19:36 Wexford

Friday 7 August 2026

All16:4517:1617:5118:2619:0119:3620:11

Pat Farrell Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)

Off time: 19:36 | Winning time: 4m 58.40s

Poppycon^p,t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Joshua Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 96

3/1

Placed on all completed starts in handicaps, finishing second of 15 at Sligo (21f, good) in this headgear combination 26 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 082F-42

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Chosen Princess⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Eoin Walsh| T: J M Burke| OR: 93

12/1

Well held in bumper/3 maiden hurdles but appeals as one who may do better now moving into handicaps.

Form: 046-7

Thurman¹⁰⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Ross Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 90

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Failed to improve for a switch to handicaps at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft) 105 days ago.

Form: 40P/79-

Ballyminnion Boy²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Gary Noonan| T: E McCarthy| OR: 88

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 20 in maiden hurdle at Cork (17f, good, 150/1) 28 days ago. Open to progress now handicapping.

Form: FP-008

Las Brisas Boy^p,t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Kieren Buckley| T: E Buckley| OR: 87

4/1

Cheekpieces on first time, best effort when second of 14 in handicap at Sligo (21f, good, 10/1) 26 days ago. Claims if the headgear works as well for a second time.

Form: 048-592

Larkins Lane²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Ross Sugrue⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 85| D

17/2

Latest win at Sligo in June. Respectable eighth of 15 in handicap back there (21f, good) 26 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 58-9118

Davitts Quay¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: John Shinnick| T: A Mullins| OR: 82

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (28/1) at this course (17f, good) 15 days ago. Hard to fancy after that.

Form: 070-0P

Ballinvasas Best¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Ryan| OR: 81

10/1

Second run after long absence when fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 17 days ago. Needs to build on that now.

Form: 446/04

Mother Ship^p²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 81

11/1

Remains a maiden after 20 runs. Tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (2½m, good to soft, 14/1) 22 days ago.

Form: 2P5-880

China Grill³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: J J Slevin| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 80

80/1

Tailed off in maiden/handicap hurdles.

Form: 0-000

Drumadeise²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Dylan Whelan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Corkery| OR: 79

33/1

Little show in 4 runs so far, including a handicap.

Form: 0000

Esticky End¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: Tom McGuinness| OR: 79| C

6/1

Ungenuine type but in a good vein of form over around 17f here last month, building on a runner-up finish when edging ahead late on 15 days ago. Claims if as effective back over further.

Form: 55-7P21

Ballinaboola Gold^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: R Donohoe| OR: 77

11/2

Good second at Punchestown in May but below par on all 3 outings since. Well handicapped on the Punchestown form but hard to be confident.

Form: 08-2579

Dark Berkshire^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Tiernan Power Roche| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 77

10/1

Low-mileage 6-y-o who was creditable third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good) 14 days ago, although he was beaten 15½ lengths.

Form: 897-P03

Non-Runners

Little Boy Sivola¹⁴

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 1

Laligurash¹⁴

Weight: 10-9| Age: 4

T: Michael C Griffin J: Reserve 2

General Clermont¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 10

T: D E Fitzgerald J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Poppycon (3/1), Las Brisas Boy (4/1), Ballinaboola Gold (11/2), Esticky End (6/1), Larkins Lane (17/2), Dark Berkshire (10/1), Ballinvasas Best (10/1), Mother Ship (11/1), Chosen Princess (12/1), General Clermont (20/1), Ballyminnion Boy (33/1), Drumadeise (33/1), Little Boy Sivola (33/1), Laligurash (33/1), Davitts Quay (40/1), Thurman (50/1), China Grill (80/1)

POPPYCON has been knocking on the door since switched to handicaps. He had a next-time-out winner behind in third when runner-up at Sligo last time and is selected to make light of top weight. Las Brisas Boy is another who arrives on the back of a good second at Sligo, while Chosen Princess and Ballyminnion Boy have the profiles of potential improvers in handicaps.