16:22 Curragh

Sunday 28 September 2025

All13:3014:0514:3715:1215:4716:2216:5717:30

Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch (0-110) (Premier Handicap)

Off time: 16:24 | Winning time: 3m 46.43s

1^st

(30)

Puturhandstogether

48-7

7/1j

T: J P O'BrienJ: N G McCullagh

Mid division, progress to track leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, strongly pressed close home, all out op 9/1 tchd 13/2

2^nd

(5)

Chally Chute

710-1

66/1

T: R O'SullivanJ: Sam Coen (7)

Mid division, progress to track leaders over 2f out, switched to inner and went 5th over 1f out, went 2nd over 100 yards out, kept on well, just failed tchd 80/1

3^rd

2 ¾

(11)

Queenstown

510-1

25/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Ronan Whelan

Tracked leaders, pushed along on inner entering straight, ridden in 8th over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home

4^th

1 ¾

(9)

Lord Erskine

128-12

25/1

T: H RogersJ: Wesley Joyce (3)

Towards rear, progress into mid division over 2f out, went 9th over 100 yards out, kept on well for 4th close home op 33/1 tchd 40/1

5^th

(14)

Dawn Rising

89-8

25/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Scott McCullagh

Mid division, 10th halfway, progress into 6th over 3f out, went 4th 2f out, soon ridden and no extra inside final furlong, dropped to 5th close home op 18/1 tchd 28/1

6^th

(24)

Ascending

69-10

8/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Billy Lee

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, progress into 3rd over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, weakened inside last 50 yards op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 9/1

7^th

(12)

Aeronautic

49-8

12/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Wayne Hassett (3)

Rear of mid division, pushed along entering straight, soon ridden and kept on from over 2f out, no extra close home op 11/1

8^th

(23)

Mr Percy

59-6

33/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: H J Horgan (5)

Mid division, progress into 7th over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, kept on one pace from over 1f out

9^th

(16)

Small Fry

49-3

20/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Nathan Crosse

Led, headed after 1f, pushed along in 3rd entering straight, briefly went 2nd over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, weakened inside final furlong op 22/1 tchd 18/1 and tchd 25/1

10^th

nse

(3)

Plontier

98-13

40/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Seamie Heffernan

Tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, progress to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon no extra and weakened inside final furlong op 33/1

11^th

(33)

Minstrel Knight

48-11

40/1

T: E BethellJ: Andrew Slattery

Mid division, pushed along on outer entering straight, soon ridden and no extra from over 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong tchd 50/1

12^th

(10)

Comfort Zone

69-5

20/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Declan McDonogh

Towards rear, pushed along entering straight, switched to outer and kept on one pace from over 2f out op 25/1 tchd 28/1

13^th

1 ¼

(32)

Sirius

69-2

50/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Ben Coen

Towards rear, progress into mid division over 3f out, pushed along on inner to go 5th over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, weakened inside final furlong op 40/1 tchd 66/1

14^th

1 ¼

(31)

Helvic Dream

89-12

33/1

T: N MeadeJ: James Ryan

Mid division, pushed along over 3f out, soon no extra and kept on one pace from over 2f out

15^th

(20)

Tounsivator

68-10

11/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Shane Foley

Tracked leaders, 7th halfway, pushed along in mid division entering straight, soon ridden and no extra, kept on one pace from over 2f out op 17/2 tchd 8/1

16^th

(26)

Shackleton

39-9

9/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Wayne Lordan

Mid division, pushed along on outer over 3f out, soon ridden and no impression from over 2f out op 12/1

17^th

(28)

Zoffman

68-12

40/1

T: N MeadeJ: Jamie Powell (3)

Towards rear, pushed along on outer entering straight, no impression from over 2f out op 66/1 tchd 33/1

18^th

(7)

Sixandahalf

59-4

15/2

T: G P CromwellJ: Robert Whearty

Tracked leaders, dropped to mid division halfway, pushed along on inner over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened from over 1f out op 13/2 tchd 17/2

19^th

(1)

Mon Coeur

98-10

50/1

T: J G MurphyJ: Robbie Colgan

Always towards rear, never a factor op 40/1

20^th

(2)

Poetic Sound

49-11

40/1

T: G M LyonsJ: Gary Carroll

Mid division, pushed along entering straight, soon ridden and no impression from over 2f out

21^st

3 ¾

(6)

Filey Bay

99-5

22/1

T: E MullinsJ: Rory Mulligan (7)

Rear of mid division, pushed along over 4f out, soon ridden and no impression from over 3f out op 20/1

22^nd

(25)

Falcon Eight

109-6

40/1

T: D K WeldJ: Chris Hayes

Towards rear, progress into mid division halfway, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden and no impression from over 2f out tchd 50/1

23^rd

(27)

Tribal Star

49-1

50/1

T: A McGuinnessJ: Adam Caffrey

Tracked leaders, 9th halfway, pushed along on outer early straight, soon ridden and no impression from over 2f out op 40/1

24^th

3 ¾

(13)

Too Bossy For Us

49-2

14/1

T: W P MullinsJ: J M Sheridan

Mid division, progress to track leaders halfway, pushed along entering straight, soon ridden and weakened from over 2f out tchd 12/1

25^th

1 ¼

(15)

Nurburgring

59-6

7/1j

T: J P O'BrienJ: D Browne McMonagle

Tracked leaders, progress to lead halfway, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon ridden and no extra, weakened from over 1f out op 6/1 tchd 8/1

26^th

2 ¾

(8)

Happy Pharoah

39-0

17/2

T: Donnacha O'BrienJ: Gavin Ryan

Mid division, pushed along entering straight, no impression from over 2f out op 8/1 tchd 9/1

27^th

5 ½

(18)

Intellotto

58-9

80/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: Julian Pietropaolo (7)

Mid division, 11th halfway, pushed along over 3f out, no impression from over 2f out op 66/1

28^th

(21)

Tashkhan

710-2

50/1

T: B EllisonJ: Ben Robinson

Tracked leaders, led after 1f, headed halfway, pushed along over 5f out, soon no extra and weakened op 40/1

29^th

5 ½

(22)

London City

410-1

66/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: J Cleary (5)

Tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, soon ridden and weakened from over 3f out tchd 80/1

30^th

(19)

Sea Of Sands

79-7

33/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Nicola Burns (7)

Always towards rear, never a factor, completely tailed off op 22/1

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Non-Runners

(4)

Shoda¹⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: Julian Pietropaolo

(17)

Light As Air¹⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: Reserve 3

(29)

Highwind²³

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: W P Mullins J: Leigh Roche

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€10.10Pl:€3.10, €16.00, €7.10, €8.40EX:€1,027.20Trifecta:€0.00Tricast:€10,756.49SF:€477.21

Forecasts

Puturhandstogether (7/1), Nurburgring (7/1), Sixandahalf (15/2), Ascending (8/1), Happy Pharoah (17/2), Shackleton (9/1), Light As Air (10/1), Tounsivator (11/1), Aeronautic (12/1), Too Bossy For Us (14/1), Shoda (14/1), Small Fry (20/1), Comfort Zone (20/1), Filey Bay (22/1), Queenstown (25/1), Lord Erskine (25/1), Dawn Rising (25/1), Mr Percy (33/1), Helvic Dream (33/1), Sea Of Sands (33/1), Highwind (33/1), Plontier (40/1), Minstrel Knight (40/1), Zoffman (40/1), Poetic Sound (40/1), Falcon Eight (40/1), Sirius (50/1), Mon Coeur (50/1), Tribal Star (50/1), Tashkhan (50/1), Chally Chute (66/1), London City (66/1), Intellotto (80/1)

This is wide open but Henry de Bromhead's Ascot Stakes hero ASCENDING brings rock solid form to the table and can resume winning ways on the back of an excellent Ebor second with this return to a marathon trip a big plus. Emmet Mullins' smart hurdler Filey Bay remains with few miles in this sphere and could emerge as the chief threat, although a whole host of others offer persuasive cases, notably Happy Pharoah, Small Fry, Tounsivator and Comfort Zone in a cracking Irish Ceserawitch.

ASCENDING (IRE)
FILEY BAY (IRE)
HAPPY PHAROAH (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

The Euphrates

Weight: 9-2 |Age: 3

J: R L Moore | T: A P O'Brien

7/2

Prize Money

1st: €330,000.002nd: €120,001.003rd: €60,000.004th: €30,000.005th: €18,000.006th: €12,000.007th: €9,000.00

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