15:52 Thurles

Thursday 19 February 2026

All13:3214:0714:4215:1715:5216:2316:53

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

  • 5YO plus  |   2m 6f 187y  |   Soft to Heavy  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:52  |   Winning time: 6m 32.10s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
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.
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2
Horse silk
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.
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3
Horse silk
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.
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4
Horse silk
How's The Headh,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.
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5
Horse silk
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.
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6
Horse silk
Rusty Harknessh1,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.
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7
Horse silk
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.
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8
Horse silk
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.
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9
Horse silk
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.
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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)

Verdict

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.

  1. Rusty Harkness5/6
  2. Barnahash Mason3/1
  3. Haveanothertry4/1

Prize Money

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

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