12:45 Gowran Park

Saturday 14 February 2026

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Sea Moon & Silverwave At Burgage Stud Maiden Hurdle

4YO only | 2m | 10 Runners | Turf

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Daniel King| T: P Twomey

Showed very useful form in only 3 Flat starts in the first half of 2025, culminating with second in 1½m Leopardstown listed event in June. Very interesting hurdle newcomer.

Form:

Madness D'elle³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF

Third at Auteuil on debut in May. Wasn't able to land the odds (4/11) but shaped well when second of 15 in juvenile maiden at Punchestown (2m, heavy) for top new connections 33 days ago, travelling powerfully in lead long way. Major player with improvement to come.

Form: 3-2

Manoir De Mirande^t⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

French bumper winner. Around a length in front when falling at the last on Cork hurdle debut in December. Disappointing at Leopardstown over Christmas but probably worth another chance to show he's capable of better.

Form: 1/F0

Nile Star²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Naas (15.9f, heavy, 300/1) 20 days ago.

Form: 00

Ocean Murphy⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (17.3f, soft, 150/1) 83 days ago, running on.

Form: 0F5

Tea Biscuit

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mike O'Connor| T: Conor Houlihan

Order of St George gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Ericht and useful bumper winner/fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Celtic Folklore. Will need to be very useful to win this on debut.

Whats New¹⁰²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Cian Quirke| T: A Slattery| BF

Fair Flat winner. Similar form when runner-up in a couple of juvenile hurdles but comes up against some promising types here.

Form: F2R25

Wolfpack³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Kevin Sexton| T: G Elliott

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Tenth of 15 in juvenile at Punchestown (2m, heavy) on completed start over hurdles.

Form: U0

Youknowthecode

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

Getaway gelding. Half-brother to fair 2½m hurdle winner Needs Must and fair 2m hurdle winner Spoiled Rotten. One of 3 runners from his powerful yard and the betting should help guide to expectations.

Rebel Queen

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Michael Kenneally⁽⁵⁾| T: C Motherway

Order of St George filly. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Donnie Devito (stays 3m). It's likely she's best watched on debut.

Forecasts

Madness D'elle (4/6), Arouet (5/2), Manoir De Mirande (7/2), Whats New (12/1), Youknowthecode (20/1), Rebel Queen (50/1), Ocean Murphy (50/1), Tea Biscuit (66/1), Wolfpack (100/1), Nile Star (150/1)

Paddy Twomey's AROUET quickly reached a very useful level on the Flat last year so could be a smart recruit to hurdling. Madness d'Elle is the one likely to capitalise should the selection fail to take to this new discipline, with Manoir de Mirande best of the remainder.