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Punchestown (IRE)
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Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €13.20 Place: €2.10 €2.30 €1.10 Exacta: €180.60 Tricast: €339.58 Trifecta: €1327
Non-Runners: Diamond Dollar (stone bruise), Jaynemax (reserve), Johnny Cakes (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 2m5f 2m3f 2m3f 2m7f
1st
Made all - ridden and faced challenge before last - kept on (trainer said - regarding the apparent improved form shown - that the drop back in trip may have accounted for the apparent improvement in form)(tchd 10/1)
5 M Poor
M A Cahill 148 lbs 11/1 Won
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2m 2m 2m1f 2m 2m
2nd
Towards rear - headway before 7th - went second and pressed winner before last - just held(op 12/1)
4 G Poor
Robert Tyner 146 lbs 11/1 .5
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2m6½f 2m7½f 3m½f 2m6½f 2m3f
3rd
Midfield - headway and went second before 3 out - weakened after last
5 G AVG
Padraig Butler 161 lbs 15/8F 7.5
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2m4f 3m½f 3m 2m 2m4f
4th
Midfield - headway before 3 out - weakened approaching last(tchd 6/1)
4 G Poor
Ross O'Sullivan 158 lbs 11/2 .5
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2m 2m2½f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m3f
5th
Midfield - hampered 7th - headway before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 7/2)
6 M Poor
Terence O'Brien 142 lbs 11/4 22
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2m1½f 2m½f 2m 2m 2m½f
6th
In rear - headway before 3 out - weakened before last(op 14/1)
4 G Poor
Gavin Cromwell 160 lbs 16/1 8.5
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2m3½f 2m4f 2m1f 2m
7th
Towards rear - some headway before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 40/1)
6 G Poor
Liam P Cusack 161 lbs 50/1 15
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2m5f 3m 2m5½f 2m7f 2m7f
8th
In rear - hampered 7th - weakened before 2 out(op 17/2)
4 F Poor
Brian M McMahon 136 lbs 9/1 .5
3m
2m3f 2m1f 2m
9th
Towards rear - weakened before 3 out(tchd 40/1)
5 G Poor
Liam P Cusack 157 lbs 50/1 3.25
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2m 2m 2m4f 2m1f 2m
10th
Always behind(op 50/1)
4 F Poor
C A McBratney 165 lbs 100/1 22
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2m1f 2m3f 2m1f 2m½f 2m
11th
Always behind(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
6 G Poor
Conor David Maxwell 147 lbs 16/1 1.75
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2m3½f 2m4f 2m6½f 2m3½f 3m
99th
Raced in second - not fluent and fell 7th
7 G Poor
Adrian Sexton 136 lbs 66/1 -
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2m½f 2m 2m½f 2m 2m
99th
In rear - weakened before 2 out - pulled up before last(op 10/1)
6 G Poor
Patrick Downey 141 lbs 11/1 -
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2m½f 2m 2m 2m3f 2m7f
99th
Midfield - not fluent 5th - not fluent 8th - weakened before 4 out - pulled up before last (jockey said gelding made a respiratory noise from two out)(op 28/1)
5 G Poor
J Motherway 150 lbs 33/1 -
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2m 2m 2m1f
99th
Towards rear - hampered and unseated 7th(op 66/1)
7 M Poor
Gordon Michael Doyle 142 lbs 100/1 -
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2m 2m3½f 2m3f
99th
Towards rear - hampered and unseated 7th(op 50/1)
4 G Poor
Gavin Cromwell 161 lbs 80/1 -
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