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Molson Coors Beverage Handicap

  • Prize money: £7682.61
  • 1m 4f 194y
  • 17 runners
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Molson Coors Beverage Handicap

Runners: 17 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

Form: /600-0

Last run: 94 days

W: 10st 0lb

6 yo Colt

OR: 79

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Form: 126405

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 13lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 78

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5th

9

(14)

21st Sep 2026

Good

1m 4f 0y

16:05 Listowel

Rock Of Ireland

8st 11lb

J: Luke McAteer

T: Rory Anthony Devine

Only 1-20 but has the form to feature off this mark and a likely non-stayer over 2m at Galway in July (after three months off); each-way claims if he's on his game.

20/1

17th

2

(16)

29th Jul 2026

Yielding

2m 0f 110y

20:20 Galway

Rock Of Ireland

10st 1lb

J: Luke McAteer

T: Rory Anthony Devine

Successful yard debut on seasonal return at the Curragh in March (1m4f, heavy) and has run well on both turf starts since over same trip; stamina unproven over this far.

10/1

OUR TIP

Form: 671/90

Last run: 28 days

W: 9st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 77

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13th

5

(10)

31st Aug 2026

Good

1m 4f 17y

19:25 Roscommon

Neptunes Staircase

9st 12lb

J: Colin Keane

T: G M Lyons

C&D winner in July 2024; did not appear again until March this year; his Curragh run was inconclusive, and he is best watched in the circumstances.

12/1

9th

2

(12)

28th Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

1m 4f 0y

14:30 Curragh

Neptunes Staircase

9st 13lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: G M Lyons

Off the track since dominant maiden win at Roscommon in July 2024 (1m4f, good); handles testing ground and has C&D form so he needs checking in the market.

11/2

Form: 17/76-

Last run: 425 days

W: 9st 11lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 76

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Form: 00-986

Last run: 47 days

W: 9st 10lb

5 yo Colt

OR: 75

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11th

1

24th Sep 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

15:42 Listowel

Ephesus

12st 3lb

J: Conor Clarke

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

1-11 over hurdles; failed to find his best form last season; fit from a chasing/Flat campaign; others have stronger recent credentials.

14/1

Form: 902567

Last run: 44 days

W: 9st 9lb

5 yo Colt

OR: 74

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7th

3

(12)

15th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 2f 150y

16:35 Dundalk (AW)

Genoah

9st 9lb

J: Leigh Roche

T: M D O’Callaghan

Solid AW strike rate of 4-8 including back-to-back wins here in the winter over this trip and 1m4f; is 5lb higher than when scoring over C&D in December and running okay on turf in recent starts; could go well back on his favourite surface.

8/1

6th

3

(9)

3rd Aug 2026

Good

1m 2f 184y

16:17 Naas

Genoah

9st 11lb

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: M D O’Callaghan

Four wins at Dundalk, but winless on the grass; Curragh second suggested he might put that right, but laboured enough effort when favourite at Navan; looks held by Letiza on that running.

7/1

7 (16)
Rakki

Form: 0/0-51

Last run: 44 days

W: 9st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 74

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1st

6

(4)

15th Aug 2026

Yielding

1m 4f 0y

18:55 Tramore

Rakki

9st 8lb

J: Ben Coen

T: W P Mullins

Fairly useful hurdler last season, winning a Roscommon maiden; well held in handicaps, however; standout Flat run for Alan King when touched off in 1m6f Sandown handicap two years ago off 3lb higher; didn't appear to stay the extended 2m trip at Galway on his return to this discipline last time; opposable.

7/1

5th

18

(5)

29th Jul 2026

Yielding

2m 0f 110y

20:20 Galway

Rakki

9st 7lb

J: W J Lee

T: W P Mullins

Fairly useful hurdler last season, winning Roscommon maiden; well held in handicaps however, latest at same venue last month; standout flat run for Alan King when touched off in 1m6f Sandown handicap two years ago (Cock And Bull third); noteworthy jockey booking for flat return.

7/1

Form: 411213 BF

Last run: 53 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 74

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3rd

3

(1)

6th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 198y

Class 4

16:25 Brighton

Sarangpur

9st 13lb

J: Finley Marsh

T: Richard Hughes

Fast-improving 4yo who needed only to be pushed out to win four-runner contest at Newbury (1m4f, good to firm) a fortnight ago and is now 3-4 for current stable (including a C&D win); makes obvious appeal.

6/4

1st

4

(5)

23rd Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 4f 0y

Class 5

20:15 Newbury

Sarangpur

9st 4lb

J: David Probert

T: Richard Hughes

Ex-Irish 4yo who started off for Richard Hughes with emphatic 1m4f turf wins at Brighton (good to firm) and Epsom (good) this summer; lost out narrowly when odds-on at Kempton (1m3f, AW) two weeks ago, having been forced to make his own running in a tactical race, but remains of strong interest.

10/11

Form: 9-4518

Last run: 98 days

W: 9st 8lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 73

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8th

7

(8)

22nd Jun 2026

Yielding

1m 5f 0y

20:30 Ballinrobe

Earthsong

8st 12lb

J: Declan McDonogh

T: W McCreery

Generally consistent filly got off the mark at the eighth attempt in a 1m6f (gd-yld) handicap at Gowran last month; raised 7lb for that win and moves up in class; will need to improve again to follow up but that isn't impossible.

100/30

1st

2

(9)

20th May 2026

Good

1m 5f 170y

19:50 Gowran Park

Earthsong

9st 13lb

J: W J Lee

T: W McCreery

Best effort came on handicap debut over 1m6f at Navan on yielding ground last August; produced another solid display at that venue last month, prominent all the way before losing fourth place to Celtic Druid; that rival finished well after getting into the clear and may uphold the form.

13/2

Form: -50824

Last run: 28 days

W: 9st 8lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 73

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4th

10

(9)

31st Aug 2026

Good

1m 4f 17y

19:25 Roscommon

Flying Fortress

9st 7lb

J: Robert Whearty

T: Gavin Cromwell

Enjoyed soft ground last year, runner-up over 1m at Galway, went one better on heavy at Listowel; below best this season until finding her form again when second over C&D in June; winner Thatwilldso has franked the form with Galway second and Sligo win; longer trip here should be fine and ground-versatile.

9/2

2nd

12

(2)

30th Jun 2026

Good

1m 2f 63y

19:30 Roscommon

Flying Fortress

9st 3lb

J: Robert Whearty

T: Gavin Cromwell

Enjoyed soft ground last year, runner-up over 1m at Galway, went one better on heavy at Listowel; below best this season; first-time blinkers failed to do the trick at Gowran.

14/1

Form: 7159 C

Last run: 28 days

W: 9st 8lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 80

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Form: 176187 C BF

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 6lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 71

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7th

1

(1)

8th Sep 2026

Soft

1m 4f 0y

19:00 Galway

Faro Island

10st 2lb

J: Sam Coen

T: A Oliver

Won over 1m3f at Down Royal last year and over an extended 1m1f at Gowran in June; unplaced on next two starts; came good again when scoring here at the festival on yielding-to-soft; ran into a spot of trouble at Roscommon last week.

4/1

8th

9

(3)

31st Aug 2026

Good

1m 4f 17y

19:25 Roscommon

Faro Island

9st 7lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: A Oliver

Won over 1m3f at Down Royal last year and over an extended 1m1f at Gowran in June; unplaced on next two starts; came good again when scoring at the Galway festival on yielding-to-soft; could feature again despite being 7lb higher.

6/1

Form: 969

Last run: 23 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 76

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Form: -62057

Last run: 63 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 74

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2nd

4

28th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

2m 1f 87y

16:30 Down Royal

Nod Of Approval

10st 12lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: Mrs John Harrington

Maiden on the Flat but rated 75 and has ability; sent off at 9-2 for hurdling debut at Ballinrobe but finished well beaten behind Nicky Larson; new tongue tie needs to have a dramatic effect.

15/2

7th

8

10th Aug 2026

Good

2m 0f 109y

17:26 Ballinrobe

Nod Of Approval

11st 0lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: Mrs John Harrington

Fair 75-rated maiden on the Flat; interesting juvenile hurdle prospect on pedigree, being a half-brother to useful jumpers Puturhandstogether and Showurappreciation.

15/8

Form: 804648

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 6lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 71

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8th

12

(1)

15th Sep 2026

Good

1m 0f 30y

14:40 Punchestown

Pillar Of Hope

9st 5lb

J: Patrick McGettigan

T: P Sweeney

5-27 on turf; now just 1lb higher than when winning at Leopardstown last October (1m2f, heavy); best run of the season when fourth of 16 over 1m4f at Galway last month; trip-versatile, but probably best at around 1m2f.

10/1

Form: 331023 D

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 4lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 69

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3rd

10

(15)

21st Sep 2026

Good

1m 6f 55y

17:12 Listowel

Cooleys Mist

9st 10lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: H Rogers

First and second in 1m5f Leopardstown handicaps on either side of an excusable defeat at Galway; mark untouched after last time and the removal of cheekpieces is no big deal.

4/1

17 (13)
Neo Smart

Form: 454662

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 67

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2nd

10

(12)

15th Sep 2026

Good

1m 1f 30y

16:10 Punchestown

Neo Smart

9st 1lb

J: Declan McDonogh

T: J S Bolger

Two wins on AW; has been running quite consistently this season; however, she has managed only one success from 32 starts on turf, and has been a beaten favourite in two of her last three starts; hard to be confident.

12/1

2nd

11

29th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 4f 0y

17:25 Curragh

Neo Smart

12st 1lb

J: Gordon Power

T: J S Bolger

Three Flat wins over shorter; ran well enough over C&D last time; has a bit to find today.

14/1

Betting Forcast

14/1 Sea Eagle, 7/1 Rock Of Ireland, 20/1 Neptunes Staircase, 10/1 Open Secret, 25/1 Ephesus, 8/1 Genoah, 6/1 Rakki, 10/1 Sarangpur, 10/1 Earthsong, 10/1 Flying Fortress, 7/1 Youcansaythatagain, 14/1 Faro Island, 25/1 Michinaga, 5/1 Nod Of Approval, Pillar Of Hope, Cooleys Mist, Neo Smart