En Avant Horse Racing Form | Ayr 14:45 01st December 2025

En Avant' Form | 01st December 2025

01st December 2025 Festive Dining At Western House Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Age
9
Weight
11-8
Trainer
H McMahon
(Last 14 Days: 0-0, 0%)
Owner
Miss H M McMahon
Sex
gelding
Breeder
Elevage Av Lozach Le Yan & G. Defontaine
Colour
Bay
Foaling Date
2016-03-24
Race Type
Hurdle Turf
Class
5
Classifications
Handicap, Hurdle
Ground
Heavy
Distance
2m 3f 110y
Runners
7
Prize Money
£8,000
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Horse Strength

43.6%

Session: 6817

Going % good races

13.11%

44 of 61

Distance % good races

12.11%

8 of 61

Class % good races

43.6%

18 of 179

Race Type % good races

60.5%

18 of 179

Course % good races

60.5%

18 of 179

En Avant Statistics
Date Course/Class/Distance/Type/Prize
Classifications
Weight
Headgear
Going Finish Pos./No. Of Runners - Dist. Won/Beaten/Finish Time
In Running Comments
Trainer
Jockey
SP BF Odds
Plc Odds
OR
0 2025-11-14 15:05 Newcastle / 5 / 2m 0f 75y / Chase Turf / 6.15K
Chase, Handicap
11-7 Good To Soft 5 /6 - btn 34.5 Powerofjet 11-10 4m 21.653s

prominent early, dropped to last when not fluent 3rd, ridden before 4 where mistake, detached before next, slow 8th, well behind 9th, tailed off before 4 out

H McMahon
Ben Smith
67 145.55
20.07
95
1 2025-10-05 14:48 Uttoxeter / 5 / 1m 7f 214y / Chase Turf / 6.15K
Chase, Handicap
11-8
Tongue Strap
Good P /7 - btn Chuggy 11-9 -

mid-division, went 4th after 4th, not fluent 7th and lost ground to rear, lost touch next, pulled up after 3 out

O Murphy
S Bowen
10 11.5
5.17
99
2 2025-09-11 17:05 Uttoxeter / 5 / 1m 7f 214y / Chase Turf / 6.15K
Charity, Chase, Handicap
12-0
Tongue Strap
Good 5 /8 - btn 22 Belle Montrose 10-5 4m 1.517s

led, not fluent and headed 4 out, soon hung left and ridden, weakened 3 out

O Murphy
S Bowen
4 4.48
1.89
100
3 2025-07-25 16:58 Uttoxeter / 4 / 1m 7f 214y / Chase Turf / 8.9K
Chase, Handicap
10-9
Tongue Strap
Good 3 /5 - btn 1.75 In The Air 11-7 4m 1.992s

held up rear until headway to chase leader before 5th, ridden to challenge leader from 2 out until after last, no extra run in

O Murphy
K Brogan
17 20
8.37
101
4 2023-11-17 16:05 Cheltenham / 3 / 2m 0f 87y / Hurdle Turf / 20K
Handicap, Hurdle, Novice
10-11
Tongue Strap
Good To Soft 16 /17 - btn 64.75 Impose Toi 11-12 4m 18.893s

raced keenly and always towards rear, tailed off 3 out

O Murphy
S Bowen
34 77.96
12
106
5 2023-09-29 16:00 Worcester / 2 / 2m 4f 0y / Hurdle Turf / 70K
Handicap, Hurdle, Novice
10-6
Tongue Strap
Good To Soft 8 /16 - btn 46.25 Ike Sport 11-9 5m 6.809s

held up towards rear, headway before 7th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off

O Murphy
Dylan Johnston
13 16.52
4.37
106
6 2023-09-01 14:08 Fontwell / 4 / 2m 5f 164y / Hurdle Turf / 8K
Hurdle, Novice
11-7
Tongue Strap
Good To Soft 1 /4 - win 1.5 Izzy's Grey 10-11 5m 33.02s

made all, 1 length ahead 3 out, soon pressed for lead and ridden, maintained advantage 2 out, kept up to work approaching last, kept on run-in, briefly wandered around close home, always doing enough

O Murphy
S Bowen
1.13 1.13
1.05
106
7 2023-07-27 16:00 Worcester / 4 / 2m 0f 0y / Hurdle Turf / 8K
Hurdle, Maiden
11-4
Tongue Strap
Soft 1 /11 - win 7 Shengai Enki 10-9 4m 2.5s

made all, clear 2 out (normal 3 out), unchallenged

O Murphy
S Bowen
2.25 2.42
1.39
100
8 2023-06-10 16:35 Bangor-on-Dee / 5 / 2m 3f 123y / Hurdle Turf / 7K
Handicap, Hurdle, Novice
11-9 Good U /10 - btn Bergentown 10-13 -

took keen hold, in touch with leaders, badly hampered and unseated rider 1st

Louise G Lyons
Richard Condon
4.5 4.89
2.2
100
9 2023-04-06 18:45 Clonmel / 2m 3f 106y / Hurdle Turf / 10.5K
Handicap, Hurdle, National
11-6 Heavy 4 /12 - btn 25.25 Mighty Jeremy 11-1 5m 28.11s

in touch, not fluent at 1st, mid-division at 2nd, 7th before 5th, 6th 4 out, progress to 4th approaching straight, soon under pressure, no extra before 2 out where jumped left

Louise G Lyons
Richard Condon
8 8.66
2.72
92
10 2022-07-17 17:16 Tipperary / 2m 3f 114y / Chase Turf / 11K
Beginners, Chase
11-12 Yielding 5 /12 - btn 47.5 We'llhavewan 11-12 5m 33s

towards rear, 11th halfway, progress into mid-division 5 out, pushed along in 6th approaching 2 out, no impression when left moderate 5th last, tailed off

Louise G Lyons
Brian Hayes
13 15.5
3.88
106
11 2022-05-19 19:55 Tipperary / 3m 0f 0y / Hurdle Turf / 10.5K
Handicap, Hurdle
11-9
Hood
Good 9 /14 - btn 43.05 Sweet Sting 11-7 6m 25.675s

towards rear, slight mistake 5 out, ridden into 7th after 3 out, no extra entering straight, jumped left 2 out

Louise G Lyons
Brian Hayes
13 17.52
5.68
97
12 2022-05-05 17:45 Tipperary / 3m 0f 0y / Hurdle Turf / 11.5K
Handicap, Hurdle
11-3
Hood
Good To Yielding 5 /20 - btn 23.1 Direct Image 11-2 6m 40.22s

towards rear, some headway after 4 out, 8th entering straight and not fluent 2 out, went moderate 5th before last, kept on one pace

Louise G Lyons
Brian Hayes
19 24.67
5.5
97
13 2022-04-17 14:00 Fairyhouse / 2m 0f 0y / Hurdle Turf / 15K
Hurdle, Maiden
11-12 Good To Yielding 12 /24 - btn 48.8 Imperial Ruler 11-12 4m 9.173s

tracked leaders, raced keenly and inclined to jump left, soon 2nd, lost place after 2 out (normal 3 out), weakened entering straight

Louise G Lyons
Brian Hayes
15 28.71
6.08
14 2022-03-22 14:18 Clonmel / 2m 2f 112y / Hurdle Turf / 10K
Hurdle, Maiden
11-5 Soft 3 /15 - btn 4.5 Maxxum 11-5 5m 4s

tracked leaders, ran freely and jumped left throughout, headway to lead before 5th, headed halfway and 3rd 4 out, ridden after 2 out and no impression run-in

Louise G Lyons
Richard Condon
4.33 4.9
2.22
15 2022-03-06 17:30 Wexford / 2m 0f 0y / NH Flat / 15K
Auction
11-7 Heavy 6 /7 - btn 32.75 Three Card Brag 11-7 4m 23.688s

tracked leaders, ran freely, 2nd halfway, disputed lead 6f out, pushed along and headed over 3f out, soon lost place, weakened 2f out

Louise G Lyons
D P Holden
34 75.48
4.67
16 2022-02-12 13:40 Naas / 2m 3f 0y / Hurdle Turf / 20K
Auction, Hurdle, Novice
11-0 Soft 5 /7 - btn 37.5 Journey With Me 11-10 5m 26.5s

held up in 6th, ridden after 3 out, no impression

Louise G Lyons
Richard Condon
151 1000
30.15
17 2021-03-24 14:30 Tipperary / 2m 2f 0y / NH Flat / 8K
Point-To-Point
12-2 Soft P /14 - btn Ballybough Native 12-2 -

led, headed 7f out, soon pushed along and lost place, no extra 4f out, weakened and eased, well behind and pulled up 1f out

S Curling
Mr D O'Connor
4.33 5.5
2.28