15.30
Good To YieldingCoolmore Stud Little Big Bear Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies & Mares)
- Prize money: £35852.17
- 0m 7f 0y
- 14 runners
Runners: 14 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
Form: 23-410
Last run: 74 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 102
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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13th 5 (4) |
17th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 213y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Didn't make the track at two; quickly established herself as a smart filly last year and she went off favourite when third in the Ribblesdale (1m4f, good to firm) at this meeting; campaigned at 1m this term and she made Listed-race breakthrough at Leopardstown (good) against males last month; that was just her fifth start and it's likely there is better to come. |
8/1 |
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1st 8 (5) |
10th May 2026 Good 1m 0f 0y |
9st 6lb |
Won 1m2f filles' maiden here on debut (good); subsequently placed in Navan Group 3 (1m2f, soft) and in Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Ascot (1m4f, gd-fm) when the 2-1 favourite; testing ground may not have suited on seasonal return in the Park Express at the Curragh (1m, sft-hvy); should improve for that and yard red-hot, but needs to prove effectiveness for this trip. |
100/30 |
Form: 262945
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 89
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 2 (8) |
7th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 0y |
9st 13lb |
Second runner for yard and the choice of McMonagle; beaten a short head by Rion Rubette in a C&D handicap on yielding in June and 3lb better off with that rival now; not disgraced in Listed race at Galway on latest; majority of best form on easy ground so could probably do with some rain. |
13/2 |
Form: -72500 D
Last run: 16 days
W: 9st 7lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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11th 5 (8) |
14th Aug 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Group 3 winner at Tipperary (7.5f, yielding) at the end of last summer; matched that form when second in 1m Group 3 at the Curragh in April (soft/heavy); below-par on her two most recent starts, including in a Curragh Group 2 event in which Carolina Jetstrean was second; might prefer an ease. |
4/1 |
Form: 73036- D
Last run: 329 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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No Results Found |
Form: 4-5817 D
Last run: 80 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 6 (7) |
11th Jun 2026 Soft 0m 7f 35y |
9st 6lb |
Limerick maiden winner on soft; followed a poor run over 6f at Cork with a career-best at Naas (7f, gd) 25 days ago when making all in Listed race; needs to build on that and not guaranteed to do so; likely to go forward. |
11/1 |
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1st 9 (3) |
17th May 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
9st 6lb |
Maiden winner over 7f for Joseph O'Brien on soft; ran well over that trip at the Curragh on seasonal/stable debut; poor over 6f at Cork last time; others more likely, especially on this ground. |
22/1 |
Form: 321 D
Last run: 80 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 95
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No Results Found |
Form: -11213 D
Last run: 7 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3rd 5 (1) |
23rd Aug 2026 Good 0m 5f 205y |
9st 4lb |
Enjoying a fine campaign; won a 6.5f (good) rated race at Limerick on seasonal return; got to within 0.5l of Soul Love when second of 15 in C&D Listed race here last month; regained the winning thread in impressive fashion off favourable mark in a 7f (yielding) Galway handicap; progressive and should be thereabouts again. |
11/2 |
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1st 1 (9) |
27th Jul 2026 Good To Yielding 0m 7f 0y |
10st 0lb |
Won over this trip at Dundalk and a 6.5f rated race at Limerick; seemingly improved out of all recognition when a very close second in a 6f Listed at Naas last week; up 16lb for future contests and on that basis is not easily opposable here. |
10/11 |
Form: 231-75
Last run: 105 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 88
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 4 (7) |
17th May 2026 Good 0m 5f 205y |
9st 2lb |
Positive efforts in maidens before landing a Naas contest at the fourth attempt (6f, yielding); okay return in a Curragh handicap last time when a 4l seventh (6f, soft to heavy); this is a big ask. |
50/1 |
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7th 8 (6) |
3rd Apr 2026 Soft 0m 6f 0y |
9st 0lb |
Progressive filly at two, sent off fairly short prices for all of her four runs and gained a deserved victory at Naas (6f, yielding) in October when making all; form of her penultimate third at Cork looks very strong; fair mark on handicap debut and receives the 3yo allowance. |
6/1 |
Form: 252-20
Last run: 98 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th 7 (8) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Talented maiden (stripped of a Listowel win after a positive test); best form when second to smart colt Alparslan in a sales race at this venue, and when runner-up in a 7f Group event at Chantilly; deserves a shot at this based on her second to True Love at Leopardstown six weeks ago. |
16/1 |
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2nd 9 (9) |
12th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 0m 7f 42y |
9st 2lb |
Won on debut at Listowel (6f, good to yielding); good form in defeat, notably when second in a 7f Group 3 event at Chantilly on final start; well held by Black Caviar Gold on Curragh running. |
16/1 |
Form: 2-3841 D
Last run: 31 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 103
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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8th 13 (4) |
29th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 1f 0y |
9st 0lb |
Galway maiden winner last year was placed in Group 3 contests twice after before finding the Irish 1000 Guineas too tough; got back on the scoresheet when beating Meriden 1.5l, receiving 3lb from her in a 7f Galway Listed last time; best form is on soft so the more rain that falls the better; trip a question. |
7/1 |
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1st 10 (7) |
30th Jul 2026 Yielding 0m 7f 0y |
9st 0lb |
Won a C&D maiden in good style last year; has run well in defeat in Pattern company over this trip, second to Black Caviar Gold last autumn, and third (behind True Love) at Leopardstown in April; last two runs have been in 1m races, held by Black Caviar Gold on Irish 1,000 Guineas running and has a 3 1/2l to find with Meriden on Killarney running. |
7/1 |
Form: 01-301 D
Last run: 65 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1st 11 (20) |
26th Jun 2026 Good 1m 0f 0y |
9st 8lb |
Won a Dundalk maiden over 7f on second start last winter; a fine effort on handicap/seasonal debut over 7f here but wasn't as good over C&D since when raced keenly; questions now. |
14/1 |
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10th 4 (4) |
24th May 2026 Good To Yielding 1m 0f 0y |
9st 3lb |
Dundalk winner on second start at two; third in a 7f handicap here on seasonal debut, a performance that can be upgraded on more than one count, since she was slowly away, raced quite keenly, and was not given a hard race in the end; only a short head behind Green Carrera and may turn the tables. |
4/1 |
Form: -41852 D
Last run: 16 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 91
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2nd 10 (5) |
14th Aug 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
8st 10lb |
Won a 7f Dundalk nursery last October and gained another win over the same trip in a Curragh fillies' handicap in May; respectable run in the Sandringham Handicap at Royal Ascot; held her own when fifth at Killarney in her first race at this level. |
14/1 |
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5th 10 (9) |
15th Jul 2026 Good 1m 0f 40y |
9st 2lb |
Won a 7f Dundalk nursery last October and gained another win over the same trip in a Curragh fillies' handicap in May; respectable run in the Sandringham H'cap at Royal Ascot, first in her far side ground; has a bit to find still. |
18/1 |
Form: 7-0411 CD
Last run: 16 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 11 (10) |
14th Aug 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
8st 10lb |
Looked potentially smart last year, winning Group 3 at the Curragh and finishing runner-up in the Group 2 Debutante; first two runs this term well below that level, too free in Group 3 at Leopardstown and never landed a blow when fourth of six behind L L Koulsty in a rated race at Naas; got a confidence-boosting win when accounting for Fort Vega last time. |
9/2 |
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1st 4 (4) |
22nd Jul 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y |
8st 12lb |
Looked potentially very smart last year, winning Group 3 at the Curragh and finishing runner-up in the Group 2 Debutante; two runs this term well below that level however, too free in Group 3 at Leopardstown and never landed a blow over today's C&D when fourth of 6 in rated race in first-time tongue-tie; still respected and yard in fine form |
15/8 |
Form: 8-107 CD
Last run: 46 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 87
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 12 (3) |
15th Jul 2026 Good 1m 0f 40y |
9st 2lb |
Promise on AW debut last year and showed major improvement to take a Cork maiden on return (7f; sft/hvy); found Group 3 company at the Curragh too tough since and has a bit to find today. |
16/1 |
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10th 12 (5) |
4th May 2026 Good 1m 0f 0y |
9st 2lb |
Ran only once at two; did well to beat a Ballydoyle-trained odds-on chance at Cork a month ago; open to further progress; this looks too demanding. |
16/1 |
Betting Forcast
5/1 Catalina Delcarpio, 25/1 Greydreambeliever, 14/1 Princess Child, 20/1 Stugardia, 10/1 Wannabe Royal, 15/2 Cromac Quay, 6/1 Dancing Saxon, 20/1 Joshs Joy, 7/1 Magny Cours, 9/2 Pivotal Attack, 14/1 Prevalence, 12/1 Spinning Around, 11/2 Suzie Songs, 28/1 Wild Bessie
Verdict
If the ground isn’t too testing, Dancing Saxon, Suzie Songs and Spinning Around can run well. However, there is lots of rain forecast and that will play to the strengths of last year’s winner (at Tipperary) Princess Child and the unexposed CROMAC QUAY, who is narrowly preferred. She bolted up on her first try on soft over 7f in a maiden at Leopardstown in June and she previously got to within 3.75l of the very talented Sparan Nua at Naas. Magny Cours is another one to consider in a competitive heat. [Dave Stephens]
Selections
RP RATINGS (IRE):
Pivotal AttackSPOTLIGHT:
Cromac QuayThe Irish Sun:
Dancing SaxonTOPSPEED:
Catalina DelcarpioPOSTDATA:
Pivotal Attack