There is also Willie Mullins’ Majborough to contend with and his stablemate Energumene, a dual Champion Chase winner who will be at home in testing conditions. Lossiemouth and Brighterdaysahead meet once more in the Timeless Sash Windows Irish Champion Hurdle. There was not much between them at Christmas when Brighterdaysahead was having her first run of the campaign. There has been plenty of chat about the O’Brien-trained Talk The Talk since he fell at the last with a Grade One seemingly at his mercy at the Christmas meeting, however. He easily accounted for stablemate Jimmy Du Seuil at Limerick and the two clash again with Kaid d’Authie also representing Mullins.

Source: Express January 30, 2026 11:33 UTC