Blackwater Apprentice Handicap.
Cork · Tuesday, 19 May · 21:12
· 7f
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
18:12
Off time
8
Runners
Soft to Heavy
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4
3/1
02 · 🥈 2nd
4
3/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
4.50
7/2
04 · —
5
4/1
05 · —
7
6/1
06 · —
9
8/1
07 · —
10
9/1
08 · —
13
12/1
09 · —
41
40/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 1 | 2 |
Gleneagle Bay (G)
FAV
[PT]
Posted several good efforts in defeat last season. Sharper for reappearance when fourth of 12 in C&D handicap (heavy) 16 days ago. Represents last year's winning yard.
|
420-045 | Jack Kearney | Stephen Thorne | 6 | 64.4 kg |
4
3/1
|
| — | 2 | 6 |
Mallavelly (M)
[T]
In top form last year. Faced a stiff task in 7f Leopardstown Group 3 on reappearance and much more realistic chance back in a handicap.
|
1163-07 | Nicola Burns | G M Lyons | 5 | 62.1 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 8th | 3 | 3 |
Dragon Of Malta (G)
[BT]
Won on consecutive days at Listowel (both on soft ground) last autumn. Off since a poor run at Doncaster in November so peak fitness has to be taken on trust.
|
1130-80 | Max Popan | P F O'Donnell | 9 | 59.9 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 4th | 4 | 9 |
Brewing (G)
[P]
Fourteen runs since last win in 2025. 16/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (heavy) 16 days ago, starting slowly again. Risky.
|
223094 | Julian Pietropaolo | Kevin Coleman | 7 | 57.6 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 2nd | 5 | 7 |
Smoke Them Out (G)
Course winner. Successful reappearance over 6f at the Curragh in March. Eleventh of 17 over 7f back there 30 days ago. Has done all his winning at 6f.
|
6-16020 | Sadhbh Tormey | T G McCourt | 4 | 57.6 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 6th | 6 | 4 |
Send Harry (G)
[HT]
Respectable tenth of 20 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good, 16/1) on reappearance 15 days ago. Should be sharper with that behind him and not discounted.
|
3312-06 | Jimmy Dalton | Miss E McCutcheon | 4 | 56.2 kg |
9
8/1
|
| 7th | 7 | 8 |
Usuario Amigo (G)
16/1, left with a lot to do when seventh of 13 in handicap at Naas (6f, good) 10 days ago, finishing with running left. Dropped another 2 lb on the back of that. Worth chancing.
|
93-9770 | J Cleary | R O'Brien | 5 | 56.2 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 3rd | 8 | 5 |
Goal Exceeded (G)
FAV
[T]
Enhanced his decent record when fresh when second of 16 at Leopardstown (7f, soft, 11/2) last month. Presumably found the run coming too soon when tenth of 17 at the Curragh just 4 days later. Freshened up since and could bounce back.
|
586-203 | Reese Holohan | A McGuinness | 5 | 54 kg |
4
3/1
|
| 1st | 9 | 1 |
L L Koulsty (G)
Lightly-raced course winner. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (1m, heavy) 16 days ago.
|
51-3641 | Rory Mulligan | John O'Donoghue | 3 | 54 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
Betting forecast: Goal Exceeded (3/1), Gleneagle Bay (3/1), L L Koulsty (7/2), Mallavelly (4/1), Smoke Them Out (6/1), Send Harry (8/1), Usuario Amigo (9/1), Brewing (12/1), Dragon Of Malta (40/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 12000.0 EUR |
| P2 | 4000.0 EUR |
| P3 | 2000.0 EUR |
| P4 | 999.0 EUR |
| P5 | 600.0 EUR |
| P6 | 401.0 EUR |