13:56 Gowran Park

Friday 2 October 2026

All13:2113:5614:3115:0615:4116:1616:5017:20

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:56 | Winning time: 4m 1.60s

1^st

The Captain's Word

511-12

10/11f

T: H De BromheadJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, headway to lead 2 out, pushed along and 2 lengths clear before last where slight mistake, soon edged right and headed narrowly run-in, rallied to lead again on line op 11/8 tchd 6/4

2^nd

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Lirakali

511-12

16/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Jordan Gainford

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, pushed along entering straight and went 3rd after 2 out, headway to go 2nd early run-in and soon slightly hampered, squeezed through gap and led narrowly on inner, headed on line op 10/1

3^rd

Detroit Maverick

611-12

13/8

T: G ElliottJ: Jack Kennedy

Led, 2 lengths clear halfway, pushed along and headed 2 out, soon ridden and no impression before last, 3rd and kept on one pace run-in op 7/4

4^th

Coreopsis

511-12

66/1

T: V HalleyJ: Phillip Enright

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along early straight and no impression in 4th after 2 out, no extra op 40/1

5^th

Ballyteigue Bay

611-12

125/1

T: J A BerryJ: Ross Berry (7)

Tracked leaders, 8th halfway, closer before 2 out, pushed along and no impression in 5th approaching last, kept on one pace op 80/1

6^th

1 ½

Highland Call

411-4

100/1

T: T DoyleJ: Mr D Doyle (5)

Mid-division, pushed along early straight and went 6th approaching last, kept on one pace op 66/1

7^th

3 ¾

Ballito Beauty

511-5

33/1

T: L FowlerJ: J J Slevin

Tracked leaders, slow 4th, 5th halfway, pushed along early straight and no impression after 2 out, no extra op 25/1

8^th

Cosmic Front

511-5

8/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and no impression after 2 out, soon no extra op 7/1

9^th

Midfield Magic

511-12

9/1

T: G P CromwellJ: Keith Donoghue

Mid-division, 7th halfway, pushed along early straight and no impression after 2 out, soon no extra op 11/2

10^th

French Adventure

511-5

80/1

T: D M O'BrienJ: Josh Williamson (3)

Towards rear, some headway 3 out and mid-division early straight, pushed along and kept on one pace, never a factor op 50/1

11^th

3 ½

Lyrical Park

511-12

100/1

T: Gerard O'LearyJ: Sean Flanagan

Rear of mid-division, no impression when hampered 2 out, kept on one pace op 80/1

12^th

Poetic Parable

511-5

100/1

T: R O'SullivanJ: Shane Markey (7)

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, no threat in straight op 66/1

13^th

Piper Street

511-12

200/1

T: P J RothwellJ: Conor Clarke (7)

Always towards rear, never a factor, kept on one pace from 2 out op 125/1 tchd 250/1

14^th

1 ¼

Ataboymiley

611-12

200/1

T: P J RothwellJ: Tiernan Power Roche

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, no extra from 3 out tchd 300/1

15^th

Carrigeen Ardisia

611-5

125/1

T: J BarcoeJ: Donagh Meyler

Always towards rear, never a factor, no extra from 3 out op 80/1

16^th

That's It Girl

411-4

100/1

T: G P CromwellJ: Ben Harvey

Mid-division, no impression after 3 out and no extra early straight op 80/1

17^th

5 ½

George Dundee

511-12

50/1

T: T O'BrienJ: Danny Power (7)

Always towards rear, never a factor, no extra from 3 out op 33/1

18^th

Awordinyourear

511-12

150/1

T: T O'BrienJ: John Shinnick

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, no extra before 3 out, tailed off tchd 125/1 and tchd 250/1

Also Ran

Gerrymadiddler

611-12

80/1

T: L P CusackJ: Brian Hayes

Mid-division, pushed along and in touch when fell 2 out op 50/1

Golden Photo

611-12

50/1

T: M K FlanneryJ: Tom Kelly (7)

Mid-division, in touch when badly hampered and brought down 2 out op 33/1

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Non-Runners

Mister Class

Weight: 11-11| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

Always Scoring²²³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: J P Flavin J: Jordan Canavan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.91Pl:€1.10, €3.00, €1.20EX:€20.60Trifecta:€97.70SF:€22.25

Forecasts

The Captain's Word (10/11), Detroit Maverick (13/8), Cosmic Front (8/1), Midfield Magic (9/1), Lirakali (16/1), Ballito Beauty (33/1), Always Scoring (33/1), George Dundee (50/1), Golden Photo (50/1), Coreopsis (66/1), French Adventure (80/1), Gerrymadiddler (80/1), Highland Call (100/1), Lyrical Park (100/1), Poetic Parable (100/1), That's It Girl (100/1), Ballyteigue Bay (125/1), Carrigeen Ardisia (125/1), Awordinyourear (150/1), Piper Street (200/1), Ataboymiley (200/1)

Fairly-useful Flat performer COSMIC FRONT was undone by a bad mistake on her hurdles debut at Down Royal and is entitled to build on that. She gets the nod. The Captain's Word and Midfield Magic rate the principal dangers.

COSMIC FRONT
THE CAPTAIN'S WORD (IRE)
MIDFIELD MAGIC (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €300.00