20:40 Galway

Friday 1 August 2025

All17:0017:3018:0018:3519:1019:4020:1020:40

Hop House 13 Handicap

Off time: 20:40 | Winning time: 3m 11.78s

1^st

(2)

Steps In The Sand

69-6

22/1

T: Ciaran MurphyJ: Patrick McGettigan (7)

Tracked leaders on inner, 3rd halfway, pushed along approaching straight, 2nd and ridden over 1f out, soon switched left, headway to lead inside final 100 yards, kept on well op 18/1 tchd 16/1

2^nd

(6)

Coulstys Way

38-12

18/1

T: P MageeJ: Robert Whearty (3)

Led, pushed along and asserted 2f out, soon ridden and 2 lengths clear 1f out, headed inside final 100 yards, no impression on winner op 12/1 tchd 22/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(3)

Lagoon Nebula

410-0

14/1

T: A KinironsJ: Luke McAteer

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, not clear run on inner approaching straight, ridden and headway in 5th when slightly hampered over 1f out, ridden and went 3rd over 100 yards out, kept on well op 16/1 tchd 12/1

4^th

(7)

Beautiful Chaos

79-9

16/1

T: R O'SullivanJ: Shane Markey (10)

Mid-division, 7th halfway, pushed along approaching straight, 6th and ridden over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong op 20/1

5^th

1 ½

(4)

Ehteyat

69-10

40/1

T: M K FlanneryJ: Dylan O'Connor (7)

Mid-division early, rear of mid-division halfway, mid-division and not clear run entering straight, 7th and ridden 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong

6^th

(11)

Miss Gitana

49-12

18/1

T: G ElliottJ: Keithen Kennedy (5)

Tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, pushed along approaching straight, 3rd and ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 16/1

7^th

(10)

Churchwarden

59-9

40/1

T: J C McConnellJ: Donagh O'Connor

Tracked leader, 4th halfway, pushed along approaching straight, ridden over 1f out and no extra inside final 150 yards op 22/1

8^th

1 ¼

(1)

Ellaat

99-6

50/1

T: Ian O'ConnorJ: Ross Coakley

Rear of mid-division, not clear run approaching straight, 9th and ridden 1f out, kept on one pace op 33/1

9^th

(16)

Spanish John

79-4

28/1

T: P A FahyJ: Seamie Heffernan

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, 4th and pushed along approaching straight, soon ridden and lost place over 1f out, no extra

10^th

(13)

Preparations

49-11

11/2

T: A SlatteryJ: Andrew Slattery

Towards rear, pushed along and no impression approaching straight, ridden and kept on one pace from over 1f out, never a factor op 7/1 and tchd 15/2

11^th

nse

(12)

Pralognan

610-0

10/1

T: A J MartinJ: Jimmy Dalton (10)

Rear of mid-division, not clear run approaching straight and soon switched left, ridden on outer over 1f out, kept on one pace op 9/1

12^th

nse

(9)

Empress Alma

410-0

9/1

T: G P CromwellJ: Gary Carroll

Always towards rear, pushed along and switched to outer entering straight, ridden and kept on one pace, never a factor op 6/1

13^th

1 ¾

(21)

Kool One

49-8

18/1

T: Conor MaxwellJ: Jack Kearney (3)

Towards rear early, headway into mid-division on outer 4f out, ridden and no impression 2f out, no extra final furlong op 14/1 tchd 20/1

14^th

(15)

Boola Times

49-7

50/1

T: D BuddsJ: Liam Keniry

Always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression approaching straight, kept on one pace op 40/1

15^th

(17)

Glenroyal

39-7

10/11f

T: J P O'BrienJ: Dylan Browne McMonagle

Mid-division on outer, 8th halfway, 6th and pushed along approaching straight, ridden and no impression 1 1/2f out, no extra op 5/4

16^th

3 ½

(14)

Cuckaloo Hill

38-10

11/1

T: P NolanJ: Chris Hayes

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, no impression on outer approaching straight, soon eased

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Non-Runners

(8)

Atheneum¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: J J Murphy J: Sam Coen

(5)

Dream Escape¹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: T Mullins J: Wayne Hassett

(20)

Redwood Queen²

Weight: 9-11| Age: 8

T: C Collins J: Ben Coen

(18)

Scottish Reel²⁸⁷

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: M M McNiff J: Reserve 2

(19)

Tassarolo¹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: J M Sheridan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€30.40Pl:€4.00, €4.30, €3.20, €2.40EX:€446.30Trifecta:€1,865.80Tricast:€5,701.83SF:€405.35

Forecasts

Glenroyal (10/11), Preparations (11/2), Tassarolo (6/1), Empress Alma (9/1), Pralognan (10/1), Cuckaloo Hill (11/1), Lagoon Nebula (14/1), Atheneum (14/1), Beautiful Chaos (16/1), Redwood Queen (16/1), Coulstys Way (18/1), Miss Gitana (18/1), Kool One (18/1), Steps In The Sand (22/1), Spanish John (28/1), Ehteyat (40/1), Churchwarden (40/1), Ellaat (50/1), Boola Times (50/1), Dream Escape (66/1), Scottish Reel (66/1)

Tony Martin has won this race twice in the last 10 years and might be able to strike in it again courtesy of PRALOGNAN, who looked to have a bit up his sleeve when scoring on AW at Newcastle 5 weeks ago. Miss Gitana is an obvious threat for Gordon Elliot after a Flat win and hurdle second last month. Empress Alma and Preparations are also shortlisted in this wide-open finale.

PRALOGNAN (FR)
MISS GITANA (IRE)
EMPRESS ALMA (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Toll Stone

Weight: 10-1 |Age: 4

J: Colin Keane | T: E Mullins

11/4

Prize Money

1st: €10,200.002nd: €3,400.003rd: €1,700.004th: €849.005th: €509.006th: €340.00