20.10
GoodThorn Plant Hire (Q.R.) Maiden
- Prize money: £5633.91
- 1m 6f 55y
- 13 runners
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Runners: 13 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 12lb
10 yo Gelding
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Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9 |
8th Jun 2026 Yielding To Soft 3m 1f 24y |
10st 6lb |
4-16 over hurdles but yet to win over the bigger obstacles (0-11); out of sorts this year but he was a 1.25l runner up in this race last year off this mark at 25-1 and he was running a better race when unseating at Listowel last time. |
16/1 |
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7 |
1st Jun 2026 Yielding 2m 7f 150y |
11st 7lb |
Four wins over hurdles (rated 130), one of them here; maiden after 10 chase starts and has had jumping issues, but was second off 120 at Roscommon last summer; only beaten 7l in Champion Hunters Chase at Punchestown where he was a huge price. |
6/1 |
Form: 323-
Last run: 364 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 84
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Distance / Class |
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8th 3 |
14th Jun 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 165y |
11st 6lb |
Ballinrobe maiden hurdle winner last August; shaped with promise at big odds in hot handicap at Punchestown on penultimate and 4lb lower now but needs to bounce back from poor novice hurdle effort at Wexford 18 days ago. |
14/1 |
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6th 3 |
27th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Winning hurdler; fair maiden on the Flat; useful form in small-field hurdle races in the first half of last season; should improve from a run in a handicap at the Punchestown festival; was one of the outsiders then, and made some late headway, plenty of horses behind him. |
5/1 |
Form: 4
Last run: 5 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
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No Results Found |
Form: 6
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
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6th 1 (11) |
18th Jun 2026 Yielding 1m 7f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Fourth in a bumper at Thurles on debut at four; only mild promise over hurdles; not a likely contender in this company. |
50/1 |
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14th 11 |
4th May 2026 Good 2m 1f 88y |
11st 4lb |
Showed some promise in a decent Thurles bumper on debut and not bad efforts in two maiden hurdles last autumn; could run respectably if ready on return. |
28/1 |
Form: 096/95
Last run: 44 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 51
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5th 4 (1) |
31st May 2026 Good 1m 5f 80y |
11st 0lb |
Modest performer and only making up the numbers here. |
200/1 |
Form: 97
Last run: 7 days
W: 11st 12lb
4 yo Colt
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No Results Found |
Form: 3/2
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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2nd 4 (5) |
18th Jun 2026 Yielding 1m 7f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Very useful staying handicap hurdler, rated 145, has won twice and was runner-up in valuable handicaps at Aintree and Ascot in recent months; also a winner over fences; had one Flat run in 2023; may find a few too quick for him over this trip. |
11/2 |
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6th 2 |
1st Jun 2026 Yielding 2m 3f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Excellent efforts in deep 3m handicap hurdles in recent weeks, with the new visor working well; still early days over fences and the form he showed in winning at Thurles suggests he could be as effective in this discipline. |
7/1 |
Form: 6
Last run: 7 days
W: 11st 12lb
11 yo Gelding
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6th 5 (3) |
7th Jul 2026 Good 1m 4f 0y |
9st 9lb |
Six-time winner over jumps in Britain, best known for his 2023 win in the Old Roan Handicap Chase at Aintree; ordinary form in points and hunter chases for this stable before finding a new lease of life when winning a handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe in May; asking a lot here on belated Flat debut at the age of 11. |
8/1 |
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1st 7 |
25th May 2026 Good 2m 3f 136y |
11st 4lb |
Smart performer in Britain back in the day; went point-to-pointing over the winter and held in hunter chases lately; unlikely. |
16/1 |
Form: 70
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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11th 7 (11) |
30th Jun 2026 Good 1m 4f 17y |
9st 9lb |
Placed in one of six starts over timber and rated 103 in that sphere; not disgraced on Flat debut in 1m7f Leopardstown maiden (gd-fm) on latest; more needed down in trip. |
28/1 |
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7th 6 (16) |
18th Jun 2026 Yielding 1m 7f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Placed over hurdles on good ground at Wexford last summer; pulled up in two handicap hurdle outings this year. |
66/1 |
Form: 7-
Last run: 334 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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6th 5 |
7th Jun 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 3f 12y |
11st 8lb |
Won modest 2m5f maiden in Sligo last summer; well beaten in two handicap starts, but probably needed return; rider has had a fine year in point-to-points. |
10/1 |
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8th 12 |
11th May 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 50y |
10st 11lb |
Maiden hurdle winner; tailed off in his only previous handicap but bounced back from that with a respectable show in novice company; absent since October but wouldn't be too dismissive. |
14/1 |
Form: —
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W: 11st 12lb
9 yo Gelding
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15th 7 |
30th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 0f 75y |
11st 6lb |
Only one win from 21 starts over fences, placed seven times; a long way below his best at Cork last time and well held by third-placed Sky Lord. |
25/1 |
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5th 1 |
6th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 2m 1f 45y |
11st 12lb |
Useful although hard to win with and soundly beaten lately, but the handicappper is relenting; one of three runners for in-form yard |
12/1 |
Form: —
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W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
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2nd 5 |
5th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 4f 99y |
11st 2lb |
Smart bumper form including a defeat of Monday's Grade 1 winner Doctor Steinberg at Clonmel last March; not yet as good over hurdles, beaten twice since winning a Cork maiden on good ground last summer. |
10/1 |
Form: 5
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 7lb
7 yo Filly
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3 |
30th Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y |
11st 6lb |
Second runner for yard; bumper and hurdle winner got off the mark over fences over C&D last July; disappointing at Tramore next time; respectable run in a Flat maiden on recent return; should go well. |
5/1 |
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5th 4 (12) |
12th Jun 2026 Good 1m 4f 0y |
10st 2lb |
Bumper/hurdles/chase winner makes her Flat debut now; has run well after breaks before and won on good ground; interesting contender. |
10/1 |
Betting Forcast
14/1 Ambitious Fellow, 7/2 Arch Empire, 14/1 Catalani, 16/1 Certamen, 66/1 Chain Of Destiny, 25/1 Double Indian, 6/4 Eagle Fang, 20/1 Jetoile, 33/1 Lauros Legend, 25/1 Lord Ffrench, 10/1 Path Doroux, 7/1 Sunny South West, 8/1 Ma Belle Etoile
Verdict
A few here with chances. Sunny South East and Ma Belle Etoile are both unexposed on the Flat and should give good accounts of themselves. Arch Empire is of obvious interest if able to run to his mark of 84. The class act of the race, though, is EAGLE FANG who can put some very unlucky efforts behind him with a victory here. [Justin O’Hanlon]