May 04 / 15.20 Down Royal

15.20

Good

Club Orange Beginners Chase

  • Prize money: £6658.26
  • 2m 3f 150y
  • 6 runners
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Club Orange Beginners Chase

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

OUR TIP

28/1 (Won)

  • Win: £14.40
  • Place: £4.30

Form: /5120- D

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Point winner won a Clonmel maiden hurdle over 2m4f last October; is rated 111 over hurdles but was well beaten last time in a Fairyhouse handicap after a break; has a fair bit to find on chasing debut.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

2

30th Jul 2026

Good

2m 2f 54y

15:20 Galway

Court Canyon

11st 1lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Clonmel maiden hurdle winner over this trip last year and rated 111 in that sphere; point winner took his form to a new level with a decisive chase debut win at Down Royal; this is tougher but can be involved.

11/1

1st

3

4th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 150y

15:20 Down Royal

Court Canyon

11st 12lb

J: P J O’Hanlon

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Point winner won a Clonmel maiden hurdle over 2m4f last October; is rated 111 over hurdles but was well beaten last time in a Fairyhouse handicap after a break; has a fair bit to find on chasing debut.

28/1

13th

10

6th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

14:05 Fairyhouse

Court Canyon

11st 5lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Point winner; won a maiden at Clonmel and ran well under a penalty at Catterick; has since left Gavin Cromwell; this mark looks no gift for handicap debut; tries a tongue-tie.

14/1

6/1

  • Place: £1.70

Form: P/063- D

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 124

Form & Verdict
Second runner for yard; a 122-rated hurdler won twice over hurdles last year before losing his form badly; ran well enough behind a subsequent Punchestown winner at Cork on second chase start; can go well.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

6

21st Aug 2026

Good

3m 1f 180y

19:35 Kilbeggan

Scalpnagoon

11st 5lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Two wins over hurdles, maiden chaser; beaten 9l by Charlie Luciano in a C&D beginners' event on penultimate start; 7lb better off, could go close.

100/30

3rd

4

8th Aug 2026

Good

2m 3f 20y

15:25 Wexford

Scalpnagoon

11st 12lb

J: Josh Williamson

T: Gordon Elliott

Well held behind William Tell and Nadia's Boy in a 2m beginners' here in June; no match for Charlie Luciano upped to 25.5f at Kilbeggan latest; this trip more suitable but he's 0-7 over fences now and needs to find more to get his head in front.

4/1

Form: 23840-

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Maiden over hurdles but some decent runs including here in March; however, was poor in a Fairyhouse handicap last time; a fair bit to find on chase bow.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

8

4th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 150y

15:20 Down Royal

Takenasred

11st 12lb

J: John Shinnick

T: S R B Crawford

Maiden over hurdles but some decent runs including here in March; however, was poor in a Fairyhouse handicap last time; a fair bit to find on chase bow.

20/1

10th

8

5th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

14:05 Fairyhouse

Takenasred

11st 4lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: S R B Crawford

Fair level of form without yet winning, placed in Down Royal maiden and Ayr novice; two most recent runs below that level however and beginning to look exposed.

16/1

4th

14

17th Mar 2026

Yielding

2m 1f 105y

13:18 Down Royal

Takenasred

11st 4lb

J: J J Slevin

T: S R B Crawford

Best effort when second here in November; third at Ayr the following month; held by Barley Lane on evidence of Naas clash.

12/1

66/1

Form: P308F-

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 94

Form & Verdict
Is 1-16 in points but rated only 94 over fences and has a lot to find with some of these, so can't be fancied.
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12th

5

21st Aug 2026

Good

3m 1f 180y

19:05 Kilbeggan

Sampoet

11st 7lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: D M Christie

1-16 in points but yet to make the breakthrough in 15 starts over hurdles and fences; finished 8.25l behind Fr Gilligansvoyge at Downpatrick in June; tailed off in sole completed start since.

20/1

6

4th Aug 2026

Good

3m 1f 14y

20:00 Roscommon

Sampoet

11st 9lb

J: Eoin Staples

T: D M Christie

Point winner is a maiden under 14 rules starts between hurdles and fences; however, would have a squeak if building on his Downpatrick chase fourth in June.

14/1

7th

4

14th Jul 2026

Good

2m 5f 185y

15:37 Downpatrick

Sampoet

11st 4lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: D M Christie

Only 1-16 in points and now 0-13 under rules, including 11 defeats over fences; opposable.

33/1

Form: 07535-

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Maiden ran a cracker to be second on chasing debut here but wasn't as good since at Kilbeggan; has a bit to find with some of these.
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Verdict Starting price

4th

6

28th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

3m 0f 0y

19:22 Down Royal

Astley

11st 8lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: Paul Traynor

Quiet over hurdles after finishing second in 2m4f bumper; ran well in 2m4f beginners' chase here in April when third to pair of rivals rated 130+, hence he has a mark of 110 over fences; first handicap hurdle run here off 94; tongue-tie.

10/1

5th

1

4th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 150y

15:20 Down Royal

Astley

11st 12lb

J: Eoghan Finegan

T: Paul Traynor

Maiden ran a cracker to be second on chasing debut here but wasn't as good since at Kilbeggan; has a bit to find with some of these.

14/1

Form: 1121P- C

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Quality sort reached his peak when winning a Navan Grade 2 hurdle over 2m6f in February; however, jumped badly right and was poor in the Pertemps Final last time; posted two decent chase runs in 2024 and should be difficult to beat if jumping soundly.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6th

7

4th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 150y

15:20 Down Royal

Staffordshire Knot

11st 12lb

J: James Smith

T: Gordon Elliott

Quality sort reached his peak when winning a Navan Grade 2 hurdle over 2m6f in February; however, jumped badly right and was poor in the Pertemps Final last time; posted two decent chase runs in 2024 and should be difficult to beat if jumping soundly.

2/5

1

12th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 213y

Class 1

16:40 Cheltenham

Staffordshire Knot

12st 0lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Never got seriously involved when ninth in the 2m5f handicap at last year's Festival; 2m6f-3m has proved just the ticket this winter with three wins (including the Punchestown qualifier) and a second, with last two outings in Grade 2; they were all in the mud but good to soft was fine earlier in career; tough customer and Gordon Elliott won this three times in a row not so long ago, twice with Sire Du Berlais among the topweights.

16/1

1st

6

8th Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 5f 180y

14:50 Navan

Staffordshire Knot

11st 3lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Suited by testing conditions; won Pertemps Qualifier over this trip at Punchestown before readily taking less competitive 2m6f Clonmel conditions event; better again in 3m Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran when clear second to a 159-rated rival.

15/8

Non-runners

Cinammon Roll, Impero

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €51.90
Straight Forecast €40.53
Trifecta €211.80

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Scalpnagoon

SPOTLIGHT:

Staffordshire Knot

TOPSPEED:

Scalpnagoon

POSTDATA:

Scalpnagoon

The Irish Sun:

Staffordshire Knot