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Horse Form Profile

Age: 8 years

Owner: Simon Munir & Isaac Souede

Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
VerdictStarting price

5th

1

2nd May 2026

Yielding

3m 7f 68y

15:05 Punchestown

Intense Raffles

11st 12lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Thomas Gibney

All three chase wins have been at Fairyhouse, notably the 2024 Irish National; well below best this season however, most recently at same venue in Grade 3 Bobbyjo Chase in February; hard to be confident in and wants softer ground.

33/1

6th

8

21st Feb 2026

Heavy

3m 2f 0y

15:15 Fairyhouse

Intense Raffles

11st 0lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Thomas Gibney

Best efforts have come at this track with all three chase wins coming here, notably the 2024 Irish National; chased home Nick Rockett in this race last season; performances this season have been disappointing; faded from four out at Newbury (3m2f, good to soft); pulled up in the Welsh National (3m6f, good to soft) and same story in the Theyestes last time; needs to come back to form.

11/1

2

22nd Jan 2026

Heavy

3m 1f 0y

15:30 Gowran Park

Intense Raffles

11st 11lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Thomas Gibney

Best efforts at Fairyhouse; all three chase wins there, notably the 2024 Irish National; confirmed liking for that track when chasing home Nick Rockett last February; failed to take to the fences in the Grand National; faded from four out in the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury in November; very laboured display in the Welsh National, pulled up at the 15th; up against it now.

9/1

1

27th Dec 2025

Good To Soft

3m 6f 136y

Class 1

14:50 Chepstow

Intense Raffles

12st 0lb

J: Bryony Frost

T: Thomas Gibney

Peak efforts at Fairyhouse on soft/heavy, winning the 2024 Irish National over 3m5f; the Grand National at Aintree this April did not work out from early stage, in which going left-handed seemed to play some part and there's still a nagging worry on that score, and about good to soft ground, after the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury last month in which he faded from four out; could still be capable of better but today's conditions may not be ideal.

33/1

8th

2

29th Nov 2025

Good To Soft

3m 1f 214y

Class 1

14:55 Newbury

Intense Raffles

11st 12lb

J: Ben Bromley

T: Thomas Gibney

Has very good form at Fairyhouse, notably a success in the 2024 Irish National and solid second in the 2025 Bobbyjo Chase; returns to a more suitable trip, having found 2m5f inadequate on reappearance, but may not peak until later in the campaign.

50/1