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Get today's free pick on Telegram →| Date | Off | Course | Dist | Going | Cl | Pos | Btn | Jockey | Wgt | OR | RPR | TS | SP |
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| 2026-04-29 | 47d | Punchestown | 25f | Soft | – | 4/5 | 37 | Keith Donoghue tp | 164 | 167 | 88 | 82 | 8/1 |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (Chase) Prominent - not fluent and niggled along 7th - lost position and pushed along after 9th - rallied and in touch with leaders 4 out - soon weakened(op 7/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2026-03-13 | 75d | Cheltenham | 26.5f | Soft | 1 | 3/10 | 2 | Mark Walsh tp | 164 | 170 | 174 | 171 | 11/1 |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (GBB Race) Jumped right on occasions - didn't always jump with fluency - raced in last - niggled along 9th - mistake 10th - headway 3 out - went third last - stayed on(op 8/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2025-12-28 | 35d | Leopardstown | 24.5f | Soft | – | 9/11 | 20 | Mark Walsh t | 164 | 176 | 128 | 110 | 13/2 |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf Savills Chase Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - niggled along briefly 10th - mistake 2 out - soon weakened - eased run-in (vet reported gelding to be post race normal)(op 5/1 tchd 7/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2025-11-23 | 254d | Punchestown | 19.5f | Heavy | – | 5/10 | 21 | Keith Donoghue t | 166 | 176 | 122 | 106 | 18/1 |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase Towards rear - steady headway after 4 out - never on terms(tchd 16/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2025-03-14 | 41d | Cheltenham | 26.5f | Soft | – | 1/9 | – | Mark Walsh t | 164 | 160 | 182 | 162 | 15/2 |
| Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (GBB Race) | |||||||||||||
| 2025-02-01 | 35d | Leopardstown | 24.5f | Soft | – | 4/10 | – | Keith Donoghue t | 164 | 159 | 163 | 72 | 16/1 |
| Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup Chase | |||||||||||||
| 2024-12-28 | 34d | Leopardstown | 24.5f | Good | – | 5/9 | 0.3 | Keith Donoghue t | 164 | 158 | 162 | 94 | 11/1 |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf Savills Chase Raced wide - towards rear - mistake 10th - headway before 2 out - no extra after last(op 10/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2024-11-24 | 226d | Punchestown | 19.5f | Soft | – | 7/8 | 0.75 | Keith Donoghue t | 166 | 158 | 129 | 94 | 22/1 |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase Held up in rear but in touch with leaders - mistake 6th - slipped on turn after 5 out - weakened 3 out(op 25/1 tchd 33/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2024-04-12 | 29d | Aintree | 25f | Soft | 1 | 1/6 | 0 | Mark Walsh | 161 | 158 | 157 | 126 | 6/4F |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf Huyton Asphalt Franny Blennerhassett Memorial Mildmay Novices Chase (GBB Race) Didn't jump with fluency - jumped right early - in touch with leaders on inner - bit short of room then mistake 3 out - mistake 2 out - rapid headway on outer to lead before last - ridden clear run-in - comfortably(op 11/8) | |||||||||||||
| 2024-03-14 | 39d | Cheltenham | 26f | Soft | 2 | 1/22 | 0 | Mr Derek OConnor | 168 | 145 | 157 | 90 | 13/8F |
| Chase Turf Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys Handicap Chase (Sponsored By JRL Group) (GBB) Didn't always jump with fluency - midfield - jumped right and dropped to rear 1st - smooth headway after 4 out - led going easily 2 out - soon clear with one other - pushed along and edged left run-in - soon went clear - readily(op 9/4) | |||||||||||||
| 2024-02-04 | 38d | Leopardstown | 21.5f | Soft | – | 9/25 | 0.5 | Simon Torrens | 149 | 144 | 123 | 63 | 11/2 |
| Grade 3 Chase Turf ODriscolls Irish Whiskey Leopardstown Handicap Chase Towards rear - hampered by faller 10th - not fluent 3 out - soon headway - mistake 2 out - kept on(tchd 6/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2023-12-28 | 33d | Limerick | 19.5f | Heavy | – | 3/5 | 1.5 | Simon Torrens | 166 | – | 143 | 118 | 18/1 |
| Grade 1 Chase Turf Guinness Faugheen Novice Chase Held up in rear - went modest fourth 10th - good headway after 3 out - went third 2 out - kept on(op 28/1) | |||||||||||||
| 2023-11-25 | 18d | Punchestown | 19f | Soft | – | 2/11 | 15 | Mark Walsh t | 166 | – | 138 | 109 | 4/1 |
| Chase Turf Conway Piling Beginners Chase Midfield - in touch with leaders after 4th - lost ground back straight - went remote second after 3 out - kept on but no match for winner(op 9/2) | |||||||||||||
| 2023-11-07 | 193d | Fairyhouse | 16.5f | Heavy | – | 2/11 | 2.5 | Mark Walsh | 166 | – | 138 | 106 | 11/4 |
| Chase Turf Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase Prominent early - in touch with leaders when nudged along after 3 out - ridden briefly when ran on well and went second towards finish (jockey said gelding was having his first run of the season - took a blow 4 out and ran on after getting his second wind)(op 5/2 tchd 9/4) | |||||||||||||
| 2023-04-28 | 75d | Punchestown | 19.5f | Soft | – | 4/5 | – | L P Dempsey | 166 | 137 | 139 | 69 | 20/1 |
| Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle | |||||||||||||
| 2023-02-12 | 35d | Navan | 16f | Good | – | 3/5 | – | L P Dempsey | 166 | 137 | 135 | 90 | 7/2 |
| I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle () | |||||||||||||
| 2023-01-08 | 43d | Naas | 20f | Soft | – | 4/8 | – | L P Dempsey | 164 | – | 139 | 113 | 11/1 |
| Lawlors Of Naas Novice Hurdle | |||||||||||||
| 2022-11-26 | 20d | Gowran Park | 16f | Heavy | – | 1/8 | – | Mark Walsh | 166 | – | 130 | 62 | 2/1 |
| PRL Group Novice Hurdle | |||||||||||||
| 2022-11-06 | DEB | Cork | 16f | Heavy | – | 1/23 | – | Mark Walsh | 161 | – | 126 | 101 | 7/2 |
| Paddy Power From The Horses Mouth Podcast Maiden Hurdle | |||||||||||||
| Time since last run | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (2-4wk) | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Freshened (1-2m) | 10 | 2 | 20.0% |
| Layoff (2-6m) | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Long break (6m+) | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Trip | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staying (13f+) | 19 | 5 | 26.3% |
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 12 | 3 | 25.0% |
| Heavy | 5 | 2 | 40.0% |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Leopardstown | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Cheltenham | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
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