17:30 | Galway | Sunday 2nd August 2026

Form Snapshot: Successful in two NH flat races at 2m and 2m 1f on good - yielding and yielding - soft ground. Won on his latest outing in a NH flat race when 11-10fav at Roscommon over 2m (yielding - soft) in June, beating Caislean Gear by 6l.

Mindyourheadmike 80

b g ; Poet's Word - Traffic Lights

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Mr D McGill (7)

Ciaran Murphy

Star rating: 0

P0-1 5 12-0 -

Form Snapshot: A winner at 10-1 in a NH flat race at Clonmel over 2m 1f (good - yielding) on his latest outing in May, beating Lirakali by 3 1/2l. Having his first run for a new stable today, previously with Terence O'Brien in Ireland.

Caislean Gear 17

ch g ; Galileo Chrome - Deeru

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Mr A P Ryan (5)

A Slattery

Star rating: 0

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Form Snapshot: Won on his latest outing in a NH flat race when 2-1fav at Killarney over 2m 1f (good) last month, beating Emergency Man by 1 1/2l.

Reafadda

b g ; Wings Of Eagles - Talkative

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Mr H C Swan

J P Ryan

Star rating: 0

4 11-4 -

Form Snapshot: Half-brother to Good To Talk, won eight times between 5f and 1m 1f.

Back In Favour 27

b m ; Shirocco - All For Luck

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Miss A B O'Connor

A McCann

Star rating: 0

5F52-18 5 11-0 -

Form Snapshot: A winner of a point-to-point at 3m on yielding ground. Beaten 12l behind Goodgollymissholly at 11-1 when eighth of 16 on her latest outing in a NH flat race at Roscommon over 2m (good) last month.

The Two Mary's 105

b f ; Affinisea - Gaoth Tire

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Ms K M Ryan (7)

J J Hanlon

Star rating: 0

FP- 4 10-11 -

Form Snapshot: Unplaced in both NH starts. Pulled up when 5-1fav at Tullaherin over 3m in a point-to-point race won by Alabama Way in April on her latest outing.

2025: (7 ran) Murat , Age 6 , Wgt 12-0 , SP 9/2 - Mr F Maguire / P Lawlor

Forecast: 4/6 Linford , 9/2 Caislean Gear , 6/1 Mindyourheadmike , 8/1 Farney Bridge , 14/1 Back In Favour , 25/1 The Two Mary's , 25/1 Reafadda

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2026 15:10:49

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Verdict

Verdict

Linford had five and a half lengths to spare over CAISLEAN GEAR at Roscommon in June when recording his second success in bumpers. Willie Mullins' runner was building on an easy debut victory at Killarney and there is little doubt that he will go off a short price in his bid for a hat-trick. Even though the latter is 4lb worse off for this rematch, the locally-owned runner has garnered more experience since and put behind him a disappointing run at Limerick when making all at Killarney. Mindyourheadmike has switched stables since landing a gamble at Clonmel, while the form of Farney Bridge's big-priced win last month was let down by the runner-up on Thursday.

Top Tip: Caislean Gear (4)
Watch out for: Linford (2)

Previous Winners

Year	Going	Ran	Winner	Age	Weight	OR	Form	Last run	Trainer (Distance)	Jockey	SP	Time
2025	Good - Yielding	7	Murat	6	12 0	-	1	344 days	P Lawlor (159 miles)	Mr Finian Maguire	9/ 2	0:00.00
2024	Soft	8	The Passing Wife	5	12 3	-	4142-31	29 days	G P Cromwell (133 miles)	Mr D G Lavery	11/ 10	3:58.00
2023	Good	8	You Oughta Know	5	12 0	-	1	86 days	W P Mullins (56 miles)	Mr Patrick Mullins	4/ 9	3:38.90
2022	Soft	6	No Risk No Fun	5	12 0	-	1	67 days	W P Mullins (56 miles)	Mr Patrick Mullins	EVENS	3:43.50

Race Favourite Stats

Year	Favourite Finish Position	Winner Market Position
2025	2	3
2024	1	1
2023	1	1
2022	1	1

Race Record

Distance	Record Time
2m	3:32.00