14:55
GAIN Equine Nutrition Novice Handicap Hurdle
2m (2m20y), Hurdle, 3yo+, €9,000, 9 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO YIELDING
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Cocofred No. 1
Darragh O'Keeffe · Henry de Bromhead
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Won last time out
Cocofred is our selection at Gowran Park, and our figures make a solid case: a rating of 126 puts him 7 lb clear of Firebrand, which is a meaningful margin over this 16f trip on good ground. Firebrand (119) and Facile Ocean (116) are the chief dangers, with Figero (104) best of the next group, but none of them can match the top-rated runner on our numbers. In a nine-runner field with a sizeable gap at the top, Cocofred looks the one to beat and gets the vote.
Runners
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry de Bromhead 7/36
Cocofred arrives in cracking nick having won last time out, and he also won three starts back, so two wins in his last five is a strong recent record. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating puts him top of nine, though he does carry 166 lb after 34 days off.
- Sire
- Vadamos (FR)
- Dam
- Debut (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- J Allday
- Foaled
- 4 May 2021
- Stable
- Knockeen, Co Waterford
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 36 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 126
Eoghan Finegan (5)
Ciaran Murphy 1/13
Facile Ocean arrives a leading threat after winning last time out, with a fourth two starts back sandwiched between wins and a second and third before that, and he has run over today's trip and going. The main risk is a burden of 162 lb, which asks plenty off an official mark of 116.
- Sire
- Affinisea (IRE)
- Dam
- C'Est La Mode (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Mrs Sheila Gavin
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 13 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
Alan O'Sullivan (5)
John Patrick Ryan 0/8
Firebrand arrives in cracking nick, second last time out and a winner two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating has him second of nine, but 161 lb and a 34-day absence are the main risks.
- Sire
- Siyouni (FR)
- Dam
- Firedance (GER) by Lomitas
- Owner
- Firebrand Syndicate
- Foaled
- 24 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Templemore, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 8 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 119
Niall Moore (5)
Philip Fenton 1/5
Kome Dans Un Reve arrives in good heart after winning last time out, with a second two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and on the going before. Carrying 147 lb off an official mark of 101 looks a stiff ask, though, and our rating of 100 only ranks him sixth of nine.
- Sire
- No Risk At All (FR)
- Dam
- Une Vie A Deux (FR) by Forestier
- Owner
- Ms Patricia Hogan
- Foaled
- 3 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Carrick-On-Suir, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 5 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 100
Danny Mullins
Thomas Mullins 0/4
Figero is a gelding with a win four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before, while our rating of 104 ranks him fourth of nine. The risk is a sixth last time out and just one win in his last five starts, with 145 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Hillstar (GB)
- Dam
- Silca Wings (GB) by Multiplex
- Owner
- Mrs Sandra Mccarthy
- Foaled
- 16 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 105
Harry Sexton (7)
Thomas Gibney 1/5
Papagei was second last time out but is otherwise a fourth, fifth, fourth and fifth in his previous four, so he is winless in his last five and hard to fancy. He has run on today's going and carries 140 lb off 94, though our rating of 99 ranks him eighth of nine.
- Sire
- Masar (IRE)
- Dam
- Dibajj (FR) by Iffraaj
- Owner
- Mrs Heidi Gibney
- Foaled
- 19 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Trim, Co. Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 5 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 99
Paddy Hanlon (5)
John Joseph Hanlon 0/7
Siorai has a pair of seconds either side of a sixth in her last five, but she was pulled up last time out, and she remains winless in that spell. She has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 104 looks fair against her 140 lb burden.
- Sire
- Masar (IRE)
- Dam
- Solas Na Greine (IRE) by Galileo
- Owner
- Alan Cullen
- Foaled
- 4 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Bagenalstown, Co Carlow
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 7 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 104
Ben Kennedy (7)
Seamus Fahey 0/0
Winless in his last four, Sinbad My Dad was unplaced last time, with a sixth two starts back and another sixth three starts back, and he was pulled up four starts back. That makes him hard to fancy off 140 lb, though he has run over today's trip and going and returns after 20 days.
- Sire
- Smooth Daddy (USA)
- Dam
- Mossy's Lodge (GB) by Royal Applause
- Owner
- Mrs Helen Butler John A Griffin Mrs Bernadette Fahey
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2021
- Stable
- MonasterevIn, Co. Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 91
Michael Kenneally (3)
R P Cody 0/2
Bell Ex Too won two starts back but was only fifth last time out, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 100 ranks him seventh of nine, and 140 lb off an official 107 makes him hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Elzaam (AUS)
- Dam
- Nudge The Judge (IRE) by Excelebration
- Owner
- Gillian Cody
- Foaled
- 27 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Dunnamaggin, Co Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 46%
- Ratings
- Perf 100
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.