14:00 Curragh

Saturday 27 September 2025

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HearMed Your Health, Your Hearing Joe McGrath Handicap (Premier Handicap)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 1m 2.49s

(4)

Keke^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Billy Lee| T: E Lynam| OR: 99| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Six wins from 18 Flat runs. Latest win here in June. 11/1, respectable tenth of 23 in handicap at this course (6f, good to soft) 13 days ago, left poorly placed. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 421720

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(3)

Kendall Roy^t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: Miss K McGivern| OR: 90| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Five wins from 17 Flat runs. Seventeenth of 23 in handicap (11/1) at this course (6f, good to soft) 13 days ago so needs to bounce back.

Form: 00-6340

(11)

Betsen^v1¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: James Ryan| T: J Davison| OR: 86| D

14/1

Eighteenth of 23 in handicap at this course (6f, good to soft, 12/1) 13 days ago. Visor on 1st time. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 276820

(10)

Sarahmae¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 87| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 10 runs this year. Latest win here in August. 25/1, below form twelfth of 23 in handicap at this course (6f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 414180

(13)

Sir Les Patterson¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Jamie Powell⁽³⁾| T: Stephen Thorne| OR: 85

7/2

Shaped well on first run since leaving Harry Eustace after 3 months off when third of 23 in handicap at this course (6f, good to soft, 16/1) 13 days ago. A likely player off an unchanged mark.

Form: 00-1733

(7)

Nezeeh^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Wayne Hassett⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 84| C| D

6/1

Course winner. 3/1, career best when landing 7-runner handicap at Navan (5f, good) 21 days ago, suited by strong pace. Can go well again.

Form: 241321

(1)

Gazelle D'or^p¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: M C Grassick| OR: 83| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Respectable sixth of 23 in handicap (28/1) at this course (6f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Yard having good spell. Can make her presence felt once more.

Form: 133146

(6)

Harry's Hill^t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Coen| T: M Hassett| OR: 82| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Tipperary in July. Last of 7 to Nezeeh in handicap at Navan (5f, good, 17/2) 21 days ago. More is required.

Form: 415607

(9)

Brigid's Cloak^p,t1³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Patrick McGettigan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 82| C

10/1

Course winner. Blinkered for 1st time, respectable fourth of 9 in handicap (4/1) at Bellewstown (5f, good) 32 days ago. Tongue strap/cheekpieces back on and in the picture.

Form: 048554

(8)

Airspeed¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: E Lynam| OR: 77| D

25/1

Below form fifth of 20 in handicap at Cork (6f, soft, 40/1) 17 days ago. Difficult ask at these weights.

Form: 1227-05

(14)

Mint Man^t⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Wesley Joyce⁽³⁾| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 76| BF| D

8/1

Latest win at Naas in August. 7/2, creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at this course (6f, good to firm) 49 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Not ruled out.

Form: 536314

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Non-Runners

(12)

Red Evolution⁶⁴

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: M O'Callaghan J: D Browne McMonagle

(5)

Stag Night¹⁵²

Weight: 8-13| Age: 7

T: W McCreery J: Nathan Crosse

(2)

Greek Flower¹³

Weight: 8-7| Age: 6

T: J Feane J: Shane Foley

Forecasts

Keke (7/2), Sir Les Patterson (7/2), Red Evolution (7/2), Nezeeh (6/1), Sarahmae (13/2), Mint Man (8/1), Gazelle D'or (9/1), Kendall Roy (10/1), Brigid's Cloak (10/1), Stag Night (12/1), Betsen (14/1), Greek Flower (16/1), Harry's Hill (22/1), Airspeed (25/1)

Plenty are in with a shout but SIR LES PATTERSON rates the pick of the weights on the back of a promising debut third here for Stephen Thorne and gets the vote off the same mark. Course winner Stag Night heads the list of dangers, although a solid case can also be made for Nezeeh, Red Evolution and Keke.