17:55 Bellewstown

Tuesday 26 August 2025

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Peadar Kearney's Pub Handicap

Off time: 17:55 | Winning time: 1m 41.18s

(7)

Empress Artemis^t¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 80| BF| D

9/4

Very good second of 7 in handicap at Tipperary (7.4f, good to firm, 5/2) 18 days ago. Stable going well and another bold show is likely.

Form: 4-45222

(3)

Glyndwr⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: G M Lyons| OR: 80

10/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap (16/1) at Roscommon (7.5f, good) 7 days ago. Yard in good form. Not taken lightly.

Form: 803585

(4)

Fiona Maccoul^p1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 73

9/1

11/2, eighth of 12 in handicap at Galway (8.3f, soft) 23 days ago. Stable having good spell. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 10-0058

(5)

Rizal²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 72

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 16 in handicap (12/1) at Galway (8.4f, good to soft) 25 days ago, faring best of those held up. Yard in good form. Should improve.

Form: 5683

(8)

Oiche Rua^h1²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 71| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Limerick in July. Eleventh of 15 in handicap at Galway (7f, good to soft, 7/1) 29 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 001130

(1)

Tofino¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 69| D

9/2

11/1, career best when winning 21-runner handicap at the Curragh (8f, good) 10 days ago. Very much one to consider.

Form: 04-3661

(6)

Ribee²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wesley Joyce⁽³⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 68

9/1

Below-par tenth of 16 in handicap (9/1) at Galway (8.4f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Has good chance on form if back on his A-game.

Form: 0-57220

(2)

Shahada Ace¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 64

12/1

5/2, career best when wide-margin winner of 9-runner handicap at Tipperary (7.4f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Scored easily there so she must enter calculations despite a 13 lb hike.

Form: 090341

Forecasts

Empress Artemis (9/4), Rizal (3/1), Tofino (9/2), Ribee (9/1), Fiona Maccoul (9/1), Glyndwr (10/1), Shahada Ace (12/1), Oiche Rua (16/1)

Ger Lyons has his string in good nick and his EMPRESS ARTEMIS looks the way to go on the back of a very good Tipperary second. Wide-margin Tipperary scorer Shahada Ace heads the list of dangers with Tofino, Glyndwr and Rizal all firmly in the picture too in this intriguing handicap.