16:55 Ballinrobe

Tuesday 26 May 2026

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Auray Assessors Fillies Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 3m 56.80s

Ismahane¹¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Daniel King| T: P Twomey

2/1

Useful middle-distance performer on the Flat in Italy/Germany for Henk Grewe who was in need of the experience sent hurdling after 10 weeks off when fourth of 12 in juvenile at Thurles (2m, heavy) in January. Entitled to progress.

Form: 4/

Al What⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade

9/1

Modest maiden on Flat who was too free on her hurdling debut at Killarney earlier in the month.

Form: 9

Cinating¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

5/1

Has made the frame all 3 outings in bumpers, including when not ideally placed at Cork (2m, good to soft) on most recent outing. Needs considering on hurdling debut.

Form: 34/4

Dont Break My Word¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Ciaran Murphy

300/1

Offered little on her recent debut at Sligo.

Form: 9

Green Me Granny^b1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling

400/1

Has shown nothing in 2 bumpers. Blinkers now replace cheekpieces.

Form: 00

My Elusive Mate

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

28/1

Elusive Pimpernel filly. Dam (h101), maiden hurdler (stayed 3m), 1½m-2m winner on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Magical Memoir. Respected newcomer.

Form:

Ribadora¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Conor Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

66/1

Well held in an academy hurdle in October and showed only a bit more switched to a bumper at Cork recently.

Form: 0/5

Turlough Abu²¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Cian Quirke| T: V T O'Brien

400/1

No sign of ability on the Flat and fared no better tried hurdling at Ballinrobe in July.

Form: 9/

Urgent Whisper^h²⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

9/2

Modest maiden on the Flat who was unlucky not to make a successful start in this sphere when third of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Killarney last July. No match for the winner in a similar event there the following month but that form has worked out.

Form: 32/

Witches Familiar²⁰⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

13/8

Zarak filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including fair hurdler/chase winner Rickety Bridge and French hurdler/chaser Raffles Capital. Newcomer to note for top stable.

Form:

Non-Runners

Tex Amare²¹³

Weight: 10-8| Age: 4

T: A Mullins J: Danny Mullins

Forecasts

Witches Familiar (13/8), Ismahane (2/1), Urgent Whisper (9/2), Cinating (5/1), Al What (9/1), Tex Amare (14/1), My Elusive Mate (28/1), Ribadora (66/1), Dont Break My Word (300/1), Green Me Granny (400/1), Turlough Abu (400/1)

URGENT WHISPER is only modest on the Flat but she showed enough in a pair of juvenile hurdles at Killarney last summer to suggest she's up to winning a race of this nature. Witches Familiar is a noteworthy newcomer for leading connections, while Cinating has shown some promise in bumpers and must enter the reckoning on her hurdling debut.