13:58 Gowran Park

Saturday 7 March 2026

All13:5814:3415:0815:4316:1816:5317:23

William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle

  • 4YO to 5YO  |   2m 50y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   18 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:58  |   Winning time: 4m 24.70s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Bulgaden Castle17
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR:  115
5/2
Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 16 in maiden hurdle (10/3) at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) 17 days ago. Likely to be on the premises again.
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2
Horse silk
125/1
€4,500 3-y-o, Blue Bresil gelding. Half-brother to poor hurdler Celestial Park. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3¼m) Warden Hill.
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Brother to useful hurdle winner/very smart chaser Handstands, and half-brother to 2 winners, including useful hurdler Kilconny Bridge. Third on point debut but has pulled up 3 times since. Best watched now hurdling.
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Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1, tenth of 14 in maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, heavy) 32 days ago.
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5
Horse silk
80/1
Down the field in 2 Flat maidens for Ken Condon and a watching brief is advised now hurdling.
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6
Horse silk
50/1
€28,000 purchase after finishing fourth on both point starts. Worth a precautionary market check.
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Promising sort. Third of 14 in maiden hurdle (22/1) at Fairyhouse (20.2f, heavy) 32 days ago. Open to improvement.
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9
Horse silk
Market Ready125
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne
14/1
Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 14/1, third of 13 in maiden hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft) 125 days ago.
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10
Horse silk
125/1
Fair Flat winner. 50/1, first run since leaving David Simcock when twelfth of 15 in maiden at Punchestown (16f, heavy) on hurdle debut 31 days ago.
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11
Horse silk
33/1
Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, fourth of 5 in bumper at Tipperary (16.4f, soft, 5/1) on NH debut 152 days ago, running green. Makes hurdles debut.
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€42,000 3-y-o, Order of St George gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/fairly useful chase winner Hollygrove Cha Cha and modest hurdler Sheila Nash, stayed 3¼m. Probably best watched on debut.
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13
Horse silk
100/1
Karaktar gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including Olkar. Dam 7f winner in Germany.
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14
Horse silk
Manoir De Mirandet21
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-2| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR:  124
5/6
French bumper winner. Best effort over hurdles for leading new connections when second of 10 in C&D juvenile (heavy) 21 days ago. Leading claims.
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15
Horse silk
5/1
Fair maiden on the Flat. Best effort in juvenile hurdles when second of 13 at Punchestown (16.5f, good to soft) 66 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Should go well again.
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€16,000 Poet's Word gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/chaser Addragoole and fairly useful hurdler Papal Lodge. Dam unraced. In good hands and needs a betting check on debut.
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17
Horse silk
100/1
Fourteenth of 15 in maiden hurdle (40/1) at Punchestown (19.5f, heavy) on debut 20 days ago.
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Fair maiden on the Flat. 300/1, eleventh of 12 in juvenile at Navan (16f, heavy) on hurdle debut 111 days ago.
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19
Horse silk
200/1
Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Eleventh of 12 in juvenile at Naas (15.9f, heavy) 41 days ago.
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Non-Runners

8
Horse silk
Let's Go La Fichad27
Weight: 11-12|  Age: 5
T: R O'Sullivan  J: Donagh Meyler
NR

Forecasts

Manoir De Mirande (5/6), Bulgaden Castle (5/2), Minella Boss (5/1), Dancing Fruits (11/1), Market Ready (14/1), Le Tatoue Madrik (14/1), Theran (33/1), Thepoetslodge (33/1), Lanzhou (50/1), Let's Go La Fichad (66/1), Diesel Deans (80/1), Karlynn (100/1), Who's Going (100/1), Dark Lieutenant (100/1), Old Saxony (125/1), Colesberg (125/1), Checkpoint Georgie (125/1), Kashel Spring (200/1), Boogie Inthejungle (200/1)

Verdict

MANOIR DE MIRANDE sets the standard on his runner-up effort here last month and is taken to go one better. Minella Boss was also a good second on his latest start and is feared most head of Bulgaden Castle.

Previous Winners

2025
Grimaud
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 5
8/13

Prize Money

1st: €7,200.002nd: €2,399.003rd: €1,200.004th: €600.005th: €361.006th: €240.00

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