14:55 Galway

Sunday 3 August 2025

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Kinlay Hostel Chase

5YO plus | 2m 6f 111y | Soft (Yielding in places) | 4 Runners | Turf | Weighed In

Off time: 14:56 | Winning time: 5m 54.4s

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1

Horse silk

Blood Destiny⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 152

8/11

Very smart chaser. 1/8, didn't need to be at best when winning 5-runner minor event chase at Listowel (19f, good to soft) 62 days ago, hard held. Looks to have found another very good opportunity here.

Form: 3P/33-21

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3

Horse silk

Zanahiyr^p,t⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 147

9/4

Smart hurdler/chaser at peak but operating below his best since finishing third in the 2024 Galway Plate. Beaten 19 lengths when seventh in this year's renewal of that race on Wednesday but even a reproduction of that form would likely be enough to fill the forecast spot here.

Form: 3254F-7

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4

Horse silk

Minella Sergeant²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 126

25/1

Fairly useful chaser. 125/1, creditable tenth of 16 in novice chase at this C&D (good) 2 days ago.

Form: 80-4430

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5

Horse silk

Must Be Obeyed²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 122| D

11/2

Fairly useful chaser. Twenty one runs since last win in 2023. 28/1, creditable third of 20 in handicap chase at this C&D (good) 2 days ago.

Form: 345-443

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Non-Runners

2

Horse silk

Yeats Star⁷⁹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Sam Ewing

NR

Forecasts

Blood Destiny (8/11), Zanahiyr (9/4), Must Be Obeyed (11/2), Yeats Star (14/1), Minella Sergeant (25/1)

The classy BLOOD DESTINY should dominate this, with Wednesday's Galway Plate seventh Zanahiyr likely to follow him home.

Previous Winners

2024

Hurricane Georgie

Weight: 10-10 |Age: 7

J: Jack Kennedy | T: G Elliott

4/1

Prize Money

1st: €15,000.002nd: €5,000.003rd: €2,500.004th: €1,250.005th: €750.006th: €500.00

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