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Sunday 5 October 2025

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Jimmy Hayes Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:27 | Winning time: 4m 0.20s

Balko D'ange²⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton| OR: 124| D

9/2

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in December. 5/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, good to soft). Off 6 months but needs considering.

Form: 221243-

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Drumgill¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Daniel King| T: J P Ryan| OR: 123

11/2

Good fourth of 13 in handicap chase (14/1) at Listowel (17.7f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Can give a good account.

Form: 6-281U4

Littlefoot¹⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Donagh Meyler| T: M A Molloy| OR: 120

14/1

80/1, very good second of 15 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (19.3f, good to soft) 158 days ago. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 513002-

Claude^p⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Aidan Kelly⁽³⁾| T: Ms S J Connell| OR: 116

12/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Winner in hurdle at Wexford in July. Excellent third in 2m2f Sligo novice hurdle on his final run for Joseph Patrick O'Brien in August. Much respected on his yard/handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 4513

Little Mixup¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Philip Byrnes| T: D Hogan| OR: 112| D

16/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2024. Eleventh of 17 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good to soft, 33/1) 10 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 00007-0

Cappa Hill^t⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Sean Allen| OR: 110

3/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 1 win from 2 runs this season. 8/1, career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at Cork (17.1f, good) 62 days ago, all out. Must enter calculations.

Form: 4438-31

Half A Chance^p⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 109| D

85/40

On a losing run but he posted a very good second of 16 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (18f, good to soft, 9/2) 9 days ago. Up 3 lb but he's expected to be bang there.

Form: 6-77022

Space Warrior²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 106| D

18/1

25/1, creditable fifth of 12 in maiden at Clonmel (9.6f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and no forlorn hope.

Form: 1565P-0

Forecasts

Half A Chance (85/40), Cappa Hill (3/1), Balko D'ange (9/2), Drumgill (11/2), Claude (12/1), Littlefoot (14/1), Little Mixup (16/1), Space Warrior (18/1)

HALF A CHANCE signalled he is ready to end a losing sequence when a very good runner-up in a big-field Listowel handicap so looks the way to go. Cappa Hill is feared most on the back of his Cork success with Littlefoot, Drumgill and Balko d'Ange all in the picture too.