17:48 Roscommon

Monday 8 June 2026

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Dermot Hughes Car Sales Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:48 | Winning time: 5m 20.60s

Stede Bonnet⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: James Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 127

13/2

Dual bumper/hurdle winner who isn't best judged on his run in the Martin Pipe at the Cheltenham Festival last time, though his mark still looks on the stiff side on first start in an Irish handicap.

Form: 621130/

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Billy Lee Swagger^b¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Kevin Healy⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 126| D

9/2

Travelled strongly in a well-run race when recording a career-best success at Ballinrobe (2¾m, good) last time, and while different conditions are unlikely to inconvenience, the pace scenario looks less favourable on this occasion.

Form: 1P0P7/1

Lisnagar Fortune¹¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Ricky Doyle| T: J C McConnell| OR: 123

16/1

Inconsistent for Willie Mullins last year and having gone with little encouragement on reappearance/stable debut in the Red Mills at Gowran in mid-February, he is at least back at a more realistic level for his handicap bow.

Form: 826387/

Sir Allen⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 122

9/2

Fairly useful handicap form when last seen over hurdles in 2024, he enhanced his good record fresh when defying a 15-month absence on Flat return at Navan in late-March, and looks interesting now reverted to hurdling.

Form: 464730/

Sequoiaspirit^t²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 115| C

9/2

Remains with just a solitary win to his name in this sphere but he was knocking on the door in handicaps last summer, and having run up to his best when third on the Flat at Killarney last time, he's fancied to double his hurdles tally with a good-value claimer taking over.

Form: 42568P/

Rakki^t1⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 113| C

15/2

Below form both starts since a promising handicap debut second at Punchestown last December, though may have been short of peak fitness on return at Punchestown in late-April, and cannot be discounted if back on song in a first-time tongue strap.

Form: 331260/

Ollie La Ba Ba^t¹⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Mike O'Connor| T: E McCarthy| OR: 110

50/1

Dual hurdles winner wasn't disgraced when finishing mid-field in a ladies' handicap hurdle at Limerick in December but has tended to need his reappearance run in the past.

Form: F36166/

Eye Of A Tiger¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 104| BF

10/1

Kilbeggan maiden hurdle winner never looked like justifying strong support at Ballinrobe (2m) last time, though she is unexposed over this sort of distance.

Form: 6F3/5U6

Simple Things^h²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Aidan Kelly⁽³⁾| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 108| BF

4/1

Lightly-raced 4-y-o who has finished runner-up in mares handicap hurdles on her previous 2 starts, latterly in a solid event for the grade at Wexford on first try over this trip, and should at least hold her own now pitched into better company.

Form: 37862/2

Non-Runners

Dreal Deal¹⁴

Weight: 11-9| Age: 11

T: P J Rothwell J: Shane O'Callaghan

Avalo³⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: Peter Fahey J: Ethan O'Sullivan

Forecasts

Simple Things (4/1), Avalo (4/1), Sequoiaspirit (9/2), Billy Lee Swagger (9/2), Sir Allen (9/2), Stede Bonnet (13/2), Dreal Deal (7/1), Rakki (15/2), Eye Of A Tiger (10/1), Lisnagar Fortune (16/1), Ollie La Ba Ba (50/1)

Recent Flat winner SEQUOIASPIRIT returns to hurdles on a handy mark and may capitalise. Sir Allen has been freshened up for this and looks interesting on his return to hurdling, while Avalo won a strong race at Punchestown last time but may find softening conditions against him.