13:27
Ryans Cleaning Race
7f, Flat, 3yo+, €15,000, 9 runners
- Going
- YIELDING TO SOFT
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Dry & Windy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Excellent Believe No. 8, stall 8
Jack Kearney · Stephen Thorne
✓ Distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (2/10, 14 days)
Excellent Believe gets the nod at Curragh on his progressive profile, and he sits only 3 lb behind the top-rated Unique Journey, so the gap is narrow enough to overturn on the way he is heading. He is level on 99 with Hazdann, and his profile appeals in a horse who has been improving rather than one relying on past peaks. Unique Journey is the obvious danger as the highest-rated runner, while Hazdann and Key Witness, a further 4 lb back, both have the profile to make the frame. Excellent Believe is our selection.
Runners
Nina Doherty (10)
P F O'Donnell 0/2
Dragon Of Malta won two and three starts back but was only seventh last time out, and he's rated lowest of the ten on our figures, so he's hard to fancy under 136 lb from stall one. He has run over this trip and going before, and a 14-day turnaround keeps him fit.
- Sire
- Dragon Pulse (IRE)
- Dam
- Shraayef (GB) by Nayef
- Owner
- Gzira Syndicate
- Foaled
- 4 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Kilmallock, Co Limerick
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 71%
- Ratings
- Perf 79, Speed 78
Chris Hayes
D K Weld 0/12
Hazdann bounced back to winning ways two starts back and is fit after just 14 days, having run over today's trip, so he looks a leading threat from stall four. The main risk is top weight of 136 lb after a fifth last time out.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- Hazmiyra (IRE) by Pivotal
- Owner
- Exors Of The Late H H Aga Khan
- Foaled
- 7 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Curragh, Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 12 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 36%
- Ratings
- Perf 99, Speed 87
Robyn Donaghue-Leahy (7)
Patrick J Flynn 4/8
Key Witness has won two of his last five and was second two starts back, and he's fit after 14 days off, having run over today's trip and going before. The risk is a sixth last time out, and 136 lb from stall 10 is a stiff ask.
- Sire
- Acclamation (GB)
- Dam
- Allegation (FR) by Lawman
- Owner
- Mrs Patrick J Flynn
- Foaled
- 4 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Carrick-On-Suir, Co Waterford
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 8 runs (50%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 95, Speed 91
G. F. Carroll
Daniel James Murphy 1/8
Winner last time out just 17 days ago, Unique Journey arrives fresh and in form, and he has run over today's trip and on the going before; our rating of 102 ranks him top of ten, though 136 lb is a hefty burden and his eighth and seventh before that show his consistency can wobble.
- Sire
- Caravaggio (USA)
- Dam
- Surround (IRE) by Iffraaj
- Owner
- N W T Dalzelljames Morgankarl Kirwanmrs John Murphy
- Foaled
- 1 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Curragh, Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 8 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 102, Speed 93
J M Sheridan
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 3/34
Go Just Do It won two starts back and was second, then third, before that, but he flopped to a ninth last time out and returns after 162 days off. He has run over today's trip and going, carries 135 lb from stall 9, and our rating of 93 puts him fifth of ten.
- Sire
- Kingman (GB)
- Dam
- Ship Of Dreams (IRE) by Lope De Vega
- Owner
- Michael Hilary Burke
- Foaled
- 17 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Owning Hill, Co Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 34 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 53%
- Ratings
- Perf 93, Speed 86
Seamie Heffernan
Mrs J. Harrington 3/23
Storm Ready arrives off back-to-back wins and has run over today's trip and going, which is plenty to like after 22 days off, but carrying 135 lb from an official mark of 87 looks a big ask. Our rating of 82 ranks him eighth of ten.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- Yellow Rosebud (IRE) by Jeremy
- Owner
- J Kirkland
- Foaled
- 1 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Moone, Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 23 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 83
Gavin Ryan
J A Stack 1/7
Valentino Eclipse won last time out, with a fourth two starts back and a second three starts back, and he has run over today's trip. Fresh after 35 days off, he carries 135 lb from draw 7, and our rating of 88 only ranks him seventh of ten.
- Sire
- Gleneagles (IRE)
- Dam
- Emirate Jewel (USA) by Pivotal
- Owner
- Iman Hartono
- Foaled
- 18 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Golden, Co. Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 7 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 57%
- Ratings
- Perf 88, Speed 72
Jack Kearney
Stephen Thorne 2/10
Fit enough after 15 days off, Excellent Believe has run over today's trip and was third two starts back, though he was unplaced last time and is yet to win in his last six. Our rating of 99 backs the case, and he carries 132 lb from draw 8.
- Sire
- Make Believe (GB)
- Dam
- Lambeth Walk (GB) by Charm Spirit
- Owner
- Shamrock Thoroughbreds
- Foaled
- 1 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Rush, Co Dublin
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 10 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 99, Speed 84
Paddy Harnett (3)
Michael Butler 0/1
Fifth last time out and a sixth before that, Rion Rubette has been drifting since a second four starts back, though she has run over today's trip and going and returns after 21 days. Carrying 131 lb from draw 3, she looks a midfield type on our 89 rating.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Citronella (GB) by New Approach
- Owner
- Bredwinner Syndicate
- Foaled
- 17 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Piltown, Co Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 89, Speed 96
R. P. Cleary
Kevin Thomas Coleman 0/10
Tax Me Later has been placed in all four recent runs, including a second last time out 22 days ago, but she is yet to win and that makes her hard to fancy. Ranked ninth of ten on our figures, she has run over today's trip and going, and carries 123 lb from stall two.
- Sire
- Lucky Vega (IRE)
- Dam
- Polar Sea (GB) by Pivotal
- Owner
- Dreamers Alliance Syndicate
- Foaled
- 1 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 81, Speed 68
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.