14:28 Galway

Saturday 25 October 2025

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Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:29 | Winning time: 4m 1.5s

L' Evangeliste³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean Flanagan| T: E McNamara| D

8/15

Bumper winner who shaped encouragingly when second of 11 in maiden at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 30 days ago, albeit no match for winner. Open to improvement.

Form: F1/317-2

Shoe Shinner²⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

80/1

€30,000 3-y-o, €28,000 5-y-o, Yeats gelding. Half-brother to fair 3m hurdle winner Kaletto. Maiden pointer, unplaced last time (Apr 2025).

Form: 4/P4326-

Campbell Black¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Harvey| T: William Harvey

22/1

Gambled on and shaped quite well when third of 11 in maiden hurdle (11/4) at Downpatrick (17.3f, good to soft) on debut 15 days ago. Entitled to progress.

Form: 3

Dontcavein²⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

66/1

€18,000 3-y-o, Court Cave gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Soldante and fair hurdler Moudan. Unplaced both completed starts in points (latest Dec 2024).

Form: 4/U6-

Fatal Flaw^t⁴⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: Jonathan Sweeney

5/2

Bumper winner who made an encouraging start to his career over hurdles when second of 14 in maiden at Ballinrobe (17.3f, good) in July 2024. Absent since but that form has worked out well and he's open to improvement.

Form: 0/212-

Mullaghgloss¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Cian Quirke| T: A Slattery| C

11/2

Improved to get off the mark in 8-runner bumper at this course (16.6f, soft, 5/2) 18 days ago. Should have a future over hurdles.

Form: 0-81

Tantrum Boy¹⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: B McMahon

150/1

Looked one for the longer term starting out in a hood when thirteenth of 21 in maiden hurdle at Punchestown (19.2f, good, 80/1) on debut in June.

Form: 0

Walking In Mayo²³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell

40/1

€16,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park mare. Dam (b84), runner-up on first of 2 starts in bumpers, half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3¼m) Keeper Hill Won sole start in points (Mar 2025).

Form: 1-

Nunya¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Phillip Enright| T: Leonard Flynn

300/1

Showed nothing in a maiden hurdle at Tipperary on her debut recently.

Form: 7

Forecasts

L' Evangeliste (8/15), Fatal Flaw (5/2), Mullaghgloss (11/2), Campbell Black (22/1), Walking In Mayo (40/1), Dontcavein (66/1), Shoe Shinner (80/1), Tantrum Boy (150/1), Nunya (300/1)

FATAL FLAW found only a useful sort too good at Ballinrobe on his hurdling debut in July 2024 and although he's been absent since, he's still expected to improve and go one better. L'evangesliste rates the obvious threat ahead of recent course bumper winner Mullaghgloss.