20:05 Downpatrick

Friday 8 May 2026

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Joe Rea Memorial Mares Flat Race

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 1f 165y  |   Good (Good to Yielding in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 20:05  |   Winning time: 4m 20.10s
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Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Looked one for the longer term when well held in bumper at Down Royal (17f, soft) on debut in December.
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Timeform
2
Horse silk
16/1
Proved too free when down the field in Cork bumper on debut last May. Since left Patrick Eugene Turley. Hood fitted.
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Timeform
3
Horse silk
Freewayt152
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-11| J: Mr N Gault(7)| T: S Millar
125/1
Well held in 2 bumpers 10 months apart.
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Timeform
Showed promise on the first 2 of 3 bumpers starts in the first half of 2025. Stepped up on her hurdling debut form when third in 16-runner maiden at Fairyhouse last month and should go well back in this code.
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Timeform
5
Horse silk
9/2
Well-bred mare who failed by a long chalk to meet market expectations in a Punchestown bumper on debut in December 2024. Much more like it when runner-up in a Limerick maiden hurdle on comeback last month and better expected now returning to this code.
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Timeform
Profitable mare. Half-sister to fair 7f winner Dance Angel. Dam unraced. Flat-bred newcomer requires a market check. Wears tongue strap.
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Timeform
Has shown little in 2 Irish bumpers (for Conor O'Keeffe) and unlikely to be of any interest until tackling appreciably longer trips over jumps. Wears first-time cheekpieces.
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Timeform
Doctor Dino filly. Dam, 15f winner on Flat in France, half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stays 2¾m) Precious Metal. Makes obvious appeal on paper.
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Timeform
Gregorian filly. Half-sister to 4 winners, including fair hurdler/chaser Malangen, stays 3m, and fair hurdler Treasured Company. Dam maiden on Flat. Wears tongue strap on debut.
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Timeform

Forecasts

Culldoo (6/4), Jo's Secret (7/4), Kisuton Enki (9/2), Coco's Legacy (8/1), Double Order (16/1), Magical Act (40/1), Largy Lilly (40/1), Magical Sal (66/1), Freeway (125/1)

Verdict

CULLDOO makes plenty of appeal on paper starting out in what looks an ordinary race, so she's a straightforward choice to get her career off to the perfect start. Kisuton Enki shaped with promise when runner-up on her recent comeback/hurdling debut at Limerick and is surely capable of better back in this sphere, while Jo's Secret has fair form in the book and can prove best of the rest.

Prize Money

1st: €6,601.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,100.004th: €551.005th: €330.006th: €220.00

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