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Friday 15 May 2026

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CK Interiors Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:58 | Winning time: 4m 32.40s

Backinbusiness¹⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell

5/1

€95,000 3-y-o, Saddex gelding. Closely related to bumper winner The Gunner Murphy, stays 3m. Third in a point in December. One to note on hurdles debut.

Form: P3/

Casual Water³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

17/2

Being brought along steadily, ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at Sligo (2¼m) 3 days ago. In excellent hands and can do better in due course.

Form: 5-9

Colesberg²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Flavin

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden, sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tramore (2m) 26 days ago, not knocked about. Can do better in the longer term.

Form: 996-

Dorie Miller⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton

66/1

Tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (19f) on hurdles bow 7 days ago.

Form: 96/470-0

Facile Ocean^t1⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

12/1

Well held in 2 bumpers for new yard, seventh of 8 at Clonmel (2m) 50 days ago. Makes hurdles debut in first-time tongue strap.

Form: 30/7-

Lanzhou²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: J P Flavin

50/1

Fourth on both point starts but has shown little in 4 maiden hurdle starts this spring.

Form: 44/0009-

Look Sport^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

4/1

No Risk At All gelding. Dam French hurdler (17f winner). Wears hood.

Form:

Majestic Mayhem²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

50/1

Twelfth of 14 in bumper here (20/1) on debut 21 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0-

Not So Serious¹⁷⁴

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

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1, seventeenth of 24 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19f) 174 days ago.

Form: 5400/

Scotty Joe¹⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Dylan Robinson| T: P J Rothwell

11/1

Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Half-sister to fair hurdler Thegraveyardbookie, stays 3m. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 25f) Resolute Bay. Successful on last of 3 starts in points in February so needs considering now going hurdling.

Form: 4P/11-

Beacon Bypass¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Paul Mulligan

80/1

50/1, tenth of 12 in bumper at Down Royal on debut 11 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 66-0

Me Wee Nanny Fran⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

50/1

Poor maiden. Eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (19f) 7 days ago.

Form: 00-0

Seekthisfairland³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Tiernan Power Roche| T: P J Rothwell

80/1

50/1, last of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (2½m) on debut 35 days ago.

Form: 0-

Midnight Musical³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: James Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: A McCann

2/1

Made an encouraging bumper debut at Galway last August but most disappointing since, tried in cheekpieces last time. Hurdling debutante.

Form: S22000/

The Poet's Way^h1³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Ben Harvey| T: T G McCourt

125/1

200/1, eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (2½m) 33 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: PP0-

Carajillo

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Luke Burke Ott⁽⁷⁾| T: M Winters

50/1

Vendangeur gelding. Dam, maiden on Flat (stayed 6f), half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdler One For Joules. Hurdling debutant. RESERVE.

Form:

Non-Runners

Springhill Warrior¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Sam Ewing

Capri Gear

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: C Byrnes J: Reserve 2

Joe Cool³⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Springhill Warrior (4/9), Midnight Musical (2/1), Joe Cool (10/3), Look Sport (4/1), Backinbusiness (5/1), Casual Water (17/2), Not So Serious (9/1), Colesberg (10/1), Scotty Joe (11/1), Facile Ocean (12/1), Capri Gear (20/1), Carajillo (50/1), Lanzhou (50/1), Majestic Mayhem (50/1), Me Wee Nanny Fran (50/1), Dorie Miller (66/1), Beacon Bypass (80/1), Seekthisfairland (80/1), The Poet's Way (125/1)

The fairly useful SPRINGHILL WARRIOR, who is also in at Clonmel on Thursday, possesses much the best form on offer and is impossible to oppose as he bids to end a run of second placings. Philip Rothwell's pair Scotty Joe (a point winner) and Backinbusiness could prove the main dangers on their respective hurdling debuts.