12:25 Limerick

Friday 26 December 2025

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Aqua Process Solutions At Limerick 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:25 | Winning time: 4m 22.40s

Bertutea²⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins

7/4

Fairly useful Flat winner. Second of 8 in minor event hurdle (46/10) at Auteuil (14.9f, soft). Off 8 months. Since joined Willie Mullins and must be of interest on yard debut.

Form: 32-

Crooked Path¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Michael Kenneally⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable fifth of 10 in juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft, 66/1) 13 days ago. Booking of Kenneally a plus. Can make a presence felt.

Form: 62435

Dawn Coming¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C Byrnes

10/1

Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving J. S. Bolger when third of 11 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft, 28/1) on NH debut 19 days ago. Trainer going well. Should progress.

Form: 3

Elman^t⁹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Ryan Treacy| T: D Hogan

100/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Tenth of 16 in maiden at Gowran (9.4f, soft, 5/1). First run for yard after leaving John Patrick Murtagh. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code. Work to do on jumps debut.

Form:

Kilmeaden⁹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: Donnacha O'Brien

2/1

Useful Flat winner. Second of 6 in handicap at Listowel (14.2f, soft, 5/1), not ideally placed. Needs monitoring in market on hurdles debut.

Form:

Mode Avion^t⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| BF

3/1

Bumper winner in France who made positive start over hurdles for new yard when third of 6 in juvenile at Punchestown (15.8f, heavy, 5/4) 43 days ago. Likely capable of better yet.

Form: 1-3

Padre Bay^t1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽³⁾| T: T Cleary

80/1

Visored for 1st time, first run since leaving Charlie Appleby when seventh of 10 in maiden (9/1) at Dundalk (12f) 9 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Up against it on jumps debut.

Form:

Royal Belief⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Harvey| T: C Collins

125/1

10/1 and blinkered for 1st time, twelfth of 16 in handicap at Roscommon (12.2f, soft) 74 days ago. First run for yard after leaving John S. O'Donoghue. Best watched on hurdles debut.

Form:

Sycamore Cove

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Alex Harvey| T: Eamon Courtney

22/1

4,400 gns 3-y-o, Australia gelding. Brother to 2 winners on Flat, including useful 1m-1¼m winner Alder and closely related to a winner and half-brother to 6 winners. Dam ran twice on Flat.

Form:

Arizona Robbins¹⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Seymour

200/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. 11/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Sligo (6.1f, good to soft), not clear run. First run for yard after leaving A. Slattery. Hard to recommend.

Form:

Red Veil²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton

125/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 40/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (6f) 23 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 5/12 on last hurdle run.

Form: 5

Forecasts

Bertutea (7/4), Kilmeaden (2/1), Mode Avion (3/1), Crooked Path (17/2), Dawn Coming (10/1), Sycamore Cove (22/1), Padre Bay (80/1), Elman (100/1), Royal Belief (125/1), Red Veil (125/1), Arizona Robbins (200/1)

BERTUTEA sets the bar pretty high on his French hurdles form and is taken to make a winning debut for Willie Mullins in the opener. Mode Avion and Kilmeaden may provide the chief threat.