16:10 Wexford

Saturday 17 May 2025

All14:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:1517:45

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Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 4m 2.40s

1^st

Our Soldier

610-12

7/1

T: E J O'GradyJ: Phillip Enright

Rear of mid-division early, headway 5th and 3rd halfway, progress to lead before 2 out, ridden and 3 lengths clear before last where not fluent, kept on well run-in op 10/1

2^nd

Duke Silver

511-2

4/1f

T: J P O'BrienJ: J J Slevin

Towards rear, slight mistakes 3rd and 8th, headway after 3 out, pushed along and went 2nd next, soon ridden and kept on well run-in op 5/1

3^rd

Birmingham Alabama

611-12

11/2

T: E D DelanyJ: Jordan Gainford

Towards rear, pushed along and some headway after 3 out, 6th next, went 3rd at last, no impression run-in and kept on one pace op 8/1

4^th

3 ¼

To The Wire

510-3

10/1

T: P J RothwellJ: Shane O'Callaghan (5)

Mid-division, 6th 5 out, pushed along and headway to dispute lead briefly approaching straight, 3rd 2 out, no impression and dropped to 4th at last, no extra op 9/1 tchd 11/1

5^th

Juniper Hill

610-6

18/1

T: P NolanJ: Tiernan Power Roche (5)

Soon led, joined halfway and headed 5 out, 4th and pushed along before 2 out, soon no extra op 20/1

6^th

Mickey Cohen

410-2

9/1

T: N MeadeJ: N J Ryan (7)

Mid-division, headway to dispute lead halfway and led 5 out, pushed along and headed approaching straight, 5th 2 out and soon no extra op 6/1

7^th

1 ½

Potters Party

811-5

10/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along after 3 out and no impression in 7th entering straight, no extra op 11/1 tchd 9/1 and 12/1

8^th

Custers Mistake

810-13

40/1

T: R J TumiltyJ: Sam Ewing

Towards rear, some headway into mid-division 5 out, pushed along after 3 out and no impression in 8th entering straight, no extra op 28/1 tchd 25/1

9^th

6 ½

Southgate Avenue

510-0

20/1

T: P FentonJ: Gary Noonan (5)

Mid-division, slight mistake 6th, 6th halfway, pushed along and lost place before 4 out, no extra after 3 out op 25/1

10^th

Heliko Conti

811-11

12/1

T: P NolanJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Tracked leaders early, mid-division halfway, pushed along and no extra after 3 out op 15/2

Also Ran

Tranquil Sea

511-7

7/1

T: P NolanJ: Conor Stone-Walsh (3)

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and lost place after 4 out, no extra and pulled up before 2 out op 13/2 tchd 6/1 and 15/2

Cullig

611-0

6/1

T: P T FoleyJ: Simon Torrens

Towards rear, pushed along after 4 out, no extra after next and behind when pulled up before 2 out op 5/1

Kinturk Maggie

510-1

22/1

T: T GibneyJ: Mike O'Connor

Led early, tracked leader, dropped to mid-division after 6th, pushed along and towards rear before 4 out, soon no extra, behind and pulled up before 2 out op 28/1

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Non-Runners

Ballyglass Beauty³⁹⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 9

T: L P Cusack J: R A Berry

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€8.00Pl:€2.70, €2.30, €2.30EX:€55.30Trifecta:€163.70Tricast:€174.52SF:€37.42

Forecasts

Duke Silver (4/1), Birmingham Alabama (11/2), Cullig (6/1), Our Soldier (7/1), Tranquil Sea (7/1), Mickey Cohen (9/1), To The Wire (10/1), Potters Party (10/1), Heliko Conti (12/1), Ballyglass Beauty (14/1), Juniper Hill (18/1), Southgate Avenue (20/1), Kinturk Maggie (22/1), Custers Mistake (40/1)

CULLIG arrives at the top of her game and can get her head back in front. Joseph O'Brien's Duke Silver was in the process of running well when coming down at the second-last at Thurles last time and is second choice ahead of last month's Bellewstown runner-up Our Soldier.

CULLIG (IRE)
DUKE SILVER (IRE)
OUR SOLDIER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Plain Or Battered

Weight: 10-1 |Age: 7

J: Conor Owens | T: P J Rothwell

5/1

Prize Money

1st: €8,700.002nd: €2,900.003rd: €1,450.004th: €725.005th: €436.006th: €290.00