✅ Result In

Defender Novice Hurdle (Grade 2)

Limerick · Fri 26th Dec 2025 · 01:33

📏 2m7f 🏷️ Class Class 1 🌿 Chase course – SOFT TO HEAVY; Hurdle course – HEAVY 🏟️ Turf 💰 €22,125 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

County Final

9/4

Sean Flanagan

1st

Kazansky

9/2

Danny Gilligan

3rd

Yeshil

4/1

J J Slevin

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Class

Class 1

📏

Distance

2m7f

🌿

Going

Chase course – SOFT TO HEAVY; Hurdle course – HEAVY

🏟️

Surface

Turf

💰

Prize

€22,125

🐎

Runners

6

🌤️

Weather

Light Cloud

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Type

Hurdle

📊 Betting Forecast

9/4 The Big Clubman, 4/1 County Final, Kazansky, 9/2 Santo Sospir, 11/2 Yeshil, 10/1 Barra Rua

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
🥈 2nd	County Final Form: 8512	y 157 lbs	Sean Flanagan E McNamara	126	9/4
🥇 1st	Kazansky Form: 521-U1	y 157 lbs	Danny Gilligan Gordon Elliott	–	9/2
5	The Big Clubman Form: F/2-12	y 157 lbs	Conor Stone-Walsh Paul Nolan	–	2/1F
🥉 3rd	Yeshil Form: 2/8-1	y 157 lbs	J J Slevin Henry De Bromhead	124	4/1
4	Barra Rua (IRE) Form: 431313	y 150 lbs	Sean O'Keeffe Emmet Mullins	119	8/1
NR	Santo Sospir (FR) Form: 1-41	y 157 lbs	Alex Harvey Gordon Elliott	–	–

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With the trip to suit and ground conditions holding no fears THE BIG CLUBMAN gets the nod following his runner-up finish last time

Racing Post Pick

The Big Clubman

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