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Tuesday 12 January 2021

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Fairyhouse Committee Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)

Off time: 15:32 | Winning time: 6m 11.0s

Magic Piper²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 94

15/2

17/2, sixth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 25 days ago. Stable in good form. Not taken lightly.

Form: 09-0976

Bellaney Gem²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 93| BF

5/2

5/2, good fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 25 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 40/4-624

Cher Why Not⁶⁸⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: R P Treacy| T: T Doyle| OR: 92| BF

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Thurles in February 2019. Creditable second of 13 in handicap hurdle (7/2) at Leopardstown (24f, good to soft), staying on well. Off 22 months.

Form: P32212/

Royal Rhythm¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, creditable fourth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 13 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 2-904

Stormy Falls⁵⁹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: D E Mullins| T: P A Fahy| OR: 87

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 12 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Tramore (21f, good), left poorly placed. Off 19 months.

Form: 000/0-

Wavylake³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith| OR: 86

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.5f, heavy) 31 days ago.

Form: 76000

Hilltop Supreme³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: K J Brouder| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 85

9/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Creditable sixth of 12 in handicap chase (11/2) at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) 35 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: F6-F846

Lesssaidthebetter^h1⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 85

22/1

33/1, first run since leaving P. J. Rothwell when below form eighth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Galway (21.2f, heavy) 80 days ago. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 70F9/2-8

Memory Of Youth^p1²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 83

11/4

Very good second of 19 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy, 20/1) 29 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Can make presence felt.

Form: 9053P-2

Thimbleweed³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: P D Kennedy| T: N C Kelly| OR: 83

50/1

66/1, below form eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.5f, heavy) 31 days ago.

Form: 899408

Upourdat⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Neville| OR: 86

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, very good fourth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 51 days ago, running on late. Interesting.

Form: 6604

Antigua Son²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: W C O'Brien| OR: 80

200/1

40/1, eighteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 25 days ago.

Form: 0760-P0

Calibrator^p⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Griffin| OR: 80

16/1

14/1, good third of 13 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, heavy) 56 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Merits consideration.

Form: 0000-03

Easy Cash D'Alex^p⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J G Coogan| OR: 80

50/1

Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Ronan M. P. McNally.

Form: PPP-06P

Vodka Society⁶⁰

Age: 13| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: D P Dunne| OR: 80| C

12/1

Winner in chase here in November. Below form fourth of 14 in handicap chase at this course (23.5f, heavy, 8/1) 60 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles and potentially well treated in this sphere.

Form: 0/P-P714

Sweet Will¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 95

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, creditable seventh of 17 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy) 12 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should improve. RESERVE.

Form: 8077

Non-Runners

Annie Iraya²⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: K Purcell J: I J Power

Forecasts

Bellaney Gem (5/2), Memory Of Youth (11/4), Magic Piper (15/2), Sweet Will (8/1), Hilltop Supreme (9/1), Royal Rhythm (12/1), Vodka Society (12/1), Cher Why Not (14/1), Calibrator (16/1), Upourdat (18/1), Lesssaidthebetter (22/1), Annie Iraya (25/1), Thimbleweed (50/1), Wavylake (50/1), Easy Cash D'Alex (50/1), Antigua Son (200/1), Stormy Falls (200/1)

BELLANEY GEM shaped well like the best-handicapped horse in the race for a long way when fourth at Navan last month and looks capable of winning off her current mark. Upourdat caught the eye on her handicap bow at Navan and rates the main threat ahead of Calibrator.