16:30 Down Royal

Saturday 21 June 2025

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BoyleSports Ulster Derby (Premier Handicap)

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 2m 46.17s

(3)

Acapulco Bay¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 99| BF

6/5

Lightly-raced winner. Good 3½ lengths third of 9 to Zahrann in listed race (2/1) at Leopardstown (12f, good) 16 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Firmly in the picture.

Form: 21-253

(4)

Mocking^p³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 86| BF

11/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 4 in maiden at Roscommon (10.3f, good, 8/13) 33 days ago. Up in trip. Stable having good spell. Needs considering.

Form: 005-422

(5)

Kilmeaden^p²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: G M Ryan| T: Donnacha O'Brien| OR: 85| BF

7/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Below-par fourth of 12 in maiden (8/13) at Tipperary (12.5f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 324

(2)

Vorfreude⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 83

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 8 in maiden (10/3) at Leopardstown (12f, good) 41 days ago. Makes handicap debut. One for the shortlist.

Form: 53-223

(1)

Sunriseontheboyne⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: W Joyce⁽³⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 79

22/1

3 wins from 8 runs this year. Fair fourth of 6 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft, 8/1) 6 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 109214

(6)

Winston Junior²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Nathan Crosse| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 75

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at Fairyhouse (10f, good, 5/1) 23 days ago. Up in trip. Stable in good form. Difficult ask at these weights though.

Form: 5-585

Non-Runners

(7)

Glen To Glen⁸³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: S T McCullagh

Forecasts

Acapulco Bay (6/5), Glen To Glen (5/2), Vorfreude (11/4), Kilmeaden (7/2), Mocking (11/2), Winston Junior (20/1), Sunriseontheboyne (22/1)

GLEN TO GLEN signed off for Jim Bolger with an excellent third in a big-field Leopardstown handicap and is taken to make a winning start for Joseph O'Brien here and thwart Aidan O'Brien's handicap debutant Acapulco Bay. Mocking and Sunriseontheboyne also need factoring into this competitive handicap.