Galmont Hotel & The Galway Bay Hotel Novice Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	—	Arouet (C) P Useful Flat performer who stepped up on hurdling debut third when cosily winning a 14-runner maiden hurdle at Cork in May by 2¼ lengths from Karlynn. That form has worked out well and, while this is …	212-39	Daniel King P Twomey	4	73kg	8 7/1
6th	2	—	Mento (G) Went with little promise in a pair of bumpers but proved a different proposition switched to hurdles, winning a 14-runner conditionals maiden at Kilbeggan in May by ¾ length from Imarajan. He's clear…	70-16	Donagh Meyler T Cooper	4	73kg	67 66/1
—	2	—	Hygge (G)	1	— G Elliott	4	73kg	—
2nd	3	—	Mino Des Mottes (G) T French bumper winner who showed some promise over hurdles for Willie Mullins last season before getting off the mark on debut for Gordon Elliott 23 days ago, winning a 7-runner novice hurdle at Belle…	45202-1	Jack Kennedy G Elliott	4	73kg	9 8/1
—	4	—	Carmel's Phoenix (F) Fell HT A fairly useful maiden winner on the Flat, who quickly made a positive impression over hurdles when easily landing an 8-runner maiden at Kilbeggan in June. That performance sets the standard here and…	1	Thomas O'Connor M Fahey	4	69.9kg	4 3/1
4th	5	—	Dawn Coming (G) T Placed on each of his 6 maiden hurdle starts. Sent off favourite and shaped better than the result suggests when 3½ lengths third of 9 to Early Dawning in maiden at Killarney 11 days ago, leaving the…	33223-3	Darragh O'Keeffe C Byrnes	4	69.9kg	26 25/1
7th	6	—	Like An Ocean (F) Crystal Ocean filly who made the perfect start to her career when winning a 14-runner maiden hurdle at Roscommon 3 weeks ago by a neck from Minella Moon Shine. She's entitled to build on that, but sh…	17	Harry Sexton A Sexton	4	69.9kg	41 40/1
—	7	—	Munsif (G) Fell Useful winner on Flat for Roger Varian and has shaped well on several occasions over hurdles, though has yet to win in 6 attempts, chasing home Porcupine Bank at Ballinrobe on latest. Type to be suit…	113616-	Phillip Enright C Byrnes	4	69.9kg	4 3/1
5th	8	—	William F Browne (G) P Fair up to 1m on the Flat but not always the stoutest of finishers. No encouragement to be gleaned from either of his hurdling starts to date and, for all he has run respectably back on the Flat sinc…	7-03787	Danny Gilligan P W Flynn	4	69.9kg	301 300/1
1st	9	—	Witches Familiar (F) FAV Zarak filly who could hardly have made a better start to her career when demolishing a 10-runner 4-y-o fillies maiden at Ballinrobe in May by 12 lengths from Ismahane, showing good speed for one so s…	1	Paul Townend W P Mullins	4	69.9kg	2.63 13/8
—	9	—	Puppet Master (G)	4/4194-8	— Ciaran Murphy	4	69.9kg	—
9th	10	—	Tex Amare (F) Runner-up in 1¼m Munich maiden in October 2025 and has shown promise when placed on both starts over hurdles, racing freely when 11¼ lengths third of 7 to Mino des Mottes in novice at Punchestown on …	33	Danny Mullins A Mullins	4	66.7kg	51 50/1
8th	11	—	The Chancie Grey (F) Has posed little win threat when down the field on both outings in maiden hurdles and looks out of her depth in this company.	56	Conor Stone-Walsh J J Hanlon	4	66.7kg	251 250/1
—	12	—	Ismahane (F)	4-2	— P Twomey	4	66.7kg	—

Betting forecast: Witches Familiar (13/8), Munsif (3/1), Carmel's Phoenix (3/1), Arouet (7/1), Mino Des Mottes (8/1), Dawn Coming (25/1), Like An Ocean (40/1), Tex Amare (50/1), Mento (66/1), The Chancie Grey (250/1), William F Browne (300/1)