16:10 Wexford

Saturday 17 May 2025

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Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 4m 2.4s

Birmingham Alabama¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: E D Delany| OR: 116| C| D

11/2

Course winner. Fell in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Punchestown (19.3f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 31714F-

Heliko Conti²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| OR: 115| C

12/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. Respectable sixth of 13 in novice chase (8/1) at Kilbeggan (22.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Enters calculations.

Form: 072836-

Tranquil Sea^p,t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽³⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 111

7/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (21f, soft, 18/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 2/32094-

Potters Party^p,t²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 109| D

10/1

Possibly amiss when pulled up in handicap chase (8/1) at Fairyhouse (21f, soft) 25 days ago, pulled up after seventh. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 7/8252P-

Duke Silver⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 106| BF| C

4/1

Course winner. Winner in hurdle here in October. 7/2, headway into a share of second when fell in handicap hurdle at Thurles (22.2f, good) 63 days ago. Player if none the worse.

Form: 21853F-

Cullig^h,t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Simon Torrens| T: P T Foley| OR: 104

6/1

Winner in hurdle at Cork in March. Good second of 20 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.4f, soft, 4/1) 27 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 906122-

Custers Mistake^p,t²³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Ewing| T: R J Tumilty| OR: 103| D

40/1

Fifth of 6 in handicap chase at Bangor (20.3f, soft, 13/2) 23 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 62P01/5-

Our Soldier³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 102

7/1

Very good second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (24.1f, good, 11/1) 35 days ago, clear of rest. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 57/3392-

Juniper Hill^t⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 96

18/1

Winner in hurdle at Tipperary in November. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (24f, good to soft, 16/1) 75 days ago won by Birmingham Alabama, pulled up before last.

Form: 0/71P6P-

To The Wire²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93| D

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 80/1, well-held fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 27 days ago. Improvement needed.

Form: 410004-

Mickey Cohen³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: N J Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 103

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 7 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Down Royal (19.8f, good) 34 days ago. Up in trip. Engaged 6.00 Kilbeggan Friday.

Form: 9073-

Kinturk Maggie^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Mike O'Connor| T: T Gibney| OR: 91

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, respectable seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 27 days ago. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 00087-

Southgate Avenue²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 88

20/1

22/1, thirteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft) 26 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 608960-

Non-Runners

Ballyglass Beauty³⁹⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 9

T: L P Cusack J: R A Berry

Forecasts

Duke Silver (4/1), Birmingham Alabama (11/2), Cullig (6/1), Our Soldier (7/1), Tranquil Sea (7/1), Mickey Cohen (9/1), To The Wire (10/1), Potters Party (10/1), Heliko Conti (12/1), Ballyglass Beauty (14/1), Juniper Hill (18/1), Southgate Avenue (20/1), Kinturk Maggie (22/1), Custers Mistake (40/1)

CULLIG arrives at the top of her game and can get her head back in front. Joseph O'Brien's Duke Silver was in the process of running well when coming down at the second-last at Thurles last time and is second choice ahead of last month's Bellewstown runner-up Our Soldier.