14:03 Naas

Saturday 9 May 2026

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Danny Trundle Heating & Plumbing Handicap

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 59.38s

(11)

Poweracclaim^h¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Yudish Geerdharry⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 73

7/1

Caught the eye dropped to this trip when fourth of 16 on handicap debut at Navan (5f, good) 2 weeks ago, finishing with running left having been given plenty to do. Yard in red-hot form and he's just the type they'll get more out of this season.

Form: 43735-4

(1)

Mint Man^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 70| C| D

7/2

Won a 6f handicap at Naas in 2025. Shaped as if still needing the run 5 weeks on from his return when eighth of 10 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, soft) 28 days ago. Given a chance by the assessor.

Form: 1488-78

(3)

Arctic Steps^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Patrick McGettigan⁽⁵⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 68| D

10/1

Second at Dundalk in February and March and shaped as if still in form when fifth of 16 in handicap at Navan (5f, good, 10/1) 14 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 01-6225

(6)

Eichan San²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Terry Casey⁽⁷⁾| T: Daniel Murphy| OR: 66

9/2

Turned in his best effort so far in 2026 when fourth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, heavy) 20 days ago and probably would've been closer still granted stronger handling. Not discounted from unchanged mark.

Form: 484-704

(4)

Nouvel Espoir¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J Barcoe| OR: 63| D

9/1

Won over 5f at Cork last season but down the field both start so far this year, albeit finishing with running left after lacking a clear passage when fourteenth of 16 in handicap at Navan (5f, good, 12/1) 14 days ago. Back to a workable mark.

Form: 2048-00

(10)

Verified¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: G Keane| OR: 62

8/1

Remains a maiden after 20 runs but might've needed the outing start for a new yard (formerly trained by Charles Weld) when twelfth of 16 in handicap (13/2) at Navan (5f, good) 14 days ago. Others still make greater appeal.

Form: 99339-0

(16)

Harry Longabaugh¹⁷¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: J M Sheridan| T: P C O'Donnell| OR: 60

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 28/1, made bit more impact when fifth of 6 in maiden at Dundalk (6f). Off 171 days. Improvement needed on handicap debut.

Form: 775-

(8)

Stone Bear³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 67

11/2

Improved form when off mark at Dundalk (5f) in January and resumed progress after a 2-month break when also scoring over 6f there last month. Shortlisted again from 7 lb higher mark.

Form: 075-171

(9)

Phil's Dream^v,t⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Jessica Maye⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 54| D

33/1

Notched his first win for a while in an 8-runner minor event (5/1) at Wolverhampton (5f) 54 days ago, despite again taking quite a strong hold. Now 8 lb higher than on his most recent handicap start.

Form: 00/0-021

(17)

Plushy^h¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Robert Whearty| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 63

16/1

Placed at Dundalk on her first 2 starts this year but couldn't extend that run of good form when sixth of 8 in handicap there (5f) 16 days ago. Hood back on.

Form: 060-236

(2)

Polanco²³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Wesley Joyce⁽³⁾| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 63

50/1

No impact in 3 maidens around 7f for J. P. Flavin last season. Makes handicap debut after 7 months off over markedly shorter trip.

Form: 080-

(5)

Snowballs^b1²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Megan Telford-Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 51

25/1

Yet to better poor form and he raced freely when eighth of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (6f, 16/1) 29 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 5497-78

(14)

Hastily²⁰⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: J Cleary⁽⁵⁾| T: Tom McGuinness| OR: 49| D

33/1

Won at Cork in July but signed off 2025 with a pair of below-par efforts. Back on a competitive mark but others preferred back from 6-month break.

Form: 710209-

(12)

She's A Gift¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: J C McConnell| OR: 49

33/1

Long-standing maiden went off too hard when seventh of 9 in maiden at Dundalk (5f, 200/1) 16 days ago. Hard to fancy again.

Form: 070-457

(7)

Art Of Unity²⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 48| D

25/1

Made a winning start for Aidan Melia at Bellewstown in October but subsequently disqualified after testing positive for banned substance. Ran well when third on return/stable debut but below form at the Curragh since, so bounce back called for.

Form: 6010-30

(15)

Whatswrongnow¹⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Jimmy Dalton⁽⁷⁾| T: Batt Burke| OR: 42

16/1

Remains a maiden after 22 Flat runs but was placed at Navan and Dundalk late last season. Still rates as an unlikely winner returning after 7 months off from 7 lb out of the weights.

Form: 046326-

Non-Runners

(13)

Apache Star¹⁴

Weight: 8-7| Age: 7

T: E D Delany J: Wayne Lordan

Forecasts

Mint Man (7/2), Eichan San (9/2), Stone Bear (11/2), Poweracclaim (7/1), Verified (8/1), Nouvel Espoir (9/1), Arctic Steps (10/1), Whatswrongnow (16/1), Plushy (16/1), Harry Longabaugh (18/1), Art Of Unity (25/1), Snowballs (25/1), Apache Star (25/1), Phil's Dream (33/1), She's A Gift (33/1), Hastily (33/1), Polanco (50/1)

POWERACCLAIM shaped very well on his handicap debut for the flying Johnny Murtagh yard last time and there should be better still to come from him this season. He gets the nod over improving filly Stone Bear and the attractively-treated Mint Man.