16:55 Ballinrobe

Tuesday 26 May 2026

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Completed
2m 13y
10 runners
GOOD TO SOFT

Urgent Whisper (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Modest maiden on the Flat who was unlucky not to make a successful start in this sphere when third of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Killarney last July. No match for the winner in a similar event there the following month but that form has worked out.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
21/08/25	Killarney	2m 1f	Good	2/10	Hurdle
18/07/25	Killarney	2m 1f	Gd/Sft	3/7	Hurdle
12/07/25	Dundalk	1m 4f	Slow	10/14	Flat
06/05/25	Cork	1m 2f 90y	Good	7/16	Flat
25/04/25	Limerick	1m 3f 190y	Heavy	6/7	Flat
18/07/24	Leopardstown	1m	Good	7/7	Flat

Al What (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Modest maiden on Flat who was too free on her hurdling debut at Killarney earlier in the month.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
18/05/26	Roscommon	1m 4f 17y	Gd/Sft	4/16	Flat
09/05/26	Killarney	2m 1f	Gd/Sft	9/14	Hurdle
10/04/26	Dundalk	1m 4f	Std	11/12	Flat
30/03/26	Navan	1m 2f	Heavy	11/13	Flat
13/03/26	Dundalk	1m 2f 150y	Std	6/14	Flat
24/08/25	Naas	1m 2f 110y	Gd/Sft	6/16	Flat
21/06/25	Down Royal	1m 2f 96y	Good	8/12	Flat
07/06/25	Navan	1m 2f 30y	Good	5/14	Flat
29/03/25	Curragh	1m 2f	Soft	11/14	Flat
16/03/25	Curragh	7f	Soft	9/20	Flat

Ismahane (Ger)

Age: 4
Weight: 11st 2lbs
Or: -

Useful middle-distance performer on the Flat in Italy/Germany for Henk Grewe who was in need of the experience sent hurdling after 10 weeks off when fourth of 12 in juvenile at Thurles (2m, heavy) in January. Entitled to progress.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
29/01/26	Thurles	1m 7f 179y	Heavy	4/12	Hurdle
22/11/25	Milan	1m 6f 201y	Soft	2/10	Flat
02/11/25	Cologne	1m 6f 201y	Soft	2/9	Flat
19/10/25	Baden-Baden	1m 2f 206y	Soft	3/12	Flat
20/09/25	Saarbrucken	1m 4f 39y	Gd/Sft	2/5	Flat
17/08/25	Krefeld	1m 3f 150y	Good	4/5	Flat
13/07/25	Mulheim	1m 1f 207y	Good	9/12	Flat
22/06/25	Milan	1m 2f 97y	Soft	13/13	Flat
09/06/25	Cologne	1m 1f 43y	Soft	1/6	Flat
18/05/25	Cologne	1m 1f 43y	Gd/Frm	3/7	Flat

Turlough Abu (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

No sign of ability on the Flat and fared no better tried hurdling at Ballinrobe in July.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
20/10/25	Gowran Park	1m 1f 100y	Heavy	8/8	Flat
12/09/25	Ballinrobe	2m 1f 215y	Soft	9/11	Hurdle
01/09/25	Roscommon	1m 4f 17y	Gd/Sft	14/15	Flat
14/08/25	Cork	1m 2f 90y	Good	10/13	Flat
02/08/25	Galway	1m 73y	Gd/Sft	15/16	Flat

Ribadora (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Well held in an academy hurdle in October and showed only a bit more switched to a bumper at Cork recently.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
10/05/26	Cork	2m 60y	Gd/Sft	5/11	Bumper
12/10/25	Cork	2m 1f 70y	Gd/Sft	13/15	Hurdle

Cinating (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Has made the frame all 3 outings in bumpers, including when not ideally placed at Cork (2m, good to soft) on most recent outing. Needs considering on hurdling debut.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
10/05/26	Cork	2m 60y	Gd/Sft	4/11	Bumper
22/03/26	Limerick	2m 50y	Heavy	4/7	Bumper
02/03/26	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	3/8	Bumper

My Elusive Mate (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Elusive Pimpernel filly. Dam (h101), maiden hurdler (stayed 3m), 1½m-2m winner on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Magical Memoir. Respected newcomer.

Green Me Granny (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Has shown nothing in 2 bumpers. Blinkers now replace cheekpieces.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
16/05/26	Wexford	2m	Gd/Sft	12/14	Bumper
10/05/26	Cork	2m 60y	Gd/Sft	10/11	Bumper

Dont Break My Word (Ire)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Offered little on her recent debut at Sligo.

Date	Course	Distance	Going	Pos	Type
12/05/26	Sligo	2m 1f 166y	Gd/Sft	9/16	Hurdle

Witches Familiar (Fr)

Age: 4
Weight: 10st 8lbs
Or: -

Zarak filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including fair hurdler/chase winner Rickety Bridge and French hurdler/chaser Raffles Capital. Newcomer to note for top stable.

Timeform Verdict

URGENT WHISPER is only modest on the Flat but she showed enough in a pair of juvenile hurdles at Killarney last summer to suggest she's up to winning a race of this nature. Witches Familiar is a noteworthy newcomer for leading connections, while Cinating has shown some promise in bumpers and must enter the reckoning on her hurdling debut.

Betting Forecast

4/1 Urgent Whisper (Ire), 33/1 Al What (Ire), 8/1 Ismahane (Ger), 200/1 Turlough Abu (Ire), 33/1 Ribadora (Ire), 13/2 Cinating (Ire), 7/1 My Elusive Mate (Ire), 250/1 Green Me Granny (Ire), 100/1 Dont Break My Word (Ire), 7/4 Witches Familiar (Fr)

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