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Thursday 19 February 2026

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:52 | Winning time: 6m 32.10s

Barnahash Mason⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽³⁾| T: Jonathan Sweeney

3/1

Caught the eye in a maiden hurdle at this C&D last October before showing fair form when winning a bumper at Leopardstown (9 runners, 11/1) in December, quickening to lead early in the straight. Returns to hurdles and is open to improvement.

Form: 51

De Jour En Jour⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Byrnes| T: W J O'Doherty

15/2

Showed something like hurdling debut form when fourth of 9 at Limerick (14/1) in December. Handicaps after this outing are probably where his future lies.

Form: PP34

Haveanothertry²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

4/1

Mid-field in a Limerick bumper and ran to a similar level when a well-beaten third of 4 in maiden hurdle at Punchestown (28/1) 24 days ago, looking more of a longer-term prospect.

Form: 43

How's The Head^h,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss J Townend| T: T Townend| OR: 102

12/1

Maiden pointer but showed ability in bumpers and has made an encouraging start over hurdles, fourth of 14 in maiden at Tramore in November. Sent off a big price and ran accordingly at this track 3 weeks ago but this step up in trip could elicit some improvement.

Form: P/65249

Larkfield Liberty⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: R P Rath

200/1

No impact in 2 bumpers and made an unpromising start to his hurdling career here in November. Can only be watched.

Form: 600

Rusty Harkness^h1,t⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

5/6

Left hurdling debut effort behind when third of 11 in maiden at Leopardstown (40/1) in December, appearing to find even 2½m an inadequate test. Open to further progress as his stamina is drawn out and a first-time hood is added to the usual tongue tie.

Form: 43

Aboras Mahler⁹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Kevin Sexton| T: J Fahey

200/1

Well held in bumpers/maiden hurdle. Upped in trip but hard to enthuse over.

Form: 800

Black Rock¹⁷⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Seymour

125/1

Pulled up sole outing in points and went with little encouragement in a Bellewstown bumper (17.2f, good) on Rules debut in August.

Form: P/9

Lakewood Rose³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Miss N C Hennessy⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss N Hennessy

33/1

Winning pointer (pulled up last 2 starts) and just modest form in bumpers. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 1P4/47P

Forecasts

Rusty Harkness (5/6), Barnahash Mason (3/1), Haveanothertry (4/1), De Jour En Jour (15/2), How's The Head (12/1), Lakewood Rose (33/1), Black Rock (125/1), Larkfield Liberty (200/1), Aboras Mahler (200/1)

It's hard to look beyond RUSTY HARKNESS, who appeared to find even 2½m an inadequate test at Leopardstown in December and is open to further improvement as his stamina is drawn out. Having caught the eye on hurdling debut, Barnahash Mason made a winning switch to a bumper at Leopardstown over Christmas and he's interesting returning to hurdles, with Haveanothertry taken to fill out third.

Prize Money

1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €300.00

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