16:30 Fairyhouse

Monday 22 February 2021

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Fairyhouse Easter Festival 3rd - 5th April Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 5m 56.5s

Fire Squadron¹⁸

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

10/3

Promising sort. 18/1, seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.7f, heavy) on NH debut 18 days ago, not knocked about. Open to progress.

Form: 7

Full Time Score⁷¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

10/11

Once-raced maiden. 14/1, third of 11 in bumper at Gowran (18f, soft) on NH debut. Off 23 months ahead of this hurdles bow, but he's shortlisted all the same.

Form: 23/

Johnny Giro⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: M F Mooney| T: Mrs A Mooney

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 300/1, eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (20f, heavy) on NH debut 50 days ago.

Form: P-0

Lukewarm⁶⁹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: Charlie Keegan

300/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, last of 13 in bumper at Clonmel (16f, good). Off 23 months. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: P0/

Mahler Of Autumn^t1⁷⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: A J Flaherty⁽⁷⁾| T: K A Heffernan

80/1

Last of 8 in bumper at Tramore (16f, good, 40/1) on NH debut in August 2018. Successful between the flags in December, but overall record in that sphere isn't compelling. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: F33P61

Rockon Henry¹¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: F Feeney

400/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in bumper (125/1) at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 175 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 00FP

Smokey The Bandit^t1¹⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

15/2

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. 80/1, ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.3f, soft) on hurdles bow 167 days ago, going in snatches. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 09

Wa Wa²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: D F O'Regan| T: D M Christie

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Eighth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 150/1) 24 days ago.

Form: 87708

Ben Thomson¹⁸⁷

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

11/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 8 in bumper (85/40) at Sligo (18f, good) on NH debut. Off 6 months. Makes hurdles debut. In good hands and needs a second look.

Form: 6

Landing Zone^h1,t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott

33/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, first run since leaving Ms Sheila Lavery when fifteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.6f, soft, 25/1) on NH debut 9 days ago.

Form: 0

Mr Solomon¹⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr H McOwan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

15/2

Promising type. Sixth of 14 in novice hurdle (12/1) at Roscommon (16f, good) on hurdles bow 147 days ago. Up in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 76

Suprise Package²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey

22/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.7f, heavy, 40/1) on NH debut 26 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 20

Newbrook Swan⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Ricky Doyle| T: A Murray

300/1

Doyen mare. Sister to modest 2¾m hurdle winner My Newbrook Rose half-sister to fairly useful chaser Master Neo.

Form: SP

Port Luna

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms H P Markham

400/1

Pirateer mare. Half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful 2¼m hurdle winner Lone Wolf. Dam (b75) dual winning pointer.

Form:

Non-Runners

Stormy Glenn²²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 8

T: R McNeilly J: Reserve 1

Brideswell Lad²⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: S Neville J: Reserve 2

Blackcauseway

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: Patrick Turley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Full Time Score (10/11), Fire Squadron (10/3), Smokey The Bandit (15/2), Mr Solomon (15/2), Wa Wa (10/1), Ben Thomson (11/1), Suprise Package (22/1), Landing Zone (33/1), Mahler Of Autumn (80/1), Johnny Giro (250/1), Newbrook Swan (300/1), Lukewarm (300/1), Rockon Henry (400/1), Port Luna (400/1)

FIRE SQUADRON shaped better than the distance beaten when seventh in a big-field novice on debut at Down Royal and, with improvement on the cards, he looks the way to go. Stablemate Mr Solomon is also open to improvement and makes each-way appeal, along with Ben Thomson, but if all is well following a 23-month absence Full Time Score could prove most troublesome.