20:30 Leopardstown

Thursday 17 July 2025

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Irish Champions Festival Handicap

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 2m 46.97s

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(2)

Ob La Di^t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 80

3/1

Good fifth of 7 in handicap at Down Royal (10.4f, good) 26 days ago. Back up in trip. Stable in good form. Enters calculations.

Form: 00-0555

(4)

La Dame Blanche⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Dermot Kilmartin| OR: 79| D

8/1

14/1, good second of 7 in handicap at Tramore (12f, good) 9 days ago. Can go well again.

Form: 1470-02

(8)

Pavilion End^h1¹²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Brien| OR: 78

22/1

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. Winner at Dundalk in January. 3/1, last of 6 in handicap at Dundalk (12f). Off 125 days. Makes turf debut. Hood on 1st time. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 1246

(1)

Los Toldos^t1⁶⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: G M Ryan| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 76

22/1

Lightly-raced winner on Flat who landed 16-runner juvenile hurdle at Cork (17.3f, good, 12/1) 68 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time and not discounted.

Form: 213-0

(7)

Pearl Jewel⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Colin Keane| T: C Timmons| OR: 75

7/1

Twelfth of 14 in handicap (9/1) at Lingfield (15.8f, AW) 90 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal. Possibilities.

Form: 551-320

(3)

Nita⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 69

50/1

50/1, twelfth of 17 in handicap at Fairyhouse (10f, good) 49 days ago. Up in trip with work to do.

Form: 1123-80

(10)

Super Exceed³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: J A Heffernan| T: T Mullins| OR: 67

9/1

Respectable ninth of 15 in handicap (40/1) at this course (9f, soft) 35 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 1606-89

(6)

Louiescall²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Jimmy Dalton⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 64

20/1

5/1, fifth of 6 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 2 days ago. Significantly up in trip returned to handicaps.

Form: 53600-5

(5)

Tatum^b³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade| OR: 61| C

11/4

Course winner. Winner here in May. 3/1, excellent second of 18 in handicap at Fairyhouse (11.9f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Big shout at these weights.

Form: 90-2312

(9)

Miss Nifty²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: S Lavery| OR: 71

4/1

First run since leaving J. S. Moore when bagging 13-runner handicap (66/1) at Naas (10.4f, good) 22 days ago. Very much one to consider stepping up in trip.

Form: 05089-1

Forecasts

Tatum (11/4), Ob La Di (3/1), Miss Nifty (4/1), Pearl Jewel (7/1), La Dame Blanche (8/1), Super Exceed (9/1), Louiescall (20/1), Pavilion End (22/1), Los Toldos (22/1), Nita (50/1)

Plenty are in with a shout but TATUM looks the way to go on the back of her excellent second in a big-field Fairyhouse handicap last time out. In-form top-weight Ob La Di is next on the list with Super Exceed, La Dame Blanche and Miss Nifty all in the picture too. Pearl Jewel completes the shortlist.