16:02 Clonmel

Thursday 11 September 2025

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Slievenamon Maiden

Off time: 16:03 | Winning time: 2m 7.10s

(11)

Among The Pines^h1,t⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Sam Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Grassick

66/1

Poet's Word gelding. 80/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 14 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good) 76 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. One for handicaps.

Form: 88

(12)

Coul Dreamer²⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Nathan Crosse| T: W McCreery| OR: 76

15/2

Lightly-raced gelding on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 2m over hurdles. 13¼ lengths fourth of 6 to Naturally Nimble in Winter Festival Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good) in December. Each-way claims on pick of form in this sphere returning from 9 months off.

Form: 34438-

(3)

Eternal Echo^h,t1¹⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Declan McDonogh| T: G Elliott

11/1

Won a bumper on debut in February and also made successful switch to hurdling when taking a 15-runner juvenile hurdle (6/4) at Cork (16.3f, soft) in April. Shortlisted on Flat debut.

Form:

(7)

Eye Contact⁶⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: D Commins

150/1

Expert Eye gelding. Tenth of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (8f, 25/1) on debut. Off 21 months.

Form: 0/

(6)

Goldinthevalleys^t⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: D Browne McMonagle| T: M Brassil

17/2

Behind a bumper and shaped as if needing run on hurdles bow t Galway (16.8f, good to soft, 40/1) at Galway last month. Hard to fancy.

Form:

(4)

Rock Of Ireland³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Luke McAteer| T: Alan McIntyre| OR: 73

9/4

Fairly useful gelding. Remains a maiden after 12 Flat runs. Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Tipperary (12.5f, good to firm, 11/2) 34 days ago. Down in trip. Probably vulnerable to less-exposed types for all peak form gives him a chance.

Form: 487466

(10)

Space Warrior⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 64

25/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Eighteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good, 40/1) 45 days ago. Will need to improve upon recent hurdling efforts.

Form: 5940-06

(2)

Young Churchill⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Gary Carroll| T: N Meade| OR: 75| BF

11/2

Fairly useful gelding. Won over hurdles at Roscommon in July. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Fourth of 7 in maiden (10/11) at Ballinrobe (12.8f, good to soft) 52 days ago. Down in trip. Player if able to bounce back.

Form: 56325-4

(9)

Atlantic City¹⁰⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: J M Sheridan| T: Ciaran Murphy

16/1

Twice-raced filly on Flat. Third of 12 in juvenile hurdle (7/2) at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good) 107 days ago. Back down in trip. Others make greater appeal.

Form: 45-

(1)

Native Flag^h1²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Adam Browne-Souza⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Browne

500/1

Twice-raced filly. Last of 14 in claimer at Dundalk (7f, 150/1) 27 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Hooded for 1st time. Little sign of ability so far.

Form: 80

(5)

Qamari⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell

22/1

Thrice-raced filly. 18/1, first run since leaving James Tate when third of 10 in maiden at Dundalk (10.7f) 61 days ago. Place claims again if able to build on that.

Form: 3/4-3

(8)

So Golden²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Foley| T: K J Condon

9/4

Twice-raced filly. Third of 8 in maiden (6/1) at Tramore (12f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Down in trip. Previous form would put her right in the mix.

Form: 23

Forecasts

So Golden (9/4), Rock Of Ireland (9/4), Young Churchill (11/2), Coul Dreamer (15/2), Goldinthevalleys (17/2), Eternal Echo (11/1), Atlantic City (16/1), Qamari (22/1), Space Warrior (25/1), Among The Pines (66/1), Eye Contact (150/1), Native Flag (500/1)

ETERNAL ECHO already had a bumper win to his name prior to making the perfect start over hurdles at Cork in April and looks the one to beat if proving as effective on the Flat. So Golden has been placed on both starts so far and is shortlisted again, with Young Churchill also having enough form in the book to make him of serious consideration here, for all he wasn't quite at his best last time.