Paddy Monaghan 90th Birthday Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
7th	1	—	Slane Hill (G) B Winner at Navan in late 2024 but lightly raced and not added to that success since, running poorly when last seen at Fairyhouse in April.	3/3450-7	Sean Flanagan B Connell	9	75.3kg	17 16/1
12th	2	—	Come On The Lads (G) P Scored over fences at Limerick in March but not troubled the judge under various codes since. Others preferred.	451-799	Keith Donoghue G P Cromwell	6	74.4kg	17 16/1
13th	3	—	Plunkett Street (G) Off the mark over hurdles at Thurles last winter but not in same form at Punchestown next time and made little impact on Flat since.	537/210-	Daniel King Michael W O'Meara	8	73.9kg	34 33/1
9th	4	—	The Friday Man (G) T Well held behind Reverend Hubert on final start for Gordon Elliott last summer. Has since rejoined current yard and faces another stiff task on return.	150/454-	Ms E L Herbison M McCabe	9	73.5kg	126 125/1
4th	5	—	Arctic Flame (M) PT Scored over hurdles at Cork in July and wasn't disgraced in follow-up bid at same course 3 weeks later. Needs to bounce back from a poor run at Bellewstown, though.	5-216P4	Simon Torrens P T Foley	6	73kg	8 7/1
3rd	6	—	In For The Night (G) Bounced back to his best on just his second start for the yard when winning 10-runner handicap hurdle over shorter trip at Kilbeggan in July. A 9 lb rise makes like tougher but he must enter calculat…	0/008-71	Charlie O'Dwyer C O'Dwyer	8	72.6kg	10 9/1
—	7	—	Katie Daniels (M) PT Resumed her progress when winning 20-runner handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (2½m, soft) in April but shaped as if amiss at Punchestown later that month. Others are more convincing.	1P571P-	Ben Harvey C Collins	7	72.6kg	17 16/1 Paddy… 17 Betfa… 15 Sky B… 15
1st	8	—	Nelson Muntz (G) B Reliable sort posted a good second in first-time blinkers (retained) on Flat at Tramore before possibly finding the run coming too soon when sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (2½m, good) in…	430-564	Phillip Enright D H Kelly	7	72.1kg	5.50 9/2
—	9	—	Jackmoon (G) T Consistent sort who posted another creditable effort when third of 13 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Punchestown (3m, good) in June. Warrants respect on return to action.	P522-33	Jordan Canavan J P Flavin	7	70.3kg	8 7/1 Sky B… 8.50 Paddy… 8.50 Betfa… 8
14th	10	—	Ripsnorter (G) HT Bumper winner who left previous hurdling efforts well behind when winning 11-runner handicap at Downpatrick in August. Raised 10 lb since but further improvement may be forthcoming.	0-76810	Danny Mullins W J Lanigan	5	70.3kg	8.50 15/2
11th	11	—	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	69.9kg	21 20/1
8th	12	—	Brucejack (G) Thorough stayer who finally got off the mark when winning 10-runner handicap chase at Down Royal (3¼m, good to soft) in May. However, not seen since and likely to be tapped for speed on hurdling retu…	6P8517-	Richard Condon P A Fahy	9	68.9kg	23 22/1
10th	13	—	Bop Wont Stop (G) Yet to score after 6 attempts and not seen since below-par run at Listowel in May.	006/490	Mr W Verling R Sweeney	6	68.5kg	9 8/1
5th	14	—	Paradise Lost (G) P Ended last season with good third at Clonmel in April and posted solid efforts on Flat since. Booking of Walsh a plus. Can make presence felt.	12/90-55	Mark Walsh C O'Brien	7	68kg	7.50 13/2
6th	15	—	Ocean Murphy (G) FAV P Found improvement over hurdles this season, opening his account at Wexford in July and adding to that victory when landing 5-runner handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (2¼m, good) 39 days ago, driven out. …	74-9121	Ross Sugrue P J Rothwell	4	66.7kg	4 3/1
2nd	16	—	Lucy Wang (M) P Disappointed in a maiden hunter at Cork on final outing for Josh Halley in April and made an underwhelming start for this yard in a couple of outings over hurdles. Plenty to prove now with cheekpiece…	313-002	Donagh Meyler E Mullins	6	66.2kg	23 22/1

Betting forecast: Ocean Murphy (3/1), Nelson Muntz (9/2), Paradise Lost (13/2), Arctic Flame (7/1), Jackmoon (7/1), Ripsnorter (15/2), Bop Wont Stop (8/1), In For The Night (9/1), Slane Hill (16/1), Come On The Lads (16/1), Katie Daniels (16/1), Positive Thinker (20/1), Lucy Wang (22/1), Brucejack (22/1), Plunkett Street (33/1), The Friday Man (125/1)