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Connolly’s RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction & Median Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £10243.48
  • 2m 3f 0y
  • 8 runners
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Connolly’s RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction & Median Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

Form: 7

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form: 0/0

Last run: 36 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Beaten 48l in Fairyhouse bumper on debut in April 2025; shaping okay when falling in a point in October; 66-1 and tailed off on hurdles debut at Galway in July; others preferred.
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16th

4

29th Jul 2026

Good

2m 6f 0y

17:05 Galway

Eternal Reward

11st 12lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Ms Margaret Mullins

Mahler 5yo is first foal of a bumper winner, a sister to winners Themanintheboots (2m4f/3m hurdle) and The Brass Man (bumper); never sighted in Fairyhouse bumper last year and place claims when fell at the last in Castletown-Geoghegan point-to-point in October: probably best watched on hurdles debut.

33/1

13th

6

20th Apr 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

17:20 Fairyhouse

Eternal Reward

11st 6lb

J: Miss A B O’Connor

T: Ms Margaret Mullins

E16,000 (vendor) 3yo; first foal; dam bumper winner, sister to winners Themanintheboots (2m4f/3m hurdle) and The Brass Man (bumper), half-sister to useful 2m hurdle/chase winner Knickerbockerglory; in good hands.

14/1

OUR TIP

Form: 54-333

Last run: 55 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Has shown more than enough in bumpers and first two runs over hurdles to suggest he can win a race; best effort came when a 6.75l third of 15 at Clonmel on penultimate (16.5f, good); however, has struggled both starts on soft ground so the forecast rain tempers enthusiasm.
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3rd

7

10th Jul 2026

Good

2m 1f 60y

17:45 Cork

Its All Clear

11st 12lb

J: Ryan Treacy

T: Mrs Julie Cashin

Positives to take from his bumper runs and again when third of 15 on hurdle debut at Clonmel (2m, good; first-time tongue-tie); has to enter the equation in a race of this nature.

3/1

3rd

7

5th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 113y

18:45 Clonmel

Its All Clear

11st 4lb

J: Ryan Treacy

T: Mrs Julie Cashin

Improved form in bumpers at Kilbeggan and here (2m) the last twice; tongue-tie goes on for hurdles debut and can be involved if his jumping holds up.

6/1

Form: 0-142 C

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Won a bumper here in May (15.5f, gd-yld) for James Kieran King; chased home a well-regarded sort in another bumper at Killarney on latest (16.5f, good), his first run for this stable; dam from family of Azertyuiop so should make a jumper; soft ground would be a query but has to be taken seriously.
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2nd

2

22nd Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 100y

17:30 Killarney

Rokanako

12st 0lb

J: Mr P A King

T: Edward F Power

Workmanlike winner of a Kilbeggan bumper in May and ran respectably under a penalty at Bellewstown; in new hands now and more needed, but should run his race.

6/1

4th

3

4th Jul 2026

Good

2m 1f 40y

20:18 Bellewstown

Rokanako

12st 0lb

J: Mr P A King

T: James Kieran King

Weakened quickly in Tipperary bumper last summer but returned from close to a year off the track when landing a gamble at Kilbeggan (good to yielding) on first run for this yard; high on the shortlist.

9/2

Form: 4326-2

Last run: 115 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 119

Form & Verdict
0-5 over hurdles but has run well in defeat on soft to heavy and good to yielding ground; beaten just 0.5l into second when last seen at Killarney in May (2m4f, gd-yld) and the third from that race has won a maiden since; rated 119 and big player if ready after break.
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2nd

15

11th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 50y

17:05 Killarney

Splendid Fellow

11st 4lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

May be flattered by mark of 123, which he got after chasing home a subsequent Grade 2 winner/Grade 1 runner-up at Cork; should come on from latest sixth at Fairyhouse which was his first run for four months; pedigree suggests this longer trip will suit.

5/1

6th

16

5th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 100y

13:30 Fairyhouse

Splendid Fellow

11st 12lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

Third in a point-to-point at Dromahane last April; respectable fourth on hurdling/stable debut at Limerick; did best of the remainder in a Punchestown maiden dominated by the subsequent Royal Bond winner Koktail Brut and Colcannon; form of his Cork second to subsequent Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 second Kazanksy suggests he may cope with Colcannon now.

5/2

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W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Mare

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Form: 5565

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Mare

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Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 3lb

4 yo Filly

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Betting Forcast

22/1 Coral Reid, 50/1 Eternal Reward, 11/2 Its All Clear, 11/4 Rokanako, 6/4 Splendid Fellow, 12/1 Bigcitydreams, 10/1 Western Shores, 7/1 La Muleta

Verdict

The two that appeal most here are SPLENDID FELLOW (nap) and Rokanako with narrow preference for the former who has an experience edge. If the forecast rain misses, It’s All Clear can run well. La Muleta needs checking in the market. [Dave Stephens]

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Splendid Fellow

POSTDATA:

It's All Clear

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Splendid Fellow

The Irish Sun:

Splendid Fellow