13:50 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 15 November 2017

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Christmas Parties At Fairyhouse December 16th Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:52 | Winning time: 4m 13.70s

Ballynanty^h1¹⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R M Power| T: Mrs D Foster

50/1

Disappointing in his final three starts on the Flat for Andrew Balding, and absent since May. Makes his hurdles debut for a new trainer wearing the first time hood.

Form:

Blow By Blow^t1⁵⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| CD

2/1

Kept on well to repel Moon Racer by ¾L in the Irish Champion Bumper at Punchestown in April 2016. Makes his long awaited hurdles debut after an 18 month absence, and wears a tongue tie for the first time.

Form: 211/1-

Peacocks Secret¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C M Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

50/1

Has plenty of experience in bumpers (Kilbeggan winner in September) and probably shaped as well as could be expected when sixth to the very talented Samcro on hurdles debut at Punchestown last month. Held by Mind's Eye.

Form: 251265

Quick Grabim²⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

2/1

Won a minor event (bumper) at Leopardstown in December (2m yielding) when trained by Robbie McNamara, but didn't show up in the Champion Bumper (Cheltenham) in March. Makes his hurdles debut for a new stable.

Form: 2170-

Elm Grove²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: M A Enright| T: W McCreery

50/1

A five time winner on the Flat (at a maximum of 1m4f), but finished the season in only reasonable form. Makes her hurdles debut today.

Form:

Castle Clyde¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Mullins| T: G Stewart

66/1

Modest in point-to-points, and has made little impression so far under rules in bumpers, or on his hurdles debut at Down Royal (2m6f soft) earlier in the month.

Form: 27637-6

Lord In Red²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

50/1

Out of a German winning mare, but has shaped with only limited promise in a couple of bumpers, and shouldn't be anywhere near good enough on hurdles debut.

Form: 4-7

Mind's Eye²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: H De Bromhead

2/1

Reliable in the sense that he's a four time career runner up. However, not disgraced when beaten 15L by Samcro on hurdles debut at Punchestown last month (2m yielding to soft) and will be sharper for that race.

Form: 2/22-2

Thecraicisninety²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: C Roche

33/1

Has mixed hurdling with chasing without success under rules, and is held by Mind's Eye based upon their clash with Samcro at Punchestown latest.

Form: 7P-P4P5

Themanwithatan¹³⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: M F Mooney| T: Mrs A Mooney

100/1

Not seen in action since March 2014 (Navan), and in all fairness you needed a very strong pair of binoculars in order to find him on that occasion. No chance.

Form: F000/

Wigs On The Green^t1²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark Walsh| T: M F Morris

16/1

Building confidence after a sketchy start over hurdles, but held by Mind's Eye on their Punchestown clash with Samcro last month unless the tongue tie brings about a significant degree of improvement.

Form: F-44

Howluckycanwebe¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: A E Lynch| T: D McDonogh

50/1

Competitive at a lowly level in the early part of 2017 (twice placed) and possibly needed her return to action at Wexford last month, but on all known form shouldn't figure.

Form: 7033-55

Love N' Peace¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: I J McCarthy| T: F J Flood

66/1

Down the field on her return to action at Clonmel earlier this month (2m+ soft), and whilst that was her hurdles debut, she needs to do much better today.

Form: 97-0

Scorpion Sea^t⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: Christian Delcros

66/1

Scorpion mare who has offered little in four career starts (bumpers and hurdles), and isn't strong enough to compete at this level.

Form: 40-07

Non-Runners

All For Joy²¹³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: O McKiernan J: B Browne

Barna Venture⁶³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: V T O'Brien J: Mr P J O'Neill

Forecasts

Mind's Eye (2/1), Quick Grabim (2/1), Blow By Blow (2/1), Wigs On The Green (16/1), All For Joy (20/1), Barna Venture (25/1), Thecraicisninety (33/1), Lord In Red (50/1), Howluckycanwebe (50/1), Peacocks Secret (50/1), Elm Grove (50/1), Ballynanty (50/1), Love N' Peace (66/1), Castle Clyde (66/1), Scorpion Sea (66/1), Themanwithatan (100/1)

The eagerly awaited return of the 2016 Irish Champion Bumper winner BLOW BY BLOW. He missed the entire campaign last season, and therefore has an 18 month plus absence to overcome on his hurdles debut, but all being well, he should possess far too much ability for this relatively modest bunch of rivals, and get off to the perfect start over obstacles for Gordon Elliott, Jack Kennedy and Gigginstown House Stud.