Portnahapple has ability to build on promising start with Curragh win

Unraced at two, he made a belated debut late last month at this venue and was noted making good late progress into second place behind impressive winner Simurgh.

Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 - 06:46

Tommy Lyons

Two more meetings this afternoon, as the month of October continues towards its completion of 48 cards, and on the competitive programme in the Curragh, the Andy Oliver-trained Portnahapple looks the type to build upon a promising start to his career by taking the Final Furlong Podcast With 1XBET.ie Maiden.

Unraced at two, he made a belated debut late last month at this venue and was noted making good late progress into second place behind impressive winner Simurgh. He was just a neck in front of Appeared, who re-opposes, as do fourth-placed Seti One and ninth-placed Dior Noir.