13.55

1

2nd May 2026

Yielding

3m 0f 104y

15:45 Punchestown

High Class Hero

11st 12lb

J: Sean Cleary-Farrell

T: W P Mullins

Sole chase win came in 2m7f beginners' here last season but some fine runs in competitive handicaps, fourth in last season's bet365 Gold Cup and this term when second in 2m6f handicap here and most notably chasing clear leader when blundering last in 4m2f Aintree National and weakening late on when fifth of 16 finishers (good-to-soft); tendency to jump left is a negative but could go well if putting it all together here (in-form rider's claim a positive).

10/1

5th

18

11th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

4m 2f 74y

Class 1

16:00 Aintree

High Class Hero

10st 11lb

J: James Bowen

T: W P Mullins

One positive is his staying-on third over an extended 3m4f in the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown (good; 5lb higher today) last April; another is that he's trained by Willie Mullins, who described him in November as likely to be "an ideal type for the Grand National"; after a solid reappearance, he's been pulled up in good handicaps on his last two outings but both were in the mud and he got loose before the latest, which presumably didn't help.

50/1

1

8th Mar 2026

Heavy

3m 0f 174y

16:02 Naas

High Class Hero

11st 12lb

J: Anna McGuinness

T: W P Mullins

Four-time hurdles winner; won Punchestown beginners' chase last February; beaten at short odds in a Thurles Grade 3 next time; better effort upped to 3m4f at Sandown when third (good); positive seasonal return at Punchestown when a 4.5l runner-up (2m6f, soft to heavy); weakened before three out and pulled up in Thyestes last time (3m1f, heavy); must shoulder top weight here again.

10/1

2

12th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 20y

Class 2

13:43 Ayr

Loughglynn

11st 11lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: W P Mullins

0-3 over fences but has run well in defeat the last twice and this Grade 2 novice hurdle winner is open to further improvement in this discipline, for a top Irish trainer who won this 12 months ago; respected.

7/2

2

12th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 20y

Class 2

13:43 Ayr

Loughglynn

11st 11lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: W P Mullins

took keen hold, prominent

7/2

2nd

6

20th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 6f 150y

13:55 Punchestown

Loughglynn

11st 12lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: W P Mullins

Two wins over hurdles, including a Grade 2 novice over 2m7f at Limerick, rated 140; satisfactory third on chase debut at this venue, 10l behind stablemate High Class Hero; unlikely to reverse that form in view of his failure to make the frame at Navan.

4/1

3

26th May 2025

Good

2m 7f 72y

18:30 Ballinrobe

Mint Boy

11st 10lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: Gavin Cromwell

Two-time hurdles winner is 0-6 over fences; unseated when 8-1 at Cheltenham in March; didn't get home in the Irish National in April; cheekpieces now tried; others make more appeal.

16/1

3

26th May 2025

Good

2m 7f 72y

18:30 Ballinrobe

Mint Boy

11st 10lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: Gavin Cromwell

Two-time hurdles winner is 0-6 over fences; unseated when 8-1 at Cheltenham in March; didn't get home in the Irish National in April; cheekpieces now tried; others make more appeal.

16/1

14th

23

21st Apr 2025

Soft To Heavy

3m 5f 37y

17:00 Fairyhouse

Mint Boy

10st 9lb

J: Kevin Sexton

T: Gavin Cromwell

2-6 over hurdles, rated 137; has reached the same mark over fences despite failing to win in five attempts; fair effort when third over 2m6f at Punchestown in February; among the leading fancies (8-1) for the Kim Muir, made a bad mistake at the 15th and unseated rider; renews rivalry with the first three home.

25/1

6th

2

21st Feb 2026

Heavy

3m 2f 0y

15:45 Fairyhouse

Chigorin

11st 11lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

Maiden hurdle winner here in 2023 (2m7f, heavy); chase form last season just okay and he has been unseen since pulling up at Navan in a Listed handicap last March; Rokathir is the stable first string.

18/1

2

22nd Mar 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 120y

16:30 Navan

Chigorin

11st 10lb

J: Rachael Blackmore

T: Henry De Bromhead

in touch with leaders

12/1

4th

2

20th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 6f 150y

13:55 Punchestown

Chigorin

11st 12lb

J: Rachael Blackmore

T: Henry De Bromhead

Maiden hurdle winner over 2m7f last season before an ambitious Albert Bartlett run; beaten 11l when runner-up to the smart Champ Kiely on chasing debut at Fairyhouse; failed to match that display in a Gowran contest in which Willie Mullins saddled five of the first six home.

8/1

12

22nd Apr 2025

Soft To Heavy

2m 5f 0y

14:50 Fairyhouse

Cuta Des As

10st 0lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: W P Mullins

towards rear, mistake and unseated 6th

12/1

7

9th Mar 2025

Soft

2m 4f 29y

16:12 Naas

Kalanisi Star

11st 12lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Oliver McKiernan

Point, bumper and maiden hurdle winner who wasn't disgraced in graded company over timber a couple of seasons ago; missed last term, tailed off over timber on return and beaten a distance in a beginners' on chase debut last month; questions to answer now.

20/1

6th

5

20th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 6f 150y

13:55 Punchestown

Kalanisi Star

11st 12lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Oliver McKiernan

Campaigned at a high level over hurdles in 2022-23 season; should be better for his comeback run in Grade 2 hurdle at Gowran last month.

16/1

5th

11

8th Mar 2026

Heavy

2m 3f 10y

15:30 Naas

Catch The Beast

11st 1lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: Edward Cawley

Sole win from 15 starts came at Punchestown in 2023 off 105; didn't run badly on seasonal return in a Listed handicap hurdle here (2m4f, heavy) but stopped quickly and pulled up at Navan next time (2m4f, soft to heavy); ran one of his best races last time when headed late on into second here (2m, heavy); return to this trip is no issue and place chance with a repeat.

17/2