13:25 Naas

Sunday 25 January 2026

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Naas Racecourse Business Club Limestone Lad Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 4m 8.70s

Bring On The Night²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Gilligan| T: J Nash| OR: 130| C

200/1

C&D winner. First run since leaving Willie Mullins when last of 8 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (19.2f, good to soft, 150/1) 25 days ago. Can only watch after that.

Form: 145/8

Farren Glory³⁵⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 145| CD

10/1

Useful hurdler/chaser. Creditable 12½ lengths third of 7 to Maxxum in Boyne Hurdle at Navan (21.8f, heavy, 8/1) when last seen 11 months ago.

Form: 921233/

Glen Kiln²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Brian Hayes| T: D H Kelly| OR: 144| C

4/1

Useful hurdler. Course winner. Creditable second of 8 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (19.2f, good to soft, 8/1) 25 days ago, no match for winner. Can make presence felt.

Form: 1/U12U2

Karbau²⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 146| D

1/1

Smart novice hurdler last season, placing in 2m Grade 1s at Aintree and Punchestown in the spring. Leading claims for top yard with an excellent record in this.

Form: 141033/

Kel Histoire³¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 131| D

6/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 33/1, well-beaten eighth of 11 to The New Lion in Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham (21f, good to soft) when last seen in March. Drops in trip on return. Karbau looks the stable number one unless the betting strongly hints otherwise.

Form: 1128/

Workahead³²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 145| D

9/2

Saw off William Munny when impressive winner of Leopardstown maiden hurdle last Christmas. On the back of that he went off at only 15/2 for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival but ran as if amiss in a tailed-off last. Off since. Retains potential. Market informative.

Form: 1/310-

Cola Blaze¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Paddy Cleary| T: N Slevin| D

250/1

Bumper winner in 2023 but remote seventh in Fairyhouse maiden on recent hurdle debut after 17 months off. Huge outsider.

Form: 01504/7

Non-Runners

Bacchanalian⁸²

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: D Queally J: Sean O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Karbau (1/1), Glen Kiln (4/1), Workahead (9/2), Kel Histoire (6/1), Farren Glory (10/1), Bacchanalian (12/1), Bring On The Night (200/1), Cola Blaze (250/1)

Willie Mullins tends to dominate this race and the returning KARBAU can take the prize back to Closutton for the sixth time in the last 7 years. Glen Kiln arrives at the top of his game and may provide the chief threat ahead of Workahead, who can't have been right in the Supreme Novice at Cheltenham when last seen.