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MYSTIC LOOKS A DARK HORSE: Karl Hedley shines spotlight on rising stars from across the Irish Sea

With the new year upon us, many horses will be heading towards their prep races for upcoming festivals including the Dublin Racing Festival in February and of course Cheltenham in March.
In the piece, I have selected a number of individual runners who will likely be targeted at these future meetings and who have shown potential going forward into 2026.
Mystic Malina galloped strongly from the last to run out a convincing winner of the opening two mile maiden hurdle at Clonmel back in December.
The Donie Murphy-trained mare had won a point-to-point last March but had been tailed off on her ret...

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