16:00 Wexford

Thursday 23 July 2026

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Kilmore Quay (C & G) Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 4m 0.40s

Plastic Paddy^p²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Dylan Robinson| T: Tom McGuinness

300/1

Regressive Flat performer who showed no aptitude for hurdling twice in May. Well beaten at Bellewstown back on the level most recently and can only be watched.

Form: PP

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Chasing Blues^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

11/4

Showed his first form on his first outing since leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell after 14 months off when fourth of 14 in maiden hurdle at this course (2½m, good to firm) just under 3 weeks ago, though again carried head awkwardly and made mistakes.

Form: 8/S-4

Colwyn Bay²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Ross Sugrue⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

300/1

Showed a bit on belated debut when third in bumper at Clonmel in April but little promise from all 3 starts since.

Form: 30-F0

Drumconnor Hill⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Harvey| T: C Collins

10/1

Runner-up on his completed start in points and showed more than first time up over hurdles when fourth of 15 in 2m maiden at Ballinrobe in May, running on. Surprising to see him kept to this trip but this may not take an awful lot of winning.

Form: P2-84

Highland Realm¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

7/2

Showed plenty and just failed on debut in Tramore bumper last summer and looked more of a stayer than his pedigree might suggest when fifth of 16 in maiden at Bellewstown (17f, good) on return/hurdling debut recently. Open to progress but will likely flourish over further.

Form: 2-5

Owl's Delight²⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: R Donohoe

200/1

Little show in 4 starts last year (trained on debut by Patrick Foley) and has moved yards again ahead of this return.

Form: 9F8P-

Penny Express¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 103

4/1

Fair hurdler who has several placed efforts to his name and is best excused latest Kilbeggan fifth (unable to sustain effort as big move seemed to tell). Solid each-way claims once again.

Form: 4P3-P45

Betterluckthistime⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

300/1

Huge prices and tailed off in 2 maiden hurdles.

Form: 0-9

Blue Nude¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Tiernan Power Roche| T: P J Rothwell

300/1

Tailed off in bumper/maiden hurdle.

Form: 0-8

Finjimk¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Liam McKenna⁽³⁾| T: P Flood

300/1

No impact in bumper/maiden hurdle. Needs more time and distance.

Form: F-P78

Game Point^h¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R P Cody| OR: 108| BF

11/10

Fairly useful maiden at his best on the Flat and bright start over hurdles with a hood fitted, third of 15 in maiden at Roscommon (2m, good) 17 days ago, just unable to go with pair ridden closer to the pace. Unlikely we've seen all he has to offer so can open his account.

Form: 323

Pinkarizon^h,t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: Padraig Butler

300/1

Fair maiden at best on Flat for Warren Greatrex but sold cheaply from that yard and has made no impact in a couple of maiden hurdles (saddle slipped latest).

Form: PP

Plus Or Minus^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Fahy

250/1

Well beaten in 7 Flat starts. Needs this switch to hurdles to prove transformative.

Form:

Non-Runners

Among The Pines⁵⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: Kieran Callaghan J: Brian Hayes

Megaball¹¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: Francis Casey J: Reserve 1

Texas Red³⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Game Point (11/10), Chasing Blues (11/4), Highland Realm (7/2), Penny Express (4/1), Texas Red (8/1), Drumconnor Hill (10/1), Among The Pines (33/1), Megaball (150/1), Owl's Delight (200/1), Plus Or Minus (250/1), Finjimk (300/1), Pinkarizon (300/1), Betterluckthistime (300/1), Blue Nude (300/1), Colwyn Bay (300/1), Plastic Paddy (300/1)

Only a handful of these make any serious appeal, with GAME POINT selected to build on a promising start in this sphere with further improvement on the cards. Penny Express had had plenty of tries to get off the mark and Gordon Elliott's 6-y-o may emerge as the selection's nearest pursuer, while Highland Realm made a low-key start over hurdles recently but warrants considerable respect given connections.