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Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper
of €100,000.00 4/5-y-o 2m. 5.20
2m. Bumper 4/5-y-o 21 Declared
Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper
of €100,000.00- Formscan
- Race Info
- Conditions
1st - €60,000.00 2nd - €20,000.00 3rd - €10,000.00 4th - €5,000.00 5th - €3,000.00 6th - €2,000.00 Overcast
Formscan By Alan Magee - Willie Mullins won this valuable bumper with Kopek Des Bordes last year and SUNSHINEWAY looks the pick of his five newcomers this time with son Patrick in the saddle. The Galiway gelding cost 170,000 euro last year and the dam has already produced four winners including a Listed scorer on the Flat in France. Le Tatoue Madrik, a 115,000-euro store by Cokoriko, and I’m Slippy are other newcomers to note. Four Wise Poets showed promise when third to Oneinthewell on debut at Leopardstown last month, while Intosomethinggood was third in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day.
An I.N.H. flat race for four and five years old only that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing other than one, two or three I.N.H. flat races or N.H. flat races or a combination of such races and which had been catalogued and offered in the Tattersalls Ireland May Store Sale of May 30th, 2024, the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale of June 26th & 27th, 2024, or the Tattersalls Ireland July Store Sale of July 24th & 25th, 2024. Horses must be declared by Tattersalls Ireland Ltd. as being eligible to enter and run in accordance with the relevant Conditions of Sale. Horses which do not have a registered name and are not Returned In Training with a Licensed Trainer by Wednesday, 19th March, 2025 will be automatically struck out of this race (Please note for Irish and British bred horses, trained in Ireland, an acceptable naming application should be made to HRI by Thursday, 13th March, 2025 at the very latest. For all other foreign bred horses, trained in Ireland, naming applications will take longer to process)
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 6lbs 5-y-o 12st Mares allowed 7lbs
Riders - Qualified Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules. Allowances to riders under Rule 52 may be claimed in this race. HRI Directive 10 (ii) (c) is suspended for the purpose of this race The IHRB, using their powers under Rule 22 have suspended the appropriate paragraphs of Rules 121 and 122. Should it be necessary to reduce the number of declared runners to the maximum runners or to such a lesser number that the Stewards may decide, the following procedures shall be applied for the elimination and balloting of horses: (i) Runners will first be reduced by balloting from among those horses that have not run in an INH Flat race, a N.H. Flat race, a Hurdle race or a Point-to-Point Steeplechase in Ireland or Great Britain prior to Tuesday, 15th April, 2025. Cont???.. ????.Contd (ii) In the event of (i) not achieving the recommended limit, runners will then be reduced by balloting from among those horses that have not been placed first, second, third, fourth or fifth in an INH Flat race or N.H. Flat race, second, third, fourth or fifth in a Hurdle race or first, second, third or fourth in a Point-to-Point Steeplechase in Ireland or Great Britain prior to 15th April, 2025, with the order of e


Sholokhov (IRE)-Ile En Crise(Flemensfirth)
(Fearghal & Bronagh Eastwood)




In the last 3 years Colins Friend (IRE) has met
| Horse | No. Of times | |
| Celestial Tune (IRE) | 1 | |
| 22nd Mar 2025 Navan(2m , Bumper, Soft, yielding in places) Celestial Tune (IRE) 4th (22/1 10-11) Miss A B O'Connor 59.25L in front of Colin's Friend (IRE) 9th (80/1 10-11) A Balfe (11 ran) | ||
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Authorized (IRE)-Pepper Blossom(Big Shuffle)
(Michael A O'Riordan & Seamus Hennessy)




Mahler (GB)-Thegreatestreward(Milan)
(Margaret Mullins, Ms Margaret Mullins & Joe Lyng)


Poet's Word (IRE)-Anayis(Exceed And Excel)
(49) (Five Pints Of Plain Syndicate)


Telescope (IRE)-Silver Coaster(Presenting)
(Keep The Faith Bloodstock Limited)








Order Of St George (IRE)-Etymology(Rail Link)
(35) (Ms Alana McGuinness)












Maxios (GB)-Sylvertune(Green Tune)
ts1(29)
(John Francis Ryan & Ciaran John Mooney)
In the last 3 years Celestial Tune (IRE) has met
| Horse | No. Of times | |
| Colin's Friend (IRE) | 1 | |
| 22nd Mar 2025 Navan(2m , Bumper, Soft, yielding in places) Celestial Tune (IRE) 4th (22/1 10-11) Miss A B O'Connor 59.25L in front of Colin's Friend (IRE) 9th (80/1 10-11) A Balfe (11 ran) | ||
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Previous Winners of this Race by Year
2024 Kopek Des Bordes 4 11-4 Mr P W Mullins 15/8Fav (W P Mullins)
Previous Winners of this Race by Trainer (Since 1990)
Previous Winners of this Race by Jockey (Since 1990)
Previous Winners of this Race by Age
Previous Winners of this Race by Sire (Since 1990)
First Time - Tonguestrap Celestial Tune» Full list of First Time Gear
Probable SP 9/2 Sunshineway, 5/1 Four Wise Poets, 13/2 Eliodam, 8/1 Boedic, 10/1 Lord Tobin, Intosomethinggood, Early Dawning, 14/1 Look Me, Luciole Des Bordes, Le Tatoue Madrik, 16/1 I'm Slippy, Lord Of The Locke, Eternal Reward, 25/1 Notmiwadi, Barley Lane, Celestial Tune, 33/1 Uno Me I Like My T, Healys Pub, 50/1 Little Boy Sivola, Let Me Be Clear, 100/1 Colin's Friend.
Symbols Explained
ts2 Tongue Strap vs2 Visor hd2 Hood es2 Eye Shield ec2 Eye Cover cp2 Cheekpiece bl2 Blinkers tt2 Tongue Tie cd2 Course and Distance Winner c2 Course Winner d2 Distance Winner bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run
The superscript number on headgear bl2 indicates number of times worn. A plus bl+ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl1indicates first time.




