: 78-70
Last run: 35 days
W: 9st 6lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 51
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 15 |
4th May 2026 Good 2m 1f 88y |
10st 9lb |
Half-brother to AW winner; 40s for handicap debut at Clonmel, not beaten far in sixth on soft terrain and better ground should suit. |
10/1 |
|
6th 12 |
2nd Apr 2026 Soft 1m 7f 200y |
10st 8lb |
Modest Flat maiden has been well beaten in three maiden hurdles and others make more appeal. |
22/1 |
|
5th 14 |
17th Mar 2026 Soft 2m 0f 0y |
10st 9lb |
Last year's heavy defeats over hurdles came in races won by smart horses but she has since looked very limited on the Flat. |
66/1 |
33/1
Form: 0/809/
Last run: 620 days
W: 9st 6lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 50
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 5 |
21st Jul 2026 Good 2m 6f 41y |
11st 5lb |
Two Flat wins in 2022; finished last in two Dundalk runs after a long absence, and well held in latest three runs on turf; fifth in a Tramore handicap in 2024 was his best effort over hurdles. |
20/1 |
|
13th 23 (13) |
9th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 1f 0y |
8st 10lb |
No win since 2022; finished last in two Dundalk runs after a long absence; again in rear at Fairyhouse on return to turf; marginally better there last time; first reserve. |
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9th 13 (8) |
1st Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 0f 160y |
8st 10lb |
No win since 2022; finished last in two Dundalk runs back from a long absence and was again last back on turf here in June; impossible to fancy. |
50/1 |
Non-runners
Ethelwulf, Jawhary, Storm Eric
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €111.10 |
| Straight Forecast | €96.78 |
| Tricast | €492.87 |
| Trifecta | €608.00 |
Selections
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