Castlecoote Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
4th	1	—	Thornleigh Frank (G) Completed a remarkable hat-trick at 2023 Galway Festival for Mark Fahey. Had his issues since but shaped encouragingly when third in first-time cheekpieces at Ballinrobe (2¾m) in late-May. Shaped as …	9/69-384	Alan O'Sullivan S McParlan	9	75.3kg	8 7/1
2nd	2	—	Milan Forth (G) T Made the frame over fences at Kilbeggan for the third race in a row in July but tailed off back over timber at Galway the last twice, facing a stiff task on latest. Tongue tie reapplied for this retu…	243782	Kevin Healy S Cavanagh	7	74.4kg	8.50 15/2
9th	3	—	Charlie Luciano (G) Back on track when winning extended 25f handicap at Kilbeggan in July and made the frame on his next couple of starts. Found his run of good form coming to a halt at same track earlier in the month a…	142P93	Sam Ewing N Meade	7	73kg	15 14/1
8th	4	—	West Is Awake (G) HT On long losing run but knocking at the door earlier in the year, finishing runner-up in a big-field handicap for a second successive start at Cork (3m, good to soft) back in April. One to consider ha…	00P0/22-	Eoin Walsh E Cawley	10	71.2kg	23 22/1
—	5	—	Positive Thinker (G) Failed to show much spark in any of his 3 appearances last season. Best watched back from 8 months off.	32/808-0	Cian Quirke M J McDonagh	9	70.8kg	34 33/1 Paddy… 17 Sky B… 17 Betfa… 15
7th	6	—	Watching The Clock (M) Made second handicap start a winning one at Gowran (2m) last October and ran best race after 3 months off when second of 13 at Wexford (3m, good to soft) back in May. Nudged up 3 lb but every chance …	14455-2	Aidan Kelly P Roche	5	69.9kg	7 6/1
—	7	—	Paradise Lost (G) Yet to score over hurdles but has been placed numerous times. Looked laboured when fifth of 18 in handicap at Fairyhouse (1¾m, good to soft) back in June and now hiked up in trip for his return to hu…	12/90-55	Simon Torrens C O'Brien	7	68.9kg	13 12/1 Betfa… 6 Sky B… 6 Paddy… 5.50
5th	8	—	Adaliz (M) BT Dual handicap hurdle winner last season who took her form up a notch in first-time blinkers when 5¾ lengths fourth of 18 at Galway in early-August. Backed that up when filling the same position at Ki…	10-9044	Darragh O'Keeffe H De Bromhead	6	67.6kg	5 4/1
3rd	9	—	Ilbdare (G) T Both career victories have come at Sligo, showing benefit of his reappearance when landing 16-runner event in June. Ran to a career high despite the race not being run to suit when 3 lengths third of…	9-01833	Phillip Enright M M McNiff	6	67.6kg	9 8/1
10th	10	—	Starzov (G) P Not scored since 2023 and not much encouragement to glean from both recent hurdling efforts (latest in reapplied cheekpieces). Others more appealing.	F7PP-70	Ross Sugrue P J Rothwell	9	67.1kg	19 18/1
1st	11	—	Smallcraftwarning (G) FAV T Got back to winning ways reverted to hurdling in 13-runner event at Kilbeggan (25f) earlier this month and placed both outings since, most recently from 5 lb out of the weights when fourth of 14 at L…	134112	Daniel King J P Ryan	9	66.7kg	4.50 7/2
11th	12	—	Free Flowing (G) PT Seemingly retains little ability and others preferred. First-time tongue tie applied.	16/436-0	Evan Nugent N Lee	10	65.3kg	51 50/1
6th	13	—	Roc My Haarth (G) Maiden over hurdles but made it first time lucky over fences in 14-runner handicap at Clonmel (23f, soft) in April. Back hurdling and shaped as if better for the run faced with an inadequate test aft…	U261-66	Liam Quinlan R Hackett	7	64.4kg	5.50 9/2

Betting forecast: Smallcraftwarning (7/2), Adaliz (4/1), Roc My Haarth (9/2), Watching The Clock (6/1), Thornleigh Frank (7/1), Milan Forth (15/2), Ilbdare (8/1), Paradise Lost (12/1), Charlie Luciano (14/1), Starzov (18/1), West Is Awake (22/1), Positive Thinker (33/1), Free Flowing (50/1)