20:30 Ballinrobe

Tuesday 26 May 2026

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QuinnBet Flat Race

Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 4m 14.40s

Breezingwithdstars²²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry| T: M Flannery

100/1

Little promise in a pair of maiden hurdles in 2025.

Form: 08P/

Brother Walfrid⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr H C Swan| T: G Elliott

1/1

€28,000 Tirwanako gelding. Dam fair 2½m hurdle winner. Runner-up completed start in Irish points and shaped well when filling same spot in a big-field maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (2m) last month. Leading chance switching to a bumper.

Form: P22/

Long Story

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T A Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: J Neilan

66/1

Hillstar gelding. Dam lightly raced over hurdles.

Form:

Monard Flyer

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Colleran⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien

150/1

Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Dam unraced. Market for clues.

Form:

Fiveandahalf⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: G P Cromwell

11/4

Brother to useful hurdler Sixandahalf and caught the eye with his finishing effort when fourth in 11-runner juvenile hurdle (2m) on debut in March. Must be taken seriously switching to a bumper.

Form: 4/

Power Steering

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: S Doyle

15/2

Poet's Word gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including useful hurdler/high-class chaser Battleoverdoyen and fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Treackle Tart. Has good pedigree and well worth a market check.

Form:

Carrigeen Kirkia^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr C K Whyte⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

200/1

Doyen mare who has hinted at more ability than her heavy defeats on both starts might imply. Needs to learn to settle.

Form: PU640/9

Isabella Johnson³¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J L Gleeson| T: Aidan Melia

15/2

Showed only modest form at best in bumpers in 2025 despite proving consistent, finishing sixth of 16 at Cork (17f) on final outing.

Form: 82236/

Moyneard⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

11/2

Seemed to excel herself up in grade when 10½ lengths fourth of 8 to Belladaball in listed bumper at Fairyhouse (2m, soft) 52 days ago. That's the best form on offer in this sphere.

Form: 4234/

Non-Runners

Kiltinan¹⁷⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: A Slattery J: Mr A P Ryan

Talas Kera¹²⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: J G Carr J: Mr B M Coonan

Forecasts

Brother Walfrid (1/1), Fiveandahalf (11/4), Moyneard (11/2), Power Steering (15/2), Isabella Johnson (15/2), Kiltinan (10/1), Long Story (66/1), Breezingwithdstars (100/1), Monard Flyer (150/1), Talas Kera (150/1), Carrigeen Kirkia (200/1)

BROTHER WALFRID is likely to be suited by further in due course, but he showed lots of ability when runner-up in a big-field maiden at Fairyhouse last month and has to be considered the one to beat switched to a bumper. Fiveandahalf also shaped with a fair degree of promise on his hurdling debut at Limerick in March and can give the selection most to do, ahead of Moyneard, who is the clear pick of those with previous experience in this sphere.