17:07 Dundalk

Tuesday 26 May 2026

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Auteuil

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Dundalk

Vaal

Completed
1m
10 runners
SLOW

11 (8)

Independent Expert (Ire)

Age: 7
Weight: 9st 10lbs
Or: 77

Fairly useful course winner. Latest win at Naas in March but hasn't built on it since, including only fifth when odds on for a claimer at Gowran (7f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Very capable in this grade at best but hard to be confident after last week.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
20/05/26	Gowran Park	7f	Gd/Sft	5/7	Flat
22/04/26	Gowran Park	7f	Soft	8/11	Flat
03/04/26	Curragh	1m	Heavy	6/21	Flat
22/03/26	Naas	7f	Heavy	1/12	Flat
19/12/25	Dundalk	1m	Slow	8/10	Flat
03/12/25	Dundalk	7f	Slow	8/10	Flat
12/11/25	Dundalk	1m	Slow	3/14	Flat
24/10/25	Dundalk Mercury Stakes	7f	Slow	1/11	Flat
14/10/25	Dundalk	7f	Std	5/9	Flat
13/09/25	Leopardstown	1m	Good	9/20	Flat
30/08/25	Curragh	1m	Good	10/15	Flat
29/07/25	Galway	1m 123y	Gd/Sft	8/14	Flat
18/06/25	Ascot	1m	Firm	22/23	Flat
18/05/25	Naas	1m	Good	1/8	Flat
23/04/25	Gowran Park	7f	Soft	4/9	Flat
16/03/25	Curragh	1m	Soft	7/27	Flat
20/10/24	Leopardstown	1m	Heavy	6/8	Flat
13/10/24	Naas	1m	Gd/Sft	10/16	Flat
14/09/24	Leopardstown	1m	Good	12/19	Flat
31/08/24	Curragh	1m	Good	3/24	Flat
16/08/24	Cork	7f	Gd/Frm	6/11	Flat

8 (4)

Ledger (Ire)

Age: 6
Weight: 9st 5lbs
Or: 37

Was fair at his best on the Flat but has shown little of late, including ninth of 14 in C&D handicap in February. Off again since.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
06/02/26	Dundalk	1m	Slow	9/14	Flat
01/11/25	Down Royal	2m 190y	Gd/Sft	15/15	Hurdle
26/08/25	Bellewstown	7f 195y	Good	15/15	Flat
23/07/25	Naas	1m	Gd/Sft	11/17	Flat
12/07/25	Dundalk	1m	Slow	11/12	Flat
21/06/25	Down Royal	1m 2f 96y	Good	9/13	Flat
12/06/25	Leopardstown	1m 1f	Soft	13/13	Flat
02/06/25	Gowran Park	1m	Gd/Frm	5/11	Flat
12/08/24	Ayr	1m 2f	Good	9/12	Flat
18/07/24	Hamilton Park	1m 3f 15y	Gd/Frm	5/7	Flat
13/07/24	Hamilton Park	1m 3f 15y	Good	3/9	Flat
06/07/24	Carlisle	1m 1f	Good	5/10	Flat
12/06/24	Hamilton Park	1m 68y	Gd/Frm	3/13	Flat
29/05/24	Hamilton Park	1m 1f 35y	Soft	1/5	Flat
17/05/24	Hamilton Park	1m 68y	Good	1/10	Flat
03/05/24	Musselburgh	1m 2y	Good	5/10	Flat
08/03/24	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	2/8	Flat
01/03/24	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	3/9	Flat
22/02/24	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	1/9	Flat
08/01/24	Newcastle	1m 2f 42y	Slow	9/11	Flat
28/12/23	Newcastle	1m 5y	Slow	4/7	Flat

5 (1)

The Liffey (Ire)

Age: 5
Weight: 9st 10lbs
Or: 85

Two course claiming wins (including this trip) in February. Give a bit of time since a lesser run here in March. The one to beat if back on his game.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
27/03/26	Dundalk	7f	Slow	5/7	Flat
27/02/26	Dundalk	6f	Slow	1/8	Flat
13/02/26	Dundalk	1m	Slow	1/12	Flat
28/01/26	Dundalk	7f	Slow	6/8	Flat
16/01/26	Dundalk	7f	Slow	6/7	Flat
17/12/25	Dundalk	7f	Slow	7/10	Flat
31/08/25	Tipperary	7f 110y	Gd/Sft	4/5	Flat
29/06/25	Curragh	1m	Good	7/8	Flat
18/06/25	Ascot Royal Hunt Cup	1m	Firm	23/30	Flat
18/05/25	Naas Bill & Averil Whitehead Stakes	7f	Good	4/9	Flat
02/06/24	Listowel	1m	Good	1/6	Flat
07/04/24	Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial Stakes	7f 30y	Heavy	5/8	Flat
07/06/23	Curragh	6f	Good	1/8	Flat

9 (6)

Cosmic Force

Age: 4
Weight: 9st 3lbs
Or: 41

Unreliable sort. Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Respectable fifth of 10 in handicap (5/1) at this C&D 33 days ago. Plenty to find on these terms.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
23/04/26	Dundalk	1m	Slow	5/10	Flat
10/04/26	Dundalk	7f	Std	3/12	Flat
27/03/26	Dundalk	7f	Slow	6/14	Flat
13/03/26	Dundalk	6f	Std	6/12	Flat
26/09/25	Dundalk	6f	Std	8/13	Flat
12/07/25	Dundalk	7f	Slow	12/12	Flat
04/07/25	Bellewstown	7f 195y	Good	4/11	Flat
29/05/25	Fairyhouse	7f	Good	11/14	Flat
19/05/25	Roscommon	7f 94y	Good	4/12	Flat
19/02/25	Kempton Park	7f	Std	5/6	Flat
20/01/25	Kempton Park	6f	Std	3/8	Flat
03/01/25	Southwell	7f 14y	Std	7/10	Flat
14/12/24	Southwell	6f 16y	Std	6/12	Flat
09/08/24	Newmarket (July)	6f	Good	14/15	Flat
02/08/24	Newmarket (July)	6f	Good	9/10	Flat
24/06/24	Windsor	6f 12y	Gd/Frm	6/8	Flat

2 (7)

Yosemite Gold

Age: 5
Weight: 10st 2lbs
Or: 69

Fair gelding. Last of 13 in handicap at this course (1½m, 33/1) 55 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Tongue strap on first time on the Flat. Others are more persuasive.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
01/04/26	Dundalk	1m 4f	Slow	13/13	Flat
13/03/26	Dundalk	1m 4f	Std	7/9	Flat
18/10/25	Limerick	2m 70y	Soft	8/11	Hurdle
25/09/25	Listowel	2m	Gd/Sft	11/17	Hurdle
14/08/25	Tramore	2m	Gd/Frm	6/11	Hurdle
05/08/25	Roscommon	1m 7f 110y	Gd/Sft	1/15	Hurdle
06/06/25	Clonmel	2m 190y	Gd/Sft	8/18	Hurdle
10/05/25	Cork	2m 1f 65y	Good	4/16	Hurdle
20/04/25	Cork	2m 70y	Soft	4/15	Hurdle
01/04/25	Limerick	2m 190y	Good	6/16	Hurdle
13/03/25	Limerick	2m 50y	Gd/Sft	8/12	Hurdle
05/10/24	Redcar	1m 5f 218y	Gd/Sft	3/9	Flat
03/09/24	Southwell	1m 4f 14y	Fast	5/14	Flat
29/07/24	Southwell	1m 3f 23y	Slow	4/13	Flat
09/07/24	Pontefract	1m 2f 5y	Soft	3/11	Flat

10 (3)

Wolfpack

Age: 4
Weight: 9st 3lbs
Or: 80

Won 1m novice at Thirsk for James Ferguson last summer. Disappointing in maiden hurdles since joining Gordon Elliott but could be dangerous dropped into a claimer on his Flat return.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
05/04/26	Cork	2m 70y	Gd/Sft	13/15	Hurdle
14/02/26	Gowran Park	2m	Heavy	9/10	Hurdle
12/01/26	Punchestown	2m 35y	Heavy	10/15	Hurdle
27/12/25	Leopardstown	2m	Good	-/19	Hurdle
28/08/25	Newbury	1m 2f	Gd/Frm	9/9	Flat
10/08/25	Haydock Park	1m 37y	Gd/Frm	10/11	Flat
02/07/25	Thirsk	7f 218y	Good	1/8	Flat
07/06/25	Doncaster	7f 6y	Gd/Frm	8/16	Flat
21/11/24	Southwell	1m 13y	Std	2/9	Flat

7 (5)

Land Of The Giants (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 9st 6lbs
Or: 65

Winner of handicap at Ayr (9f) this month. Underperformed in handicap at Leopardstown (1m, good, 5/1) since but capable of bouncing back here.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
15/05/26	Leopardstown	1m	Good	11/15	Flat
05/05/26	Ayr	1m 1f 20y	Gd/Frm	1/11	Flat
24/04/26	Cork	1m	Gd/Sft	2/18	Flat
12/04/26	Leopardstown	1m	Soft	6/20	Flat
20/03/26	Dundalk	1m 2f 150y	Std	10/13	Flat
13/03/26	Dundalk	1m	Std	12/14	Flat
20/02/26	Dundalk	7f	Slow	6/10	Flat
11/02/26	Dundalk	1m	Slow	3/9	Flat
19/12/25	Dundalk	1m	Slow	7/13	Flat
12/12/25	Dundalk	7f	Slow	2/13	Flat
05/12/25	Dundalk	1m 2f 150y	Slow	3/8	Flat
28/11/25	Dundalk	1m 2f 150y	Slow	10/14	Flat
12/11/25	Dundalk	1m	Slow	3/11	Flat
24/10/25	Dundalk	7f	Slow	9/14	Flat
19/10/25	Leopardstown	7f 24y	Heavy	9/10	Flat
19/09/25	Dundalk	7f	Slow	7/14	Flat
07/08/25	Leopardstown	1m 1f	Good	8/13	Flat
29/09/24	Curragh	1m 1f	Gd/Sft	11/14	Flat
17/09/24	Punchestown	1m 30y	Good	4/13	Flat

1 (10)

North Ocean (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 2lbs
Or: -

Encouraging fourth of 12 in maiden at Dundalk (1m) on debut in November 2024. Not seen again until remote sixth of 9 in maiden at Ballinrobe 18 days ago. Quickly drops into a claimer on the back of that.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
08/05/26	Ballinrobe	1m 1f 133y	Good	6/9	Flat
08/11/24	Dundalk	1m	Slow	4/12	Flat

6 (2)

Battle Borne (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 9st 8lbs
Or: 69

Course winner in February. Blinkered first time, last of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (1m, good, 66/1) 11 days ago, hampered. Cheekpieces back on. Needs a return to all-weather to help spark a revival.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
15/05/26	Leopardstown	1m	Good	15/15	Flat
12/04/26	Leopardstown	1m	Soft	17/17	Flat
20/03/26	Dundalk	1m	Std	10/11	Flat
06/03/26	Dundalk	7f	Slow	11/14	Flat
20/02/26	Dundalk	7f	Slow	1/10	Flat
11/02/26	Dundalk	1m	Slow	2/9	Flat
23/01/26	Dundalk	1m	Slow	9/13	Flat
09/01/26	Dundalk	1m	Slow	3/14	Flat
03/12/25	Dundalk	7f	Slow	6/10	Flat
19/11/25	Dundalk	1m 2f 150y	Slow	8/14	Flat
12/11/25	Dundalk	1m 2f 150y	Slow	13/14	Flat
29/10/25	Dundalk	1m	Slow	6/14	Flat
21/08/25	Leopardstown	1m	Good	6/10	Flat
07/08/25	Leopardstown	1m 1f	Good	9/13	Flat
09/07/25	Fairyhouse	7f	Good	4/17	Flat

Timeform Verdict

THE LIFFEY has been freshened up since a lesser effort here in March and is taken to bounce back and land a third course claiming win in his last 4 starts. Wolfpack hasn't shown much over hurdles since joining Gordon Elliott but will be a major threat if retaining anything like the ability which saw him win on the Flat in Britain last summer. Land of The Giants is next on the list.

Betting Forecast

40/1 Imperial Fighter (Ire), 9/2 Independent Expert (Ire), 100/1 Ledger (Ire), 5/2 The Liffey (Ire), 25/1 Cosmic Force, 33/1 Yosemite Gold, 4/1 Wolfpack, 9/1 Land Of The Giants (Ire), 16/1 North Ocean (Ire), 18/1 Battle Borne (Ire)

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