Result 14:50 · Punchestown (IRE)

Sky Bet For The Fans Maiden Hurdle

2m 110ySoft To Heavy4yo+ · 20 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 29.90s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	I Started A Joke (IRE)	Philip Byrnes	C Byrnes	—	1.73	1.91
2	Springhill Warrior (IRE)	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott	8½L	3.50	4.30
3	Golden Wings (IRE)	Danny Gilligan	Gordon Elliott	12¾L	81.0	430.0
4	Laxxio (GB)	Danny Mullins	Anthony Mullins	24¾L	101.0	514.3
5	The Shanty Field (IRE)	Michael Kenneally	Declan Queally	27¼L	201.0	1000.0
6	Sound As A Bell (IRE)	Mark Walsh	Gavin Cromwell	27½L	41.0	131.3
7	Atlantic Gamble (GB)	Jack G Gilligan	Paul John Gilligan	30½L	126.0	915.2
8	Riskabahia (FR)	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	34¾L	4.50	6.00
9	Playtime (GB)	Kevin Sexton	Gordon Elliott	36¼L	13.0	30.7
10	Embrace The Day (IRE)	Keith Donoghue	Gavin Cromwell	38¾L	34.0	90.0
11	Red Veil (IRE)	Conor Lamon	Adrian Sexton	47¾L	201.0	1000.0
12	Poets Gale (IRE)	Daniel King	A J Martin	48L	101.0	666.0
13	Convincing (IRE)	E Walsh	Ciaran Murphy	59L	126.0	1000.0
14	Let It Settle (IRE)	Shane Fitzgerald	Gavin Cromwell	60L	101.0	1000.0
15	Ozarks Walk (IRE)	Brian Barry	Riceal Dunne	60¼L	51.0	341.2
16	Large Steps (IRE)	Jordan Gainford	Cian Collins	74¼L	81.0	684.9
17	Ocean Of Dreams (IRE)	Simon Torrens	Gary McGill	110¼L	126.0	771.3
18	Navagio (IRE)	Kieren Buckley	Ciaran Murphy	115L	151.0	1000.0
PU	Port Mor (IRE)	Ricky Doyle	Eoin Griffin	—	41.0	200.3
PU	Woodstar Lily (IRE)	Carl Millar	W J Austin	—	151.0	1000.0

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Atlantic Gamble (GB)

5yo · 11-7

330968 J Jack G Gilligan T Paul John Gilligan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Limerick	2m	Heavy	—	8/17	35½L	67.0
17 Oct 25	Newcastle	1m	Standard	C4	6/8	8¼L	5.50
24 Sep 25	Goodwood	1m	Good To Soft	C2	9/12	10L	15.0

6 wins from 21 · placed 9

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Convincing (IRE)

5yo · 11-12

953900 J E Walsh T Ciaran Murphy —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Limerick	2m	Heavy	—	10/17	42¼L	126.0
21 Nov 25	Dundalk	1m 2f 110y	Standard	—	10/14	6L	7.00
21 Oct 25	Curragh	1m 2f	Heavy	—	9/25	7½L	11.0

0 wins from 12 · placed 3

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Embrace The Day (IRE)

5yo · 11-12

No form J Keith Donoghue T Gavin Cromwell —

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I Started A Joke (IRE)

7yo · 11-12 · OR 121

160434 J Philip Byrnes T C Byrnes —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Dec 25	Limerick	2m	Soft To Heavy	—	4/18	6¼L	2.00
06 Dec 25	Navan	2m	Soft To Heavy	—	3/26	11¾L	11.0
24 Sep 25	Listowel	2m	Yielding	—	4/18	28L	10.0

1 win from 6 · placed 2

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Large Steps (IRE)

5yo · 11-12

5 J Jordan Gainford T Cian Collins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Down Royal	2m 1f	Yielding	—	5/10	20L	19.0

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

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Laxxio (GB)

5yo · 11-12

F J Danny Mullins T Anthony Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	F	—	81.0

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

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Navagio (IRE) h

7yo · 11-12

504350 J Kieren Buckley T Ciaran Murphy —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	12/22	47½L	151.0
08 Oct 25	Nottingham	1m 110y	Good To Soft	C4	5/11	5¼L	6.50
23 Sep 25	Beverley	7f 110y	Soft	C4	3/13	2½L	10.0

3 wins from 30 · placed 13

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Ocean Of Dreams (IRE)

5yo · 11-12

840429 J Simon Torrens T Gary McGill —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Dec 25	Leopardstown	2m 4f 110y	Good To Yielding	—	9/15	41½L	101.0
21 Sep 25	Hamilton Park	1m 3f	Soft	C4	2/4	4L	4.50
24 Aug 25	Goodwood	1m 3f	Good To Firm	C3	4/6	7½L	3.00

1 win from 12 · placed 4

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Ozarks Walk (IRE)

6yo · 11-5

02420 J Brian Barry T Riceal Dunne —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	13/22	47¾L	101.0
09 Aug 25	Kilbeggan	2m	Good To Yielding	—	2/9	½L	10.0
04 Jul 25	Wexford	2m 1f	Good	—	4/14	8½L	6.50

0 wins from 5 · placed 2

4 runs at around this trip without a win

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Playtime (GB) h

5yo · 11-12

561968 J Kevin Sexton T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	8/21	17¼L	67.0
18 Oct 25	Catterick	1m 4f	Good	C4	6/12	11½L	19.0
23 Sep 25	Southwell	1m 6f	Standard	C4	9/11	23L	8.00

1 win from 8 · placed 2

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Poets Gale (IRE)

5yo · 11-12

58 J Daniel King T A J Martin —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 Oct 25	Galway	2m 110y	Yielding	—	8/8	40¾L	19.0
07 Oct 25	Galway	2m 110y	Yielding	—	5/8	7½L	15.0

0 wins from 2 · placed 0

2 runs at around this trip without a win

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Port Mor (IRE)

6yo · 11-12

No form J Ricky Doyle T Eoin Griffin —

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Sound As A Bell (IRE)

5yo · 11-12

07 J Mark Walsh T Gavin Cromwell —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Limerick	2m	Heavy	—	7/17	33¾L	29.0
22 Nov 25	Punchestown	2m 3f 110y	Soft To Heavy	—	10/24	35L	4.33

0 wins from 2 · placed 0

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Springhill Warrior (IRE)

5yo · 11-12

2 J Jack Kennedy T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Mar 25	Navan	2m	Heavy	—	2/12	1½L	6.50

0 wins from 1 · placed 1

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The Shanty Field (IRE)

6yo · 11-5

00 J Michael Kenneally T Declan Queally —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Dec 25	Limerick	2m	Soft To Heavy	—	16/18	127¾L	151.0
13 Nov 25	Punchestown	2m	Heavy	—	11/21	75¼L	81.0

0 wins from 2 · placed 0

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Golden Wings (IRE) h

5yo · 11-5

9 J Danny Gilligan T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Dec 25	Naas	2m	Soft To Heavy	—	9/15	12½L	34.0

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

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Let It Settle (IRE)

5yo · 11-5

546F J Shane Fitzgerald T Gavin Cromwell —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Jan 26	Cork	2m 1f	Yielding To Soft	—	F	—	41.0
16 Dec 25	Catterick	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C5	6/7	41¼L	15.0
25 Aug 25	Ballinrobe	2m 110y	Good	—	4/11	9¼L	4.50

0 wins from 4 · placed 0

3 runs at around this trip without a win

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Riskabahia (FR) h11

6yo · 11-5

9 J Paul Townend T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Nov 25	Navan	2m	Heavy	—	9/22	15L	2.38

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Woodstar Lily (IRE)

5yo · 11-0

No form J Carl Millar T W J Austin —

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Red Veil (IRE)

4yo · 9-13

305006 J Conor Lamon T Adrian Sexton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Limerick	2m	Heavy	—	6/11	37¼L	126.0
03 Dec 25	Dundalk	6f	Standard	—	10/14	12L	41.0
31 Oct 25	Dundalk	1m	Standard	—	12/14	5¾L	26.0

0 wins from 12 · placed 2

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