14:49 Limerick

Tuesday 27 January 2026

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4YO plus | 1m 7f 150y | 12 Runners | Turf

Bergamasquo⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

Twice-raced maiden. 11/4, ninth of 20 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy) 43 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 2F2/29

Bohemian Bay¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: Sean Allen

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.9f, heavy, 250/1) 19 days ago.

Form: 5/3308

How's The Head^h,t⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss J Townend| T: T Townend

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Good fourth of 14 in novice hurdle (5/1) at Tramore (16.2f, soft) 63 days ago. Improvement required.

Form: 4P/6524

Laurets D'estruval³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

Ran well sole start in France and made promising debut for new yard when second of 17 in novice hurdle (11/4) at this course (16f, heavy) 32 days ago. Likely more to come yet.

Form: 2-2

Lucky Crystal³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Brendan Walsh

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, last of 17 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy) 32 days ago.

Form: 00

Marian Avenue²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16.8f, soft, 125/1) on NH debut 26 days ago. Likely one for handicaps down the line.

Form: 6

Nukie's Artic²⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E McCarthy

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 18 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Cork (24f, good to soft). Off 9 months. Significantly down in trip. Work to do.

Form: 7P0/

Powerful Paddy²⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable sixth of 12 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 50/1). Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving A. McIntyre. Worth monitoring in market.

Form: 3426/

Premier Rogue¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade

Fair bumper form and offered something to work with when third in novice hurdle (12/1) at Thurles (16.1f) on hurdles bow last month. Not in same form at Fairyhouse since but remains with potential.

Form: 73433

Speculateur¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| BF

Showed a bit on sole bumper outing and made good start in this sphere when second of 13 in novice at Clonmel (16.9f, heavy) 19 days ago. Stable in good form. Likely capable of better.

Form: P1/42

Thisain'tthat

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Daniel King| T: M A Molloy

Vendangeur gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/chaser Feivel, stays 3½m and fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser Kitty Galore. Dam unraced.

Form:

Tiger Twins²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: E McCarthy

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourth of 15 in novice hurdle (4/1) at this course (19f, heavy) 29 days ago, not ideally placed. Others hold stronger claims.

Form: 754

Forecasts

Laurets D'estruval (11/8), Speculateur (13/8), Bergamasquo (13/2), How's The Head (10/1), Tiger Twins (10/1), Premier Rogue (12/1), Powerful Paddy (14/1), Thisain'tthat (25/1), Marian Avenue (66/1), Bohemian Bay (200/1), Lucky Crystal (200/1), Nukie's Artic (200/1)

LAURETS D'ESTRUVAL was returning from a year off when making a positive start for Willie Mullins here last month and is entitled to build on that. He is marginally preferred to Speculateur, who can be expected to build on his encouraging Clonmel debut. Premier Rogue is best of the rest.