12:58 Limerick

Friday 26 December 2025

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Signsplus Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:58 | Winning time: 4m 16.00s

Atlantic Gamble⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam Quinlan| T: P J Gilligan

66/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 9/2) 70 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. First run for yard after leaving William Knight. Market check advised.

Form:

Allow Sound¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Michael Kenneally⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Mangan

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 200/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago, pulled up before 2 out.

Form: P

Convincing³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

125/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 6/1) 35 days ago. Plenty to do on jumps debut.

Form:

Dearg Mor^h1¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: A A Howard

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft, 200/1) 19 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. Improvement required.

Form: 05

Jessbers Wish³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 9/2, fourth of 6 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) on NH debut 35 days ago. Warrants respect on hurdles bow.

Form: 3-4

Laurets D'estruval³⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins

11/4

Posted promising second of 13 in juvenile at Pau (17.4f, heavy) on hurdles debut 12 months ago. Since joined Willie Mullins and is of obvious interest here.

Form: 2-

Le Roi Du Livet³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: P Fenton

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 16/1, fourth of 10 in bumper at Navan (16.2f, heavy) 39 days ago. Needs to take a step forward on hurdles debut.

Form: 624

Lucky Crystal¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Gary Noonan⁽³⁾| T: Brendan Walsh

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventeenth of 19 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Cork (16.9f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: 0

Parkland²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Alex Harvey| T: A McCann

150/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving Andrew Balding when eighteenth of 25 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy, 80/1) on NH debut 20 days ago.

Form: 0

Poets Oath¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Ryan Treacy| T: R Tyner

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, seventh of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 007

Ravendark²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

4/1

Promising individual. 9/1, third of 24 in minor event hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) on NH debut 27 days ago. Trainer going well. Open to progress.

Form: 3

Sense Of Occasion²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Aidan Kelly⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

25/1

Promising individual. 12/1, fourth of 25 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut 20 days ago, not knocked about. Should progress.

Form: 62-4

Sound As A Bell³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

28/1

Promising sort. 10/3, tenth of 24 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, soft) on NH debut 34 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 31-0

Star Of The Week

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: J J Slevin| T: A L T Moore

15/2

Masked Marvel gelding. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/fair chase winner Forcing Bull. Likely a longer-term prospect.

Form:

Starting Fifteen^h⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: E McNamara

4/5

Fair form when reaching the frame in all 3 bumpers and made encouraging start in this sphere when second of 16 in novice hurdle at this course (16.3f, good to soft, 4/1) 69 days ago, travelling best. Likely more to come yet.

Form: 23-42

Wise Man²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hassett

125/1

€21,000 3-y-o, Vadamos gelding. Half-brother to modest hurdler Ballyvaughan Bay. Dam unraced half-sister to high-class hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3m) Dedigout.

Form: 3-354

Cailin Mahler

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: Brendan Walsh

150/1

Mahler filly. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 25f) Atlantic Gold.

Form:

Non-Runners

The Dancen Kid³⁴

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: R O'Sullivan J: Ben Harvey

Jaynemax¹¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: Thomas Dowling J: Reserve 1

Success Mode

Weight: 10-6| Age: 4

T: R Hackett J: Reserve 2

Roc Dino³¹⁴

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Starting Fifteen (4/5), Roc Dino (5/2), Laurets D'estruval (11/4), Ravendark (4/1), Star Of The Week (15/2), Le Roi Du Livet (18/1), Sense Of Occasion (25/1), Sound As A Bell (28/1), Jaynemax (33/1), Jessbers Wish (50/1), Atlantic Gamble (66/1), Success Mode (100/1), Wise Man (125/1), Convincing (125/1), Parkland (150/1), Cailin Mahler (150/1), Dearg Mor (200/1), Poets Oath (200/1), Allow Sound (200/1), Lucky Crystal (200/1), The Dancen Kid (200/1)

Preference is for STARTING FIFTEEN who made a positive start over timber here in October and should have more to offer yet. Laurets d'Estruval and Ravendark look the likeliest dangers.