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Half A Chance

7yogeldingbby Beat Hollow out of Shivermetimber
Form
53404
oldest → newest
NotesDistance winner
OR
113
Official Rating
RPR
135
Racing Post Rating
TS
98
Topspeed
Last run
16d
days ago
Racing Post Spotlight

Sole success came in a Limerick maiden hurdle in May 2024; placed several times since and made a promising debut over fences when fourth of 12 at Wexford (2m, good to yielding) 16 days ago; should win races but up against a serious rival here.

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Trainer
1/24 winners last 14d · 4%
Breeder
Cyril Kelly

Ownership history

  1. Tlicn SyndicateCurrent
  2. James Flynnuntil 7 Mar 2024

Newest first. Dates mark when the horse left each owner.

Breeding

Sire
Beat Hollow
Dam
Shivermetimber
Damsire
Arctic Lord

Trainer history

  1. CurrentJohn Joseph Hanlon
  2. 12 Mar 2025Miss Tara Lee Cogan
  3. 16 Jan 2025John Joseph Hanlon

From the connections

30 May 2024·Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle (IRE Incentive Race) · Limerick
Half A Chance is a nice horse. He probably wants further and the ground seems yielding, I wouldn't have run him on ground any quicker - Shark Hanlon, trainer

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