14:17 Thurles

Thursday 5 February 2026

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Holycross Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:17 | Winning time: 4m 19.20s

A Piece Of Heaven^t1²¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| D

4/1

Useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden in bumpers. Third of 5 in minor event at Leopardstown (15f, good to firm, 2/5), possibly amiss. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut. Yard also represented by Le Labo.

Form: 44/

Charlie Brow'n¹⁰¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: T J O'Mara| BF

125/1

Fair Flat winner. Fifth of 18 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy, 7/2) on latest start in October. Opposable on hurdles debut.

Form:

Good Show¹¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| BF

28/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Fifth of 8 in handicap at Nottingham (16f, good to soft, 3/1). First run for yard after leaving Andrew Balding and market should point the way now switched to hurdles. Yard also saddles Playtime.

Form:

Jerry From Kerry³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Mullins| D

28/1

18/1, eighth of 9 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 38 days ago, doing too much too soon. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 13254/8

Mont St Michel⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan

33/1

Useful winner at 17f on the Flat. 33/1, first run since leaving Aidan O'Brien when ninth of 21 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good) on NH debut 41 days ago. Place possibilities here if able to build on that.

Form: 9

Navagio^h,t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

250/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. 150/1, eighteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, heavy) 25 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 00

Northern Ruler^t¹⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M O'Callaghan

125/1

Fair Flat winner. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap (80/1) at Galway (11.8f, heavy). Opposable on hurdles debut.

Form:

Ocean Of Dreams²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁵⁾| T: Gary McGill

200/1

Fair Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. 125/1, seventeenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, heavy) 25 days ago.

Form: 90

Playtime^h²⁵

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

28/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Ninth of 20 in novice hurdle (12/1) at Punchestown (16.6f, heavy) 25 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 89

Laurets D'estruval⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

30/100

Promising individual. 11/4, first run since leaving H. & G. Lageneste & Macaire when second of 17 in maiden hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 41 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 2-2

Mart Lane⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr F Maguire| T: B Connell

50/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. Ninth of 14 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 33/1) on bumper debut 67 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles and he's open to improvement.

Form: 59

Maxfort³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel King| T: N Stokes

11/1

Promising sort. Third of 17 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Cork (16.9f, good to soft) on NH debut 33 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 3

Papanell¹⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Gainford| T: J J Murphy

40/1

Twice-raced maiden. Third of 7 in bumper (15/2) at Killarney (16.4f, good to soft) 166 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 43

Premier Rogue²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

22/1

Promising type. 8/1, below form third of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 21 days ago, not knocked about. Should have more to offer.

Form: 73433

Barrowline²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: D Duggan

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 300/1, twelfth of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.9f, heavy) 28 days ago.

Form: P4P000

Jet To Monte Carlo³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Mullins| T: E Mullins

22/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. 6/1, seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20.7f, good) on hurdles bow 39 days ago. Back down in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 1/67

Convincing²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Ciaran Murphy

150/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, thirteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, heavy) 25 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 00

Non-Runners

Le Labo⁶⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: J P O'Brien J: Mr J L Gleeson

Bulgaden Castle⁴⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Simon Torrens

Toor Beag⁶⁵³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 8

T: Ms M Flynn J: Liam Quinlan

Jumbos Jet²⁸

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: W J Martin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Laurets D'estruval (30/100), Le Labo (5/2), A Piece Of Heaven (4/1), Bulgaden Castle (8/1), Maxfort (11/1), Jet To Monte Carlo (22/1), Premier Rogue (22/1), Playtime (28/1), Jerry From Kerry (28/1), Good Show (28/1), Mont St Michel (33/1), Jumbos Jet (33/1), Papanell (40/1), Mart Lane (50/1), Toor Beag (66/1), Charlie Brow'n (125/1), Northern Ruler (125/1), Convincing (150/1), Ocean Of Dreams (200/1), Barrowline (250/1), Navagio (250/1)

LE LABO had matters under control at the point of his final-flight departure at Cork and he will prove a tough nut to crack if able to avoid any mishaps this time. French recruit Laurets d'Estruval made a bright start for present connections when second in a big-field Limerick maiden hurdle and he is an obvious danger, while Maxfort is third on the list ahead of Bulgaden Castle.