13:00 Down Royal

Saturday 1 November 2025

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Tayto Group Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 13:01 | Winning time: 4m 22.5s

A Dream To Share²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: J & T Kiely

4/1

Promising sort. Useful winner at 15f on the Flat. 20/1, nineteenth of 20 in handicap at Naas (16f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Open to improvement.

Form: 1116/54-

Blake¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade| BF

85/40

Useful Flat winner. Promising sort. Switches from Flat to hurdles (good second in a fairly valuable handicap at Leopardstown last time; subsequently promoted to first place). 2/19 on last hurdle run and he's open to improvement in this sphere.

Form: 2-

Bryson^h1¹⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S R B Crawford

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 16/1, fourth of 17 in novice hurdle at this course (17.4f, good) on NH debut 180 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 4

Catch Fire¹⁹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Daniel King| T: A J Martin

200/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 15 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (16.3f, soft, 66/1). Off 6 months.

Form: F0-

Kevlar¹³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: A J Martin| BF

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good second of 16 in bumper at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 11/5) 138 days ago. Makes hurdles debut and he's one to be interested in.

Form: 33-62

O'Reilly^h1¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 114

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 8f on the Flat. Creditable second of 13 in novice hurdle (11/1) at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 9/332

Rackemandstackem²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 19 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16.4f, soft, 8/1) on NH debut 29 days ago. One of 3 representatives for the Gavin Cromwell yard.

Form: 7

Road Exile²⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

6/5

Won 6-runner bumper (4/9) at Limerick (16f, heavy) when last seen in January. Interesting contender on hurdles debut for top connections.

Form: 121-

Soldier Saint³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Alex Harvey| T: N C Kelly

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 100/1, first run since leaving Nicky Henderson when tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 38 days ago.

Form: 92-0

Takenasred^h¹³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 16/5, twelfth of 16 in bumper at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 138 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Hood back on.

Form: 86/45-0

Tiger Twins³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: E McCarthy

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 13/2, seventh of 9 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 35 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 7

Rhythm Of Choice⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

300/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 9 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Sligo (17.5f, good to soft) 8 days ago.

Form: 5-3009

Non-Runners

Kazansky¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jordan Gainford

Whinney Hill¹⁸⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Danny Gilligan

Soldiers Lady¹⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Kieren Buckley

Forecasts

Road Exile (6/5), Blake (85/40), Whinney Hill (10/3), A Dream To Share (4/1), O'Reilly (13/2), Kazansky (8/1), Kevlar (20/1), Takenasred (33/1), Bryson (50/1), Soldiers Lady (100/1), Rackemandstackem (125/1), Tiger Twins (150/1), Catch Fire (200/1), Soldier Saint (250/1), Rhythm Of Choice (300/1)

A DREAM TO SHARE was down the field in a valuable handicap on the Flat last month, but he's entitled to come on for that (first run following a four-month break) and this Grade 1 bumper winner is capable of better than he showed in a couple of maiden hurdles last season. Road Exile looked good when winning a Limerick bumper when last seen and he rates the main danger ahead of stablemate Whinney Hill. Another with solid claims is Blake, who was an encouraging second on his hurdles debut in March.