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Tote.ie Apprentice Handicap

Sligo · Sun 3rd May 2026 · 15:22

📏 1m5f190y 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 💰 €5,900 🐎 Flat

2nd

You Make Me Smile

100/30F

Reese Holohan(7)

1st

Desert Friend

15/2

Conor Cusack(7)

3rd

Maxwell Smart

4/1

Sadhbh Tormey(7)

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Distance

1m5f190y

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Going

Good

🏟️

Surface

Turf

💰

Prize

€5,900

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Runners

🔖

Type

Flat

📊 Betting Forecast

100/30 You Make Me Smile, 4/1 Cornmarket, 7/1 Maxwell Smart, 10/1 Desert Friend, Circus Act, 12/1 Autocrat, Hobart, 16/1 Just For Yuse, Share The Treasure, 18/1 Pons Aelius, 20/1 Awakening, Itsalonglongroad, 25/1 Lisnadill, Haughty

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
10	Autocrat Form: 00-417	6y 142 lbs	Jamie Orr(7) P Sweeney	60	9/2
6	Itsalonglongroad Form: 21/30-	12y 130 lbs	Shay Wallace(2) David O'Sullivan	48	40/1
7	Cornmarket Form: 09/06/	7y 129 lbs	Adam Browne-Souza(7) John J Cullen	47	5/1
13	Haughty Form: 00968-	6y 127 lbs	Alan Casey(7) V C Ward	45	50/1
9	Just For Yuse Form: 0/6/0-	8y 126 lbs	Rory Mulligan(5) Paul Stafford	44	20/1
5	Share The Treasure Form: 07609-	5y 122 lbs	Jack Cleary(5) T Hogan	40	9/1
18	Rushford Form: 809/09	7y 126 lbs	Thomas R Hughes	44	–
19	Shakita Form: /8988-	4y 126 lbs	Thomas Mullins	44	–
8	Awakening Form: 6/087-	5y 142 lbs	Jimmy Dalton(7) John M Burke	60	25/1
20	Creative Dancer Form: 98/87-	9y 122 lbs	Ian Patrick Donoghue	35	–
22	Sioux Grit Form: 5/000/	8y 122 lbs	R P Burns	32	–
3	God The Highness Form: 4636-0	4y 140 lbs	Mrs John Harrington	58	–
🥈 2nd	You Make Me Smile Form: 821-73	8y 139 lbs	Reese Holohan(7) P A Fahy	57	100/30F
12	Hobart Form: 4/05-9	5y 137 lbs	Hugh Horgan(5) J A Nash	55	33/1
14	Lisnadill Form: 0326-0	4y 137 lbs	Joseph Harnett(2) C A McBratney	55	100/1
🥉 3rd	Maxwell Smart Form: 41256-	5y 137 lbs	Sadhbh Tormey(7) T G McCourt	55	4/1
11	Pons Aelius Form: /000-8	7y 137 lbs	Gabriella Hill(7) H D McGuigan	55	22/1
🥇 1st	Desert Friend Form: 690139	10y 134 lbs	Conor Cusack(7) P J F Murphy	52	15/2
4	Circus Act Form: 80/4-7	7y 133 lbs	Darragh O'Sullivan(7) J A Nash	51	9/1
R15	Idomything Form: 1008-8	4y 129 lbs	Thomas Cleary	47	–
R16	Miners Cabin Form: 600	4y 135 lbs	Kevin Thomas Coleman	53	–
R17	Jurality Form: 22-555	5y 130 lbs	Paul W Flynn	48	–

Last year's winner YOU MAKE ME SMILE has been coming to hand nicely and can land the prize again with a top apprentice taking the mount

Racing Post Pick

You Make Me Smile

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

Racecard ›

Westerton

J : Lewis Stones(3)

T : Jennie Candlish

17:00

Age: 6

Form: 559/82

Weight: 165 lbs

OR:

Bryan Rogers NAP of the Day

The biggest field of the day and one of the more competitive races on the card. Westerton could still be ahead of the handicapper and looks capable of defying his current mark. He is one of the stronger selections on the card and earns Free Nap status. Marhaba The Champ is respected and rates the main danger.

19:10 RiponFinished 3rd

Racecard ›

Barley

J : David Allan

T : Tim Easterby

19:10

Age: 7

Form: 7-8062

Weight: 131 lbs

OR:

ChatGPT Nap of the Day.

Barley was once rated 89 and has now tumbled down the handicap to a mark of 66. I do think Tim Easterby\'s horse is running back into form. On his penultimate start, he was travelling well before fitness appeared to catch him out late on, but he backed that up with an excellent run at Hamilton at the end of May when beaten only a shoulder by a horse that finished like a steam train.

He runs off the same mark today and returns to Ripon, a track he clearly enjoys. At the time of writing, rain is falling at Ripon and could continue throughout the day. That may play right into Barley\'s hands, as he has proven form on good to soft ground. He ran here three times last season and finished second on all three occasions, including defeats by just a length on soft ground and short-head margins on similar going.

With conditions likely to suit, course form in the book, and signs that he\'s returning to his best, Barley looks to have a great chance in a race where several rivals may not appreciate testing ground.

Today\'s FREE Nap is Barley at 11/4.