18:58 Sligo

Tuesday 12 May 2026

All17:2717:5818:2818:5819:2819:5820:28

Enda McGoldrick, Plant & Agri Hire Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:58 | Winning time: 5m 6.60s

Captain Boycott

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

40/1

Berkshire gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Sellarbridge. Dam 11.6f winner who stayed 1¾m. Yard not renowned for winning with debutants.

Form:

Cloonbonniffe⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff

18/1

125/1, hinted at ability when well-held tenth of 23 in maiden hurdle at Navan (2m, soft) on debut 27 days ago.

Form: 0-

Red Or White²⁶⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

14/1

Modest maiden but was at least runner-up in a similar event here last summer. Off 9 months.

Form: P72644/

Speculateur²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 117

1/5

Has been placed on all 5 starts over hurdles and this looks an excellent opportunity for him to get off the mark.

Form: 4/23333-

That's It Paddy⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Ian Donoghue

7/1

Poet's Word gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful but unreliable chaser Neon Moon and fair hurdler Aine's Lad. Made frame on first of 2 starts in points but pulled up when odds on last time (Mar 7).

Form: 44PP-

The Great Deceiver

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

33/1

€70,000 3-y-o, Great Pretender gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to top-class staying hurdler Big Buck's and French hurdler (2¼m winner) Buck's Boum. Good pedigree so needs keeping an eye on.

Form:

Tradonthebay²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 94

12/1

Yet to get competitive in 4 starts.

Form: 3/384-

Hardlee Trouble

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Philip Donovan⁽³⁾| T: J Fahey

40/1

Maxios mare. Half-sister to modest chaser Bebside Banter. Dam, 2½m hurdle winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 4m) Progress Drive.

Form:

Leva Thomasina^t1

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: D Collins

100/1

Dylan Thomas mare. Dam unraced. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Non-Runners

Idaho Expresso³⁶

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: D M Christie J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Speculateur (1/5), That's It Paddy (7/1), Tradonthebay (12/1), Red Or White (14/1), Cloonbonniffe (18/1), Idaho Expresso (25/1), The Great Deceiver (33/1), Hardlee Trouble (40/1), Captain Boycott (40/1), Leva Thomasina (100/1)

SPECULATEUR is consistent rather than progressive but is almost impossible to oppose in this company. At least The Great Deceiver has a good pedigree so is selected for the forecast.