15:00 Punchestown (IRE) 15 Feb 2026
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sheila Bourke Novice Hurdle
Listed | Class 1 | 4YO plus
Winner €16,500 - 5 declared to run
Heavy
Draw Advantage: None
Forecast: Light showers
Temperature: 4.8° - 9.6°
Rainfall: 1.37mm
Wind: 16.6 mph SW
Last Update: 14/02/2026 17:00x
- Winner
- Top 2 Finish
- W/O Lazare De Star
- W/O Heads Up
- Top 3 Finish
- W/O Heads Up And Lazare De Star
- Top 4 Finish
Bookies best price percentage = 109.40%
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Travelled strongly and did it readily when returning to form down in trip in a first-time hood, winning a novice hurdle at Down Royal by 7 1/2l last time. Trainer in form, effective at 2m1f and acts on S and Y, but more needed here.
Successful in two hurdle races at 2m 1f on soft and yielding ground. A winner at 15-2 in a hurdle race at Down Royal over 2m 1f (soft) on his latest outing last month, beating Night Moon by 8l.
Travelled strongly and did it readily when returning to form down in trip in a first-time hood, winning a novice hurdle at Down Royal by 7 1/2l last time. Trainer in form, effective at 2m1f and acts on S and Y, but more needed here.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 6 | 2 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Hurdle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| D | Distance | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| G | Similar Going | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| Headgear | |||||
| HG | Today (H only) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Darragh O'Keeffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | S R B Crawford | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28.6% |
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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, benefitting from drop in class when winning a novice hurdle at Ayr by 4 1/2l last time; effective around 2m, acts on HY and G; dual bumper winner, progressing over hurdles.
He has won two hurdle races and two NH flat races from 2m to 2m 1f on ground varying from good to soft. Won on his latest outing in a hurdle race when 8-11fav at Ayr over 2m (soft) last month, beating Irandando Has by 4 1/2l. Has won 3 times this season.
Ran to form, benefitting from drop in class when winning a novice hurdle at Ayr by 4 1/2l last time; effective around 2m, acts on HY and G; dual bumper winner, progressing over hurdles.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | |
| Hurdle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| D | Distance | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| G | Similar Going | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 57.1% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Danny Gilligan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| T | G Elliott | 7 | 4 | 2 | 57.1% |
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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
Improved again when relishing the stiff finish and benefitting from leaders getting racing early in a 3/4l novice hurdle win at Navan last time. Top course trainer, effective from 2m to 2m4f and acts on soft to heavy and good.
Successful in two hurdle races at 2m on yielding - soft and soft - heavy ground. A winner at 6-1 in a hurdle race at Navan over 2m (soft - heavy) on his latest outing last month, beating Lazare De Star by 3/4l.
Improved again when relishing the stiff finish and benefitting from leaders getting racing early in a 3/4l novice hurdle win at Navan last time. Top course trainer, effective from 2m to 2m4f and acts on soft to heavy and good.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | |
| Hurdle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| D | Distance | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% |
| G | Similar Going | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | J J Slevin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| T | J P O'Brien | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
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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
Far too free, jumped abysmally when comfortably held in AIS Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) at Cheltenham last time; effective 2m-2m5f, acts on S and G; front-runner may be well suited to this drop in trip now hooded.
Successful in a hurdle race and a NH flat race at 2m and 2m 1f on good - yielding and soft ground. Well beaten at 6-4fav behind Kripticjim when fifth of 7 on his latest outing in a Grade 2 hurdle race in the Group 2 AIS Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham over 2m 4f (soft) last month.
Far too free, jumped abysmally when comfortably held in AIS Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) at Cheltenham last time; effective 2m-2m5f, acts on S and G; front-runner may be well suited to this drop in trip now hooded.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Hurdle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| C | Course | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| D | Distance | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% |
| G | Similar Going | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (H only) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Cl | Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T | J C McConnell | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25% |
| 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
Travelled well but got racing a bit early when second, beaten 3/4l, in a novice hurdle at Navan last time. Effective from 2m to 2m5f and acts on soft to heavy and G. More to come and a first-time hood looks a plus.
A winner of a hurdle race at 2m 5f on good - yielding ground. Beaten 3/4l by Zeus Power when second of 8 at 5-6fav on his latest outing in a hurdle race at Navan over 2m (soft - heavy) last month. He is wearing a hood for the first time.
Travelled well but got racing a bit early when second, beaten 3/4l, in a novice hurdle at Navan last time. Effective from 2m to 2m5f and acts on soft to heavy and G. More to come and a first-time hood looks a plus.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Jumps Races | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Hurdle | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| D | Distance | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| G | Similar Going | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (H only) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Jack Kennedy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% |
| T | G Elliott | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 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
Verdict
There is not much to choose between LAZARE DE STAR and Zeus Power based on their meeting at Navan last month. The Gordon Elliott-trained gelding, who previously won a maiden at the Leopardstown Christmas meeting, looked the winner most of the way up the straight that day only to be headed in the closing stages. The combination of this easier track and a 5lb swing in the weights may give him the edge. Heads Up had smart form in bumpers last season and has taken well to hurdles, but needs to bounce back after a disappointing effort at Cheltenham.
Expert View Verdict
He was too keen and jumped poorly over a longer trip in a better race at Cheltenham last time, but it could be a different story for HEADS UP now he's dropped to 2m in a first-time hood. Runner-up in last season's Champion Bumper, he hasn't quite matched that level as a hurdler but this could be the day he does, leading to a possible crack at the Supreme. Stede Bonnet is improving, winning his last two, and could emerge as the threat with ground conditions in his favour. There's little between old rivals Zeus Power and Lazare De Star, with the last-named taken to reverse form in the first-time hood.
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |