13:35 Fairyhouse

Saturday 11 January 2020

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Fairyhouse Members 2020 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:36 | Winning time: 6m 33.90s

Killer Miller^b1¹⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: E Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 130| C

10/1

Has been let down by his jumping in the past but has reasonable overall form; won well on his penultimate start over 3m5f here in December before running no sort of race last time at Leopardstown; first-time blinkers may help.

Form: F/3U-41P

Beyond The Law^t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: M F Morris| OR: 129| D

20/1

Failed to build on a decent win at Cork in April and was pulled up on reappearance after long break last time out at Limerick; should be fitter here and not out of it on best of his form.

Form: 521-48P

Dromore Lad³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: M P Fogarty| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 124| CD

9/1

Won this race in 2018 but has been struggling of late and has been beaten by 83l and 97l on his last two starts which does little to inspire confidence in his chances of a repeat win.

Form: 00-5400

Fit To Be Tied⁴⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: N P Madden| T: N Madden| OR: 120

10/1

Lightly raced sort who showed much improved form when winning a handicap at Cork (2½m, soft/heavy) on penultimate start in November; failed to follow up next time out at Navan and returns here after short break; respected.

Form: 778-317

Forever Gold^p³⁵

Age: 13| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 120| C| D

14/1

Gallant veteran; well beaten over hurdles and the larger obstacles in a number of starts in the last 12 month; hard to see where improvement is coming from at his age.

Form: 007P-P6

Miracle In Medinah^p1³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 114| C

7/1

Lightly campaigned since his introduction four years ago (only raced 8 times in total); well beaten in both starts since returning from a break; hard to recommend even with first-time cheekpieces applied.

Form: 7503/00

Thunder Down Under¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 113| C

5/2

Very promising effort on hurdles debut for this lightly-raced six-year-old; won the bumper at this meeting last year and will certainly be winning more races sooner rather than later.

Form: 315-483

Spider Web¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: Mark Walsh| T: T Mullins| OR: 112| D

9/2

A rare appearance over hurdles for this staying chaser; has some reasonable hurdle form in the past but had to see him being capable of making a winning return to the smaller obstacles based on his poor form over fences.

Form: 1P3-P2P

Alohamora^p1¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 108

5/1

Has been mixing chasing and hurdling and comes into this contest full of confidence after winning at Limerick recently; may prove hard to beat in current mood.

Form: 238431

Non-Runners

Mister Eddman¹¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: O McKiernan J: B Browne

Forecasts

Thunder Down Under (5/2), Mister Eddman (3/1), Spider Web (9/2), Alohamora (5/1), Miracle In Medinah (7/1), Dromore Lad (9/1), Fit To Be Tied (10/1), Killer Miller (10/1), Forever Gold (14/1), Beyond The Law (20/1)

ALOHAMORA comes int this contest in good heart after winning over fences at Limerick late last month. This step up in trip should suit and she showed last year that she is more than capable over hurdles. Thunder Down Under returns to the scene of his only racecourse success and showed he has plenty of ability when third on his recent handicap debut at Leopardstown. Any market support would be interesting. Mister Eddman is another recent winner and if he can pick up where he left off at Punchestown last time out he rates a danger to the selection.