14:20 Clonmel

Thursday 8 January 2026

All12:2012:5013:2013:5014:2014:5015:20

Monroe Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 4m 39.20s

1^st

King Of Aces

611-12

7/2

T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along and halfway to lead 2 out, kept on well and drew clear run-in op 11/4

2^nd

Speculateur

511-12

11/8f

T: G ElliottJ: Jack Kennedy

Led or disputed lead, pushed along and headed 2 out, no impression on winner when slight mistake last, kept on one pace tchd 11/10

3^rd

Whatsanotheryear

711-12

85/40

T: P J FlynnJ: Mark Walsh

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, 3rd and pushed along 2 out, no impression approaching last, kept on one pace op 7/2 tchd 2/1

4^th

Drop A Threat

711-12

33/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Danny Mullins

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, 4th and pushed along when not fluent 2 out, soon no impression and kept on one pace op 22/1 tchd 40/1

5^th

4 ¼

Gorvitho

711-12

9/2

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Prominent and disputed lead, pushed along and headed early straight, 5th 2 out, no impression when mistake last, kept on one pace op 4/1

6^th

Patton

511-12

50/1

T: A SlatteryJ: Phillip Enright

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, 6th and pushed along after 3 out, no extra entering straight op 33/1 tchd 66/1

7^th

2 ½

Masons Apron

611-12

300/1

T: L P CusackJ: Brian Hayes

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, remote 8th early straight, no extra op 200/1 tchd 100/1

8^th

Bohemian Bay

611-12

250/1

T: Sean AllenJ: Philip Byrnes

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, no extra after 3 out, tailed off op 100/1 tchd 300/1

9^th

Thewaybackhome

511-12

50/1

T: T O'BrienJ: John Shinnick (3)

Always towards rear, never a factor, no extra from 3 out, tailed off op 22/1

10^th

2 ¾

Max Meridius

511-12

66/1

T: T MullinsJ: Simon Torrens

Mid-division, 6th and pushed along approaching straight, soon no extra, tailed off op 50/1 tchd 40/1 and tchd 80/1

Also Ran

Boston Fire

711-12

400/1

T: P MaherJ: Shane O'Callaghan (5)

Always towards rear, never a factor, no impression and slipped up after 3 out op 250/1 tchd 500/1

Wings Of Zeus

511-12

400/1

T: Eamon CourtneyJ: Calum Hogan (7)

Mid-division, 7th halfway, no extra after 3 out, well behind and pulled up before next op 250/1 tchd 500/1

Sycamore Cove

410-13

250/1

T: Eamon CourtneyJ: Ricky Doyle

Always towards rear, never a factor, no extra after 3 out, well behind and pulled up before 2 out op 125/1

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Non-Runners

Larkfield Liberty⁴²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: R P Rath J: Conor Stone-Walsh

Crystabel⁷⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J P Ryan J: Daniel King

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€4.50Pl:€1.30, €1.10, €1.10EX:€12.50Trifecta:€29.70SF:€9.63

Forecasts

Speculateur (11/8), Whatsanotheryear (85/40), King Of Aces (7/2), Gorvitho (9/2), Crystabel (14/1), Drop A Threat (33/1), Patton (50/1), Thewaybackhome (50/1), Max Meridius (66/1), Larkfield Liberty (100/1), Bohemian Bay (250/1), Sycamore Cove (250/1), Masons Apron (300/1), Boston Fire (400/1), Wings Of Zeus (400/1)

GORVITHO is very lightly raced but in excellent hands and shaped well when runner-up on his hurdling bow at Tipperary so can belatedly confirm that promise here to thwart Gordon Elliott's hurdling newcomer Speculateur. Points second King Of Aces, a stablemate of the selection, also commands plenty of respect along with Whatsanotheryear.

GORVITHO (FR)
SPECULATEUR (FR)
KING OF ACES (FR)

Prize Money

1st: €6,000.002nd: €2,000.003rd: €999.004th: €500.005th: €300.006th: €200.00