McHale ProPel Hurdle.
Ballinrobe · Monday, 25 May · 18:30
· 2m 2f 72y
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:30
Off time
8
Runners
Good (Good to Yielding in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.73
8/11
02 · 🥈 2nd
5
4/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
5
4/1
04 · —
5
4/1
05 · —
34
33/1
06 · —
126
125/1
07 · —
151
150/1
08 · —
301
300/1
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 | — |
Blizzard Of Oz (G)
Smart chaser recorded a confidence-boosting success on return to hurdles at Thurles, but he struggled pitched into deeper waters at Fairyhouse subsequently and Paul Townend again looks elsewhere.
|
P0P1P-5 | J J Slevin | W P Mullins | 8 | 73.5 kg |
5
4/1
|
| — | 1 | — | Arch Empire (G) | 23497/6 | — | G Elliott | 6 | 73.5 kg | — |
| 6th | 2 | — |
Runcok (G)
Useful chaser at his best for Willie Mullins but was again well below that level when jumping poorly in a 4-runner chase here last August and now faces a stiff task reverted to hurdling by new yard.
|
6F174-6 | Alex Harvey | J C McConnell | 6 | 73.5 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 1st | 3 | — |
Daddy Long Legs (G)
FAV
[P1]
Smart sort who finished runner-up behind stablemate Absurde in the Sussex Champion Hurdle on his latest start over hurdles. Needs to bounce back from a disappointing run on the Flat in February but should be hard to beat if somewhere near …
|
35292/1 | Paul Townend | W P Mullins | 7 | 70.8 kg |
1.73
8/11
|
| — | 3 | — | Nelson Muntz (G) | 0/4048-0 | — | D H Kelly | 7 | 73.5 kg | — |
| 4th | 4 | — |
Eye Contact (G)
[P1]
Hasn't shaped with any promise in 2 hurdle starts and looks completely out of his depth. Cheekpieces go on for the first time.
|
00/4 | Alan O'Sullivan | D Commins | 5 | 70.8 kg |
301
300/1
|
| 3rd | 5 | — |
Farren Glory (G)
[P]
Quirky sort ran up to his best when third in the Grade 3 Red Mills at Gowran in February and while well held in the face of stiffer tasks at Cheltenham/Fairyhouse since, he ought to fare much better in this company.
|
333P6/3 | Josh Williamson | G Elliott | 9 | 70.8 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 7th | 6 | — |
The Weighbridge (G)
Capri gelding. Half-brother to Monbeg Stream. Dam, pulled up in point, from family of 2007 Grand National winner Silver Birch. Finished runner-up on the second of 2 starts in points but has been pitched in the deep end on Rules debut and i…
|
72/7 | Kevin Healy | S Cavanagh | 5 | 70.8 kg |
126
125/1
|
| — | 6 | — | Encanto Bruno (G) | P2/20-36 | — | J C McConnell | 8 | 70.8 kg | — |
| 2nd | 7 | — |
Thecompanysergeant (G)
More miss than hit since finishing runner-up in the Plate at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, pulling up at Leopardstown on his latest start in February, and faces no easy task at the weights off his lower hurdles mark on return.
|
96P0P/2 | Keith Donoghue | G P Cromwell | 9 | 70.8 kg |
5
4/1
|
| — | 8 | — |
Georgie's Pearl (M)
[H]
Pulled hard when well beaten on hurdle debut at Navan last September and has little chance in this company.
|
085560/ | Conor Stone-Walsh | A McCann | 6 | 67.6 kg |
151
150/1
|
| — | 9 | — | Glen To Glen (G) | 5710/5 | — | J P O'Brien | 4 | 70.8 kg | — |
| — | 10 | — | Sir Allen (G) | 464730/ | — | A Slattery | 7 | 70.8 kg | — |
| — | 13 | — | Bhean Saibhre (M) | 42U1-4P | — | A A Howard | 5 | 70.3 kg | — |
| — | 14 | — | Princedici (G) | F | — | A Kinirons | 4 | 68 kg | — |
| — | 15 | — | Eastwestconnection (M) | P/8 | — | M M McNiff | 5 | 67.6 kg | — |
| — | 17 | — | Dont Break My Word (F) | 94 | — | Ciaran Murphy | 4 | 64.9 kg | — |
| — | 18 | — | Mourne Magic (F) | — | — | Ian Donoghue | 4 | 64.9 kg | — |
Betting forecast: Daddy Long Legs (8/11), Thecompanysergeant (4/1), Farren Glory (4/1), Blizzard Of Oz (4/1), Runcok (33/1), The Weighbridge (125/1), Georgie's Pearl (150/1), Eye Contact (300/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 9600.0 EUR |
| P2 | 3200.0 EUR |
| P3 | 1600.0 EUR |
| P4 | 800.0 EUR |
| P5 | 480.0 EUR |
| P6 | 319.0 EUR |