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Murcia fancied to follow up Listowel success with triumph in Killarney Mares Hurdle

A Grade One winner at Aintree in April 2025, the Willie Mullins-trained mare posted a number of decent efforts in defeat last season and will surely take confidence from getting her head back in front on her last visit to Kerry

Murcia and Brian Hayes jump the last to win The Mares Hurdle at Listowel for Willie Mullins. Pic: Healy Racing

Thu, 16 Jul, 2026 - 06:35

Darren Norris

Having ended a six-race losing sequence by winning at Listowel in late May, Murcia is fancied to follow up in the D. Ivo O'Sullivan Memorial Irish EBF Mares Hurdle at Killarney on Thursday.

A Grade One winner at Aintree in April 2025, the Willie Mullins-trained mare posted a number of decent efforts in defeat last season and will surely take confidence from getting her head back in front on her last visit to Kerry.

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