17:20 Sligo

Tuesday 9 June 2026

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Yeats Irish Whiskey Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 4m 17.00s

Rich Belief^b,t¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Ben Harvey| T: K Thornton| OR: 117

5/2

Matched best form in this sphere when taking 9-runner claiming hurdle over shorter trip at Wexford 13 days ago. Another bold bid is on the cards.

Form: 14987/1

Eyeeye³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 98

33/1

Long-standing maiden over flat and jumps and not seen since well held at Listowel in September. Faces a stiff task at these weights.

Form: 639880/

Hasten Slowly¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Dylan Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 116

28/1

Fairly useful hurdler at best but gone completely off the boil in recent starts, including behind Rich Belief at Wexford latest.

Form: P4616/7

Raydamann⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: James Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 115

10/3

Been disappointing on Flat and over hurdles of late but has the form to be a player at this level.

Form: 35455P/

Tomas O Maille^t¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Barry⁽⁷⁾| T: M Flannery| OR: 95

33/1

Modest hurdler. Just 1 win from 37 NH runs and looks up against it here.

Form: 0P50/9P

Torquay Road²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Finn Brickley⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 117| CD

9/4

Below best over fences latest but landed back-to-back victories over hurdles last season and must be of interest back over the smaller obstacles here.

Form: 74362/7

Bocelli's Voice^b,t³²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 89

28/1

Lost form over hurdles and fences, faring no better in first-time blinkers last time. Hard to fancy.

Form: U70P8/9

Woodstream Lad^b²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 108

7/2

Fair performer who ran better than for a while when second of 10 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (2½m, good, 14/1) 26 days ago. One of the likelier contenders.

Form: 133PP/2

Jaariam^v1¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: S G O'Donnell| OR: 83

66/1

Without a victory in bumpers or over hurdles and not seen for well over 2 years. Visored for first time. Best watched.

Form: 8FPP3/P

Phoenix Arizona^h¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Gavin Brouder| T: John F O'Neill| OR: 90

40/1

Modest form over hurdles and has plenty to find on form here.

Form: 2726/00

Forecasts

Torquay Road (9/4), Rich Belief (5/2), Raydamann (10/3), Woodstream Lad (7/2), Bocelli's Voice (28/1), Hasten Slowly (28/1), Eyeeye (33/1), Tomas O Maille (33/1), Phoenix Arizona (40/1), Jaariam (66/1)

This can go to RICH BELIEF, who won a similar race in decisive fashion at Wexford last month. Woodstream Lad and Torquay Road look the likeliest dangers.