13:50 Musselburgh 15 Feb 2026
Sunshine On Leith Maiden Hurdle
GBB Race | Class 4 | 4YO plus
Winner £5,446 - 11 declared to run
Soft-good to soft in places
Draw Advantage: None
Forecast: Light rain
Temperature: 3.8° - 6.9°
Rainfall: 2.76mm
Wind: 7.1 mph SW
Last Update: 14/02/2026 17:00x
- Winner
- Top 3 Finish
- W/O Keyboard
- W/O Fantasy World And Keyboard
- W/O Fantasy World
- Top 2 Finish
- Top 4 Finish
Bookies best price percentage = 122.81%
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Too keen and below form when comfortably held in a bumper at Ayr last time; effective at 2m and acts on good to soft. Could do better now switched to hurdling.
Yet to place in four starts. Well beaten at 14-1 behind Diamant Dore when sixth of 8 on his latest outing in a NH flat race at Ayr over 2m (heavy) last month.
Too keen and below form when comfortably held in a bumper at Ayr last time; effective at 2m and acts on good to soft. Could do better now switched to hurdling.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Hurdle | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Similar Going | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Peter Kavanagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | Ewan Whillans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
A poor effort when finishing down the field in a maiden hurdle at Kelso most recently; stamina still to prove.
Unplaced in both starts over hurdles. Well beaten at 66-1 behind They Want Me when 9th of 11 on his latest outing in a maiden hurdle race at Kelso over 2m (good to soft) in December last year.
A poor effort when finishing down the field in a maiden hurdle at Kelso most recently; stamina still to prove.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Hurdle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| C | Course | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20% |
| D | Distance | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| G | Similar Going | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16.7% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Sean Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T | I Jardine | 28 | 2 | 7 | 7.1% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Pulled up in a maiden hurdle at Ayr last time and makes limited appeal on that evidence; type to do better once handicapping in due course.
Dam won twice over hurdles at 2m 4f and in a point to point race at 3m. Pulled up 3 out when 300-1 at Ayr over 2m (soft) in a maiden hurdle race won by Sanilam last month on his racecourse debut.
Pulled up in a maiden hurdle at Ayr last time and makes limited appeal on that evidence; type to do better once handicapping in due course.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Hurdle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Similar Going | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Alan Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T | A B Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Ran to form when beaten 5l in the Prix du Carrousel (Listed) at Deauville last time; absent for a very lengthy period but rates a value selection on the balance of his form.
Finished 5l behind Goya Senora when fifth of 8 at 6-1 on his latest outing at Deauville over 1m 7f (soft) in July '24. Having his first run for a new stable today, previously with A Fabre in France.
Ran to form when beaten 5l in the Prix du Carrousel (Listed) at Deauville last time; absent for a very lengthy period but rates a value selection on the balance of his form.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Hurdle | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| G | Similar Going | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 11 | 2 | 2 | 18.2% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Craig Nichol | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | O Greenall & J Guerriero | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Showed some promise on debut when comfortably held in a novice hurdle at Wetherby last time; bumper form has been franked over hurdles and there may be more to come, though probably when handicapping.
Unplaced in both NH starts. Well beaten at 28-1 behind Starmount when sixth of 12 on his hurdling debut at Wetherby over 2m (soft) last month.
Showed some promise on debut when comfortably held in a novice hurdle at Wetherby last time; bumper form has been franked over hurdles and there may be more to come, though probably when handicapping.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Hurdle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Similar Going | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | D R Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T | L Russell & M Scudamore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Improved on a modest debut when fourth, beaten 15l, in a maiden hurdle at Kelso last time; effective at 2m and acts on good to soft. A Kelso bumper winner who should do better again.
A winner of a NH flat race at 2m on good ground. Finished 16l behind They Want Me when fourth of 11 at 20-1 on his latest outing in a maiden hurdle race at Kelso over 2m (good to soft) in December last year.
Improved on a modest debut when fourth, beaten 15l, in a maiden hurdle at Kelso last time; effective at 2m and acts on good to soft. A Kelso bumper winner who should do better again.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Hurdle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| D | Distance | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20% |
| Similar Going | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Cl | Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25% |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Bruce Lynn | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20% |
| T | N W Alexander | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Never jumped or travelled and was green when well beaten in a novice hurdle at Ayr last time; usually held up and yet to show anything.
Yet to place in three starts. Well beaten at 300-1 behind Stede Bonnet when last of 8 on his latest outing in a hurdle race at Ayr over 2m (soft) last month.
Never jumped or travelled and was green when well beaten in a novice hurdle at Ayr last time; usually held up and yet to show anything.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Hurdle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Similar Going | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (P only) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Ben Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T | R M Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Improved when winning the Noel Murless Stakes (Listed) at Ascot by a neck last time; trainer in form and returning from a break. Effective up to 14f on the Flat and brings significant potential to hurdles.
A winner at 20-1 at Ascot over 1m 6f (good to soft) on his latest outing in October last year, beating Nightwalker by a neck. Having his first run for a new stable today, previously with A M Balding.
Improved when winning the Noel Murless Stakes (Listed) at Ascot by a neck last time; trainer in form and returning from a break. Effective up to 14f on the Flat and brings significant potential to hurdles.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Hurdle | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| G | Similar Going | 4 | 3 | 0 | 75% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 42.9% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Cl | Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | N de Boinville | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | N J Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Showed some promise on debut when fourth, beaten 10l, in a 4yo hurdle at Ludlow last time; this is his second run after a wind op. Effective at 2m and acts on soft; improvement likely.
Finished 10l behind King Al when fourth of 8 at 9-1 on his NH debut in a hurdle race at Ludlow over 2m (soft) earlier this month.
Showed some promise on debut when fourth, beaten 10l, in a 4yo hurdle at Ludlow last time; this is his second run after a wind op. Effective at 2m and acts on soft; improvement likely.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Hurdle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Similar Going | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Headgear | |||||
| HG | Today (T only) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Paul O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T | Harry Derham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Improved on his initial effort over hurdles when second, beaten 6 1/2l, in a juvenile hurdle at Catterick last time; cheekpieces first time and off a short break. Effective at 2m on good to soft and holds a chance on that run.
Placed in two hurdle races from two starts. Beaten 7l by Manganese when second of 9 at 15-8fav on his latest outing in a hurdle race at Catterick over 2m (good to soft) in December last year. He is wearing cheekpieces for the first time.
Improved on his initial effort over hurdles when second, beaten 6 1/2l, in a juvenile hurdle at Catterick last time; cheekpieces first time and off a short break. Effective at 2m on good to soft and holds a chance on that run.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | |
| Hurdle | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| CD | Course and Distance | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| C | Course | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| D | Distance | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| G | Similar Going | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (P only) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Cl | Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Ryan Mania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| T | A Nicol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| BF Was beaten favourite last time out | |||||
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Below form when beaten 5 1/4l in a handicap at Newcastle last time and looks difficult to fancy on that evidence.
Finished 5l behind Lord Capulet when sixth of 11 at 8-1 on his latest outing at Newcastle over 7f last month.
Below form when beaten 5 1/4l in a handicap at Newcastle last time and looks difficult to fancy on that evidence.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Hurdle | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| C | Course | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Similar Going | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Cl | Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | P W Wadge | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | L Russell & M Scudamore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Verdict
Smart Flat performer FANTASY WORLD was engaged to run at Newbury last Saturday, but testing ground meant Nicky Henderson had to find another opening for his new recruit. This is far easier than the task he would have faced that day and while Keyboard and Gallivanted are the only two to show an aptitude for hurdling so far, the son of Make Believe might be far too strong.
Expert View Verdict
Two classy performers off the Flat go head-to-head here, with Nicky Henderson's new inmate FANTASY WORLD fancied to come out on top. Winner of a Listed race at Ascot over 14f on his most recent outing, he was due to make his hurdling debut at Newbury recently but the ground was bottomless. Conditions should be less testing here and he can take this en route to a crack at the Triumph Hurdle. Guet Apens wasn't far off the selections level for Andre Fabre in France, but has a 567-day absence to overcome. He could still show up well. Keyboard has run well on both starts and comes in as third choice with cheekpieces tried.
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Previous Winners
| Year | Going | Ran | Winner | Draw | Age | Weight | OR | Form | Last run | Trainer (Distance) | Jockey | SP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Good to Soft | 9 | Stressfree | 5 | 11 7 | - | 122373 | 46 days | D O'Meara (171 miles) | Henry Brooke | 2/ 5 | 3:56.20 |
Race Favourite Stats
| Year | Favourite Finish Position | Winner Market Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
Race Record
| Distance | Record Time |
|---|---|
| 1m 7f 124y | 3:34.90 |