Limerick Race 5

525 Yds (A1)

Stake: $190

BALLYMAC RON (5) finished fourth last time but the start prior broke the clock when winning over 480m at this track, taking an A6 in a sharp 28.88. Expected to feature on best figures. STAR MOLLY (3) comes off an average effort last start when sixth at this track over 480m behind Barefoot On Song (28.83) in an A1. Was in the money prior to that. Will give the top chances plenty to think about. SIR RODGER (6) jumped from this trap last time and placed in an A2 at this track over 480m, finishing second (29.00). Has a very consistent record off this same box, including seven wins and 11 placings from 26 starts. This tougher but looks a leading chance again. HEARTHILL RAFA (4) has strong credentials over this journey.

Distance: 480m
Track: Synthetic
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: A1

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Cloonturk Bruno (1) 113254563x
Trainer: Tigue Family Syndicate (IRELAND)
Prize Money: $8,897
Win / Place: 14% / 64%

Track / Distance Specialist

4 yo Black D

Sire: BELLES DIRECTION (IRE)

Dam: JAYTEE JADE (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

48: 7-11-13

Track

10: 2-0-4

Trk/Dst

4: 2-0-0

Distance

29: 6-9-7

1st Up

2: 0-2-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	6	1	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6
STARTS	7	12	11	7	5	6
1st	0	1	2	1	2	1
2nd	1	3	1	3	0	3
3rd	4	4	3	1	1	0

Comments

In the money at the final run of last campaign, finishing third (29.67) over 480m at Galway four months ago. Yet to win fresh but has been in the money two times. Others make more appeal.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
2nd of 2	8/3/25	Galway	320m	2	N/A	-	1L	$0.00	0:19.55		Trial	$0	-	-	1. Cloonturk Honey 2. Cloonturk Bruno 3.
3rd of 6	13/12/24	Galway	480m	2	0:29.67	58.2 km/h	8.3L	$4.00	0:29.09	0:28.72	A1	$267	-	27	1. Summerfield Air 2. Sir Rodger 3. Cloonturk Bruno
6th of 6	16/11/24	Limerick	480m	6	0:29.09	59.4 km/h	7.3L	$4.00	0:28.58	0:28.55	A0	$182	-	14	1. Highview Ben 2. Ballygibba Sam 3. Portdrine Magic
5th of 6	2/11/24	Limerick	480m	3	0:29.36	58.9 km/h	7.5L	$3.50	0:28.84	0:28.52	A0	$936	-	21	1. Syds Button 2. Young Tiernan 3. Tyrap Magic
4th of 5	12/10/24	Shelbourne	503m	3	0:30.29	59.8 km/h	7.0L	$7.00	0:29.80	0:29.37	AA0	$2,417	$35	14	1. Churchtown Syd 2. Ballymac Finn 3. Millridge Bryce
5th of 6	28/9/24	Shelbourne	503m	4	0:30.29	59.8 km/h	11.0L	$17	0:29.52	0:29.21	AA0	$1,343	$179	7	1. Tarsna Maasai 2. Omey Mist 3. Romeo Control

Gwan My Boy (2) 135231x
Trainer: Theresa O'Connell ()
Prize Money: $1,062
Win / Place: 33% / 83%

2 yo BDL D

Sire: EXPLOSIVE BOY (IRE)

Dam: HAZELFIELD ECHO (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

6: 2-1-2

Track

6: 2-1-2

Trk/Dst

6: 2-1-2

Distance

6: 2-1-2

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	2	0	0	0

Box History	1	3	4
STARTS	3	1	2
1st	1	0	1
2nd	1	0	0
3rd	0	1	1

Comments

Last start winner at this track and distance (28.91) on November 16. Should be prominent.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
1st of 2	1/2/25	Limerick	320m	2	0:18.83	61.2 km/h	2.5L	$0.00	0:18.83		Trial	$0	-	-	1. Gwan My Boy 2. Bomber John 3.
1st of 6	16/11/24	Limerick	480m	1	0:28.91	59.8 km/h	1.5L	$5.00	0:28.91	0:28.55	A2	$400	$182	7	1. Gwan My Boy 2. Cherrygrove Four 3. Roundies Shadow
3rd of 6	9/11/24	Limerick	480m	4	0:29.04	59.5 km/h	1.5L	$4.00	0:28.94	0:28.15	A2	$182	-	14	1. Onthe Run Ollie 2. Cherrygrove Four 3. Gwan My Boy
2nd of 6	26/10/24	Limerick	480m	1	0:28.88	59.8 km/h	1.5L	$5.00	0:28.78	0:28.19	A2	$915	$205	7	1. Racenight Ivan 2. Gwan My Boy 3. Gulleen Hulk
5th of 6	19/10/24	Limerick	480m	1	0:29.52	58.5 km/h	12.0L	$5.00	0:28.68	0:28.36	A1	$133	-	35	1. Grouchos Blake 2. Rallying Girl 3. Ballygibba Sam
35 Day Freshen-Up
3rd of 6	14/9/24	Limerick	480m	3	0:28.93	59.7 km/h	3.5L	$3.00	0:28.69	0:27.97	A3	$833	$80	21	1. Patterdale Erica 2. Ballymac Florie 3. Gwan My Boy

Star Molly (3) 566x563226
Trainer: Patrick Everard ()
Prize Money: $8,000
Win / Place: 13% / 50%

3 yo Black B

Sire: DROOPYS SYDNEY (IRE)

Dam: OAKVIEW BRAE (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

30: 4-4-7

Track

9: 0-2-3

Trk/Dst

6: 0-2-2

Distance

27: 4-4-6

Season

6: 0-2-1

1st Up

3: 0-0-1

2nd Up

3: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	4	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6
STARTS	9	5	5	7	3	1
1st	3	1	0	0	0	0
2nd	1	0	1	0	1	1
3rd	0	2	1	3	1	0

Comments

Below best last start when she finished last in an A1 on March 8 over 480m at this track behind Barefoot On Song beaten 8 lengths (28.83). Likely to struggle this time.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
6th of 6	8/3/25	Limerick	480m	3	0:28.83	59.9 km/h	8.0L	$11	0:28.27	0:28.27	A1	$28,281	$1,286	7	1. Barefoot On Song 2. Rinnwood Gem 3. Kilcolgan Witney
2nd of 4	1/3/25	Limerick	480m	5	0:28.63	60.4 km/h	4.0L	$7.00	0:28.35	0:28.35	A1	$1,010	-	7	1. Barefoot On Song 2. Star Molly 3. Castleivy Ginge
2nd of 6	22/2/25	Limerick	480m	3	0:28.68	60.3 km/h	1.5L	$3.00f	0:28.58	0:28.22	A1	$514	-	7	1. Kilcolgan Witney 2. Star Molly 3. Fast Fit Pennie
3rd of 6	15/2/25	Limerick	480m	5	0:29.08	59.4 km/h	6.0L	$8.00	0:28.66	0:28.27	A1	$184	-	13	1. Castleivy Ginge 2. Beaming Rebel 3. Star Molly
6th of 6	2/2/25	Clonmel	480m	3	0:29.43	58.7 km/h	2.6L	$8.00	0:29.25	0:28.49	A0	$2,608	$74	22	1. Tinahue Pappone 2. Chesterfield Pal 3. Barefoot On Song
5th of 6	11/1/25	Limerick	480m	4	0:29.45	58.7 km/h	11.5L	$4.50	0:28.65	0:28.48	A0	$185	-	63	1. Highview Bizarr 2. Torpedo Turtle 3. Costly Lesson
63 Day Spell

Hearthill Rafa (4) 221136x421
Trainer: Joseph O'Connor ()
Prize Money: $1,982
Win / Place: 25% / 75%

2 yo Black D

Sire: BURGESS BUCKS (IRE)

Dam: HEARTHILL JOSIE (IRE)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

12: 3-4-2

Track

3: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

3: 1-0-1

Distance

5: 2-1-1

Season

3: 1-1-0

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	2	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	6
STARTS	4	4	2	1	1
1st	1	1	1	0	0
2nd	2	2	0	0	0
3rd	0	1	1	0	0

Comments

Good win last start as odds-on favourite by a nose over 480m at Tralee in a handy 29.27, beating Wild Plutocracy. Has ability and worth including.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
1st of 6	21/3/25	Tralee	480m	2	0:29.27	59.0 km/h	0.1L	$2.25f	0:29.27	0:28.61	A1	$977	$655	14	1. Hearthill Rafa 2. Wild Plutocracy 3. Mexican Blake
2nd of 6	7/3/25	Tralee	480m	1	0:29.24	59.1 km/h	4.5L	$9.00	0:28.93	0:28.31	A1	$1,517	$285	34	1. Tullig Navalny 2. Hearthill Rafa 3. Safe Cabra
34 Day Freshen-Up
4th of 6	1/2/25	Tralee	297m	1	0:18.07	59.2 km/h	4.5L	$4.00	0:17.76	0:17.76	S1	$642	-	105	1. Carmac Bruiser 2. Sign On Jack 3. Cherokee Bill
105 Day Spell
1st of 1	14/1/25	Tralee	297m	2	0:18.16	58.9 km/h	0L	$0.00	0:18.16		Trial	$0	-	-	1. Hearthill Rafa 2. 3.
6th of 6	19/10/24	Limerick	480m	4	0:29.79	58.0 km/h	14.5L	$3.50	0:28.78	0:28.36	A3	$604	$142	7	1. Blaze More Fire 2. Zari Socks 3. Azeman
3rd of 6	12/10/24	Limerick	480m	2	0:29.11	59.4 km/h	4.2L	$2.75f	0:28.82	0:28.54	A3	$320	-	7	1. Zari Socks 2. Rosshill News 3. Hearthill Rafa

Ballymac Ron (5) 514
Trainer: L Dowling (IRELAND)
Prize Money: $919
Win / Place: 33% / 33%

1 yo Black D

Sire: BALLYMAC BEST (IRE)

Dam: BALLYMAC MINTON (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

3: 1-0-0

Track

1: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

3: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	0	0	0

Box History	3	5
STARTS	2	1
1st	1	0
2nd	0	0
3rd	0	0

Comments

Winner two starts back at this track when scoring by 7 lengths in 28.88. Last start finished 4th in a S0 on March 21 over 297m at Tralee behind Send It Gems beaten 1.75 lengths (18.11). Can atone this time.

Expected Early Speed:Front Runner

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
4th of 6	21/3/25	Tralee	297m	5	0:18.11	59.0 km/h	1.8L	$3.50	0:17.99	0:17.99	S0	$825	-	13	1. Send It Gems 2. Joes Wink 3. Sign On Lebleu
1st of 5	8/3/25	Limerick	480m	3	0:28.88	59.8 km/h	7.0L	$1.80f	0:28.88	0:28.27	A6	$1,231	$919	7	1. Ballymac Ron 2. Invincible Bairn 3. Ballyregan Cash
5th of 6	1/3/25	Tralee	297m	3	0:18.53	57.7 km/h	11.5L	$3.00	0:17.73	0:17.73	ON2	$184	-	-	1. Cash In Camp 2. Lets Dream 3. Skidroe Cody
2nd of 2	25/1/25	Tralee	297m	1	N/A	-	7L	$0.00	0:17.67		Trial	$0	-	-	1. Ballymac Jester 2. Ballymac Ron 3.
2nd of 2	15/10/24	Tralee	480m	2	N/A	-	9L	$0.00	0:29.13		Trial	$0	-	-	1. Elusivenomore 2. Ballymac Ron 3.

Sir Rodger (6) 4332513142
Trainer: Michael Keating ()
Prize Money: $10,427
Win / Place: 23% / 58%

3 yo BDL D

Sire: PESTANA (IRE)

Dam: RINNWOOD PEARL (IRE)

Rating

Stats

Career

39: 9-8-6

Track

13: 4-3-1

Trk/Dst

11: 4-2-1

Distance

32: 9-5-6

Season

5: 2-1-1

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	9	0	0	0

Box History	4	5	6
STARTS	4	9	26
1st	0	2	7
2nd	0	1	7
3rd	0	2	4

Comments

Finished fourth two starts ago then regained form last time out when he found one better over 480m in an A2 at this track. Looks to have turned things around so follow him up.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
2nd of 6	28/3/25	Limerick	480m	6	0:29.00	59.6 km/h	1.0L	$4.00	0:28.93	0:28.86	A2	$977	$142	7	1. Kilgarran Mickey 2. Sir Rodger 3. Lucky Lane
4th of 6	21/3/25	Galway	480m	6	0:29.84	57.9 km/h	8.0L	$3.00	0:29.28	0:29.17	A2	$977	-	34	1. Blaze More Fire 2. Cloneyogan Sydny 3. Harrogatetownbaz
34 Day Freshen-Up
1st of 5	15/2/25	Limerick	480m	6	0:29.13	59.3 km/h	0.8L	$2.50f	0:29.13	0:28.27	A2	$946	$634	7	1. Sir Rodger 2. Onthe Run Ollie 3. Fast Fit Lucky
3rd of 6	8/2/25	Galway	480m	6	0:29.35	58.9 km/h	6.0L	$1.00	0:28.93	0:28.93	A2	$946	-	22	1. Rinnwood Leo 2. Blaze More Fire 3. Sir Rodger
1st of 5	17/1/25	Galway	480m	6	0:29.36	58.9 km/h	0.1L	$3.50	0:29.36	0:29.14	A2	$949	$636	28	1. Sir Rodger, Peteles Express 2. 3. Lissatouk Gena
5th of 6	20/12/24	Galway	480m	6	0:29.40	58.8 km/h	7.0L	$4.00	0:28.91	0:28.91	A1	$801	$178	7	1. Blaze More Fire 2. Rinnwood Leo 3. Summerfield Air

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