Talk The Talk looks a nice hurdling prospect Runner-up in a valuable bumper at Newbury in March on his only start for Stuart Crawford, Talk The Talk (9/4) made a winning debut for Joseph O'Brien in the Limerick Show Maiden Hurdle for four-year-olds. A rangy son of Born To Sea from the family of Goshen and Elimay, the winner tracked the leaders but was a bit novicey at a few hurdles going up the back straight on the final circuit and lost his place. Jockey J J Sevin seemed unperturbed, though, and his mount got back into contention in the home straight where a better jump at the last than Starting Fifteen helped him to outpoint that rival by a length. Sent off the 5/4 favourite, Touch The Moon was travelling well entering the straight but could find no more on the run to the last and finished a further seven and a half lengths back in third.  Slevin said: "The Crawfords, who had him previously, had a lot of schooling done with him and I was happy enough with his jumping. The race went pretty straightforward although he jinked at the first hurdle down the back straight. "He got the gap up the home straight and I had the horse to go when I wanted. The jump at the last was probably crucial and once we landed, I knew I had it then. "The ground is lovely yielding ground." Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes
