16:30 Ballinrobe

Monday 25 May 2026

Cartmel

Huntingdon

Leicester

Redcar

Windsor

Santa Anita

Ballinrobe

Lone Star Park

20:13

Completed
2m 2f 72y
8 runners
GOOD

Thecompanysergeant

Age: 9
Weight: 11st 2lbs
Or: 132

More miss than hit since finishing runner-up in the Plate at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, pulling up at Leopardstown on his latest start in February, and faces no easy task at the weights off his lower hurdles mark on return.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
01/02/26	Leopardstown	2m 5f 107y	Soft	-/23	Chase
29/12/25	Leopardstown	2m 4f 103y	Gd/Sft	12/16	Hurdle
15/11/25	Cheltenham Paddy Power Gold Cup	2m 4f 44y	Soft	-/12	Chase
24/09/25	Listowel	2m 7f 180y	Gd/Sft	6/18	Chase
30/07/25	Galway	2m 6f 111y	Gd/Sft	9/22	Chase
03/05/25	Punchestown Setanta Hurdle	2m 4f 118y	Gd/Sft	5/16	Hurdle
13/03/25	Cheltenham	2m 4f 127y	Gd/Sft	2/20	Chase
18/01/25	Navan	2m 4f	Soft	3/19	Hurdle
03/11/24	Cork Kildorrey Novice Chase	2m 4f	Good	4/9	Chase
20/10/24	Limerick	3m	Gd/Sft	6/12	Chase
30/09/24	Roscommon Ballymore Group Novice Chase	2m 147y	Soft	3/6	Chase
30/07/24	Galway	2m 2f 54y	Good	1/7	Chase
02/07/24	Tipperary	2m 1f 70y	Gd/Sft	2/12	Chase
17/06/24	Kilbeggan	2m 4f 51y	Gd/Sft	2/14	Chase
31/03/24	Fairyhouse Gold Cup Novice Chase	2m 4f	Heavy	4/7	Chase
16/03/24	Thurles Native Upmanship Chase	2m 1f 192y	Heavy	2/4	Chase
04/03/24	Leopardstown	2m 1f	Heavy	-/10	Chase
15/12/23	Cheltenham	2m 179y	Gd/Sft	10/12	Hurdle
12/11/23	Naas	2m 3f 200y	Soft	12/19	Hurdle
22/09/23	Listowel	2m	Soft	4/17	Hurdle
25/08/23	Kilbeggan	2m 3f	Gd/Sft	1/7	Hurdle

Blizzard Of Oz (Ire)

Age: 8
Weight: 11st 8lbs
Or: -

Smart chaser recorded a confidence-boosting success on return to hurdles at Thurles, but he struggled pitched into deeper waters at Fairyhouse subsequently and Paul Townend again looks elsewhere.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
06/04/26	Fairyhouse	2m 3f 180y	Soft	-/10	Hurdle
05/03/26	Thurles	2m 6f 198y	Heavy	1/5	Hurdle
01/02/26	Leopardstown	2m 5f 107y	Soft	-/23	Chase
27/12/25	Leopardstown	3m 100y	Good	23/28	Chase
29/11/25	Newbury	3m 1f 214y	Gd/Sft	-/24	Chase
27/10/25	Wexford	2m 7f	Soft	1/4	Chase
02/05/25	Punchestown	2m 4f 55y	Good	2/18	Chase
15/02/25	Gowran Park	2m 4f	Heavy	3/11	Chase
23/01/25	Gowran Park	2m 4f	Soft	3/14	Chase
16/12/24	Naas	2m 4f 29y	Gd/Sft	3/12	Chase
01/05/24	Punchestown	2m 3f 58y	Gd/Sft	4/17	Hurdle
03/03/24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	1/7	Hurdle
10/02/24	Naas	2m 3f 21y	Heavy	5/6	Hurdle
12/12/23	Punchestown	2m 3f 56y	Heavy	1/9	Hurdle
15/04/23	Aintree Weatherbys National Hunt Flat	2m 209y	Good	2/20	Bumper
23/03/23	Cork	2m	Heavy	1/7	Bumper
31/01/23	Limerick	2m	Soft	2/7	Bumper
19/12/22	Punchestown	2m 100y	Soft	3/7	Bumper
27/03/22	Limerick	2m	Gd/Sft	2/8	Bumper

Daddy Long Legs (Fr)

Age: 7
Weight: 11st 2lbs
Or: 152

Smart sort who finished runner-up behind stablemate Absurde in the Sussex Champion Hurdle on his latest start over hurdles. Needs to bounce back from a disappointing run on the Flat in February but should be hard to beat if somewhere near his best in first-time cheekpieces.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
20/02/26	Southwell	1m 4f 14y	Std/Slow	9/13	Flat
09/05/25	Ballinrobe	1m 4f 202y	Good	3/9	Flat
20/04/25	Plumpton	1m 7f 195y	Good	2/11	Hurdle
14/03/25	Cheltenham	2m 179y	Gd/Sft	9/16	Hurdle
02/02/25	Leopardstown Irish Champion Hurdle	2m	Gd/Sft	2/5	Hurdle
23/11/24	Punchestown Morgiana Hurdle	2m 148y	Soft	5/7	Hurdle
01/11/24	Down Royal Jezki Hurdle	2m 190y	Gd/Sft	3/6	Hurdle
06/10/24	Tipperary	2m 50y	Gd/Sft	1/5	Hurdle
01/08/24	Galway	2m 11y	Gd/Sft	19/19	Hurdle
04/07/24	Tipperary	2m	Gd/Sft	5/8	Hurdle
30/04/24	Punchestown	2m 149y	Gd/Sft	1/24	Hurdle
24/04/24	Ludlow	1m 7f 169y	Good	1/7	Hurdle
04/02/24	Leopardstown Brave Inca Novice Hurdle	2m	Soft	6/10	Hurdle
27/12/23	Leopardstown Paddy Power Champions Hurdle	2m	Heavy	-/9	Hurdle
30/11/23	Thurles	2m 101y	Gd/Sft	1/15	Hurdle
24/05/22	Saint-Cloud	1m 3f 205y	Gd/Sft	2/13	Flat

Farren Glory (Ire)

Age: 9
Weight: 11st 2lbs
Or: 143

Quirky sort ran up to his best when third in the Grade 3 Red Mills at Gowran in February and while well held in the face of stiffer tasks at Cheltenham/Fairyhouse since, he ought to fare much better in this company.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
06/04/26	Fairyhouse	2m 3f 180y	Soft	6/10	Hurdle
11/03/26	Cheltenham Cup Handicap Hurdle	2m 5f	Good	-/24	Hurdle
14/02/26	Gowran Park	2m	Heavy	3/7	Hurdle
25/01/26	Naas	1m 7f 190y	Heavy	3/7	Hurdle
09/02/25	Navan Boyne Hurdle	2m 5f 180y	Heavy	3/7	Hurdle
12/01/25	Punchestown	2m 3f 93y	Heavy	3/4	Chase
24/11/24	Punchestown	2m 71y	Gd/Sft	2/8	Chase
10/11/24	Naas	2m	Gd/Sft	1/4	Chase
28/10/24	Wexford	2m	Heavy	2/13	Chase
04/02/24	Leopardstown Brave Inca Novice Hurdle	2m	Soft	9/10	Hurdle
26/12/23	Aintree Formby Novices' Hurdle	2m 103y	Heavy	-/9	Hurdle
03/12/23	Fairyhouse Royal Bond Novice Hurdle	2m	Soft	1/8	Hurdle
09/11/23	Clonmel	2m 3f 80y	Heavy	1/17	Hurdle
09/04/23	Fairyhouse Easter Festival Novice Hurdle	2m 4f 100y	Gd/Sft	5/11	Hurdle
20/03/23	Navan	2m	Heavy	1/10	Bumper

Eye Contact

Age: 5
Weight: 11st 2lbs
Or: -

Hasn't shaped with any promise in 2 hurdle starts and looks completely out of his depth. Cheekpieces go on for the first time.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
15/12/25	Naas	2m 3f	Heavy	19/20	Hurdle
27/11/25	Thurles	2m 11y	Gd/Sft	12/17	Hurdle
02/10/25	Bellewstown	1m 4f 77y	Heavy	7/10	Flat
22/09/25	Listowel	1m 3f 15y	Soft	10/12	Flat
11/09/25	Clonmel	1m 1f 130y	Gd/Sft	9/12	Flat
08/12/23	Dundalk	1m	Slow	10/13	Flat

Runcok (Fr)

Age: 6
Weight: 11st 8lbs
Or: 135

Useful chaser at his best for Willie Mullins but was again well below that level when jumping poorly in a 4-runner chase here last August and now faces a stiff task reverted to hurdling by new yard.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
25/08/25	Ballinrobe	2m 1f 48y	Good	4/4	Chase
31/07/25	Galway	2m 2f 54y	Gd/Sft	7/11	Chase
01/07/25	Tipperary	2m 120y	Gd/Sft	1/7	Chase
09/06/25	Roscommon	2m 35y	Gd/Sft	-/7	Chase
02/05/25	Punchestown	2m 45y	Gd/Sft	6/12	Hurdle
06/04/25	Fairyhouse Hardy Eustace Novice Hurdle	2m	Good	5/8	Hurdle
24/02/25	Punchestown	2m 157y	Heavy	1/11	Hurdle
11/01/25	Fairyhouse	2m	Gd/Sft	5/9	Bumper
26/11/24	Tramore	2m 50y	Heavy	3/11	Bumper
30/04/24	Punchestown	2m 149y	Gd/Sft	14/25	Bumper

Georgie's Pearl (Ire)

Age: 6
Weight: 10st 9lbs
Or: -

Pulled hard when well beaten on hurdle debut at Navan last September and has little chance in this company.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
20/09/25	Navan	2m 3f	Gd/Sft	13/16	Hurdle
07/08/25	Sligo	2m 2f 134y	Gd/Sft	6/9	Bumper
14/05/25	Tipperary	2m 190y	Gd/Sft	5/8	Bumper
24/04/25	Kilbeggan	1m 7f 110y	Good	5/14	Bumper
17/03/25	Down Royal	2m 190y	Good	8/12	Bumper
07/08/24	Wexford	2m	Gd/Sft	11/13	Bumper

The Weighbridge (Ire)

Age: 5
Weight: 11st 2lbs
Or: -

Capri gelding. Half-brother to Monbeg Stream. Dam, pulled up in point, from family of 2007 Grand National winner Silver Birch. Finished runner-up on the second of 2 starts in points but has been pitched in the deep end on Rules debut and is likely to need more time/distance.

Timeform Verdict

DADDY LONG LEGS hasn't stood much racing of late, but this looks a good opportunity to resume winning ways back over hurdles. Farren Glory isn't the most straightforward, but on form, should prove best of the rest.

Betting Forecast

10/1 Thecompanysergeant, 12/1 Blizzard Of Oz (Ire), 11/8 Daddy Long Legs (Fr), 7/4 Farren Glory (Ire), 300/1 Eye Contact, 16/1 Runcok (Fr), 100/1 Georgie's Pearl (Ire), 50/1 The Weighbridge (Ire)

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