14.40
Yielding To SoftDonohue Marquees Novice Hurdle (Grade 2)
- Prize money: £30730.43
- 2m 0f 0y
- 7 runners
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Runners: 7 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
13/2 (Won)
- Win: £7.50
- Place: £2.70
Form: -11748 CD
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 10lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 139
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 5 |
28th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 132y |
11st 12lb |
One of three for yard; bright start over timber, winning a C&D maiden (heavy) and beating Blake by a head in the Royal Bond; limitations seemingly exposed in Grade 1 company on his next three runs but back on song with a Grade 2 win at Fairyhouse last time (left in lead after Blake fell at the last); wouldn't want the track to dry out too much. |
13/2 |
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1st 1 |
5th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 10lb |
Has failed to make an effective transition to Grade 1 company in three attempts since in Grade 2 Royal Bond C&D victory over Blake in November; around 2l behind fellow outsider Too Bossy For Us (sixth) when eighth in the Supreme Novices'. |
13/2 |
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8th 4 |
10th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 87y Class 1 |
11st 7lb |
Proved useful in bumpers but is held by a couple of today's rivals on Punchestown festival running; form over hurdles (kept to 2m) features a narrow success in Grade 2 at Fairyhouse and respectable fourth in steadily run Grade 1 at Leopardstown, sandwiching a Christmas flop that is best forgiven (bled from nose); however, may lack the class needed for this assignment. |
50/1 |
33/1
- Place: £8.20
Form: 11F D
Last run: 226 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
3rd Oct 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 60y |
11st 2lb |
Lightly-raced 5yo who is shaping into a useful dual-purpose performer, having finished runner-up in a 2m Grade 2 hurdle at Fairyhouse in April and last week scoring comfortably over 1m6f at Listowel; probably has plenty of further improvement in him, but this company demands it. |
5/1 |
|
1st 8 |
25th Sep 2026 Good 1m 6f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Bumper and maiden hurdle winner last year was runner-up in a Dundalk Flat maiden in February before filling the same position in a Fairyhouse Grade 2 novice hurdle; below form in a Killarney conditions race next time; a chance if back to his best. |
12/1 |
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6th 6 (5) |
12th May 2026 Good 1m 6f 44y |
9st 4lb |
Bumper and maiden hurdle winner; close second in a 1m4f AW maiden before filling the same berth in a Grade 2 novice hurdle at Fairyhouse last month; good chance here. |
5/1 |
25/1
Form: 1-1214 D
Last run: 59 days
W: 11st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 127
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 1 (3) |
2nd Sep 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y |
12st 6lb |
Unbeaten in two bumpers; fair novice hurdler last season; stylish winner of a 1m7f maiden at Leopardstown in July on his second Flat start; confirmed a good standard of form when narrowly beaten by the useful Ragmans Corner at Killarney. |
9/2 |
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2nd 1 (5) |
21st Aug 2026 Good 2m 0f 180y |
11st 11lb |
Unbeaten in two bumpers; fair novice hurdler last season; stylish winner of a 1m7f maiden at Leopardstown last month on his second Flat start; plenty to find with Samui on figures, but has potential to improve his rating and is race-fit |
3/1 |
|
1st 6 (2) |
9th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 7f 0y |
11st 2lb |
Unbeaten in bumpers (2-2) and won a maiden hurdle here in December; made no impression on Flat debut in Down Royal maiden last time out and will need to leave that well behind. |
25/1 |
6/1
Form: 2-1252 D BF
Last run: 28 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 138
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 1 |
28th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 132y |
11st 12lb |
Flat winner; won impressively on hurdles debut at Down Royal and then touched off in the Royal Bond by Koktail Brut; further behind that rival in DRF Grade 1 and beaten a neck by Le Labo in Grade 3 at Naas; still in the mix when falling at the last at Fairyhouse last time in first-time cheekpieces (discarded); can go close with a clear round. |
8/1 |
|
3 |
5th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Three Flat turf wins, including a Leopardstown premier handicap on heavy; has taken well to hurdling, winning Down Royal maiden and just denied by Koktail Brut in Grade 2 Royal Bond over C&D; 2l behind Koktail Brut when fifth in DRF Grade 1; sloppy jumping proved costly when beaten a neck by Le Labo at Navan; first time with cheekpieces. |
6/1 |
|
2nd 3 |
8th Mar 2026 Heavy 2m 0f 77y |
11st 1lb |
Three Flat turf wins, including a Leopardstown premier handicap on heavy; has taken well to hurdling, winning Down Royal maiden and just denied in Grade 2 Royal Bond at Fairyhouse; DRF fifth at Grade 1 level wasn't a bad effort either; skips the Supreme for this and sets the standard. |
15/8 |
8/1
Form: 2-1251 D
Last run: 49 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 134
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
5th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 0f 0y |
11st 4lb |
Runner-up to Bambino Fever in last year's Champion Bumper; won on hurdle debut at Listowel (2m, good-to-yielding) before 3l second to subsequent Challow Hurdle winner No Drama This End in Grade 2 at Cheltenham (2m5f, soft); much too free and jumped untidily in a similar Cheltenham race in January; back to form in winning a four-runner Punchestown event. |
8/1 |
|
5th 4 |
24th Jan 2026 Soft 2m 4f 56y Class 1 |
11st 5lb |
Runner-up in the Champion Bumper here (2m, good to soft) last March and won on hurdle debut at Listowel before 3l second in Grade 2 here (2m5f, soft), behind No Drama This End who won the Grade 1 Challow last month; this front-runner is open to improvement if settling better and he's a key player. |
100/30 |
|
1st 1 |
25th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Only 1-5 in bumpers but finished second in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham in March and that form sets him apart in this company, for all that he was no doubt flattered after racing prominently off slow fractions; hard to oppose on hurdling debut. |
4/7 |
5/4
Form: 1-1121 D
Last run: 69 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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11/2
Form: 75-16 D
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 140
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 6 (10) |
18th Oct 2026 Good 1m 3f 150y |
9st 9lb |
Barely sighted when 50-1 for the Irish Cesarewitch but his close third to Immutable in the Petingo here (1m5f, good) brings him into the equation; effective in these aids which are now combined for the first time. |
12/1 |
|
3rd 17 (10) |
12th Sep 2026 Good 1m 5f 0y |
8st 12lb |
Dead-heated for third in this race last year; struggled in top company as a novice hurdler after a maiden win at Punchestown in February; needs to improve on what he has shown on the Flat this term. |
20/1 |
|
14th 9 |
30th Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 11y |
10st 11lb |
Struggled in top company after a maiden win at Punchestown in February; one place behind Tounsivator when sixth in the amateur handicap on Monday. |
12/1 |
Non-runners
Le Labo
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €165.10 |
| Straight Forecast | €126.26 |
| Tricast | €4189.82 |
| Trifecta | €2173.50 |
Selections
RP RATINGS (IRE):
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