16:35 Fairyhouse

Saturday 27 February 2021

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Easter Festival 3rd - 5th April Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 6m 14.2s

Kellyiscool^p1⁷⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: S Curling| OR: 109

11/1

Creditable fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Gowran (20f, soft). Off over 2 years. First run for yard after leaving Charles Byrnes. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 32PSP4/

Laid Back Luke^p⁷⁶⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 12-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 109| C

40/1

5/1, fifth of 7 in handicap chase at Thurles (21.6f, good). Off over 2 years. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others make more appeal.

Form: 19P825/

Trickey Trix^t⁵⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 106| D

14/1

Latest win in hurdle at Thurles in October. Below form fifth of 18 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at this course (24.5f, heavy) 55 days ago. Needs to bounce back from a poor spell.

Form: 121085

Arctic Light^p⁶¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Mark Walsh| T: T Mullins| OR: 105

14/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2018. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, soft, 9/1) 61 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 0P-2F2P

Lady Mccabe⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: M P Fitzgerald| OR: 100

16/1

Last of 9 in novice chase at Cork (20f, heavy, 12/1) 56 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Return to hurdling might help.

Form: 31-6809

Sargent Lightfoot^h⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A Murray| OR: 100

3/1

9/2, respectable fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) 60 days ago. Will remain of interest.

Form: 4-72424

Dedanann¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 99

14/1

Remains a maiden after 23 NH runs. Sixth of 13 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at this course (23.5f, heavy) 19 days ago. Struggling for form.

Form: 754706

Happie Days⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 96| BF

3/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (24.5f, heavy, 10/3) 55 days ago. Claims based on his penultimate start, but record has been patchy this season.

Form: 272P2P

Goulane Jessie⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: S Spillane| OR: 93| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 8/1, very good second of 12 in handicap chase at Punchestown (20f, heavy) 41 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Should remain competitive.

Form: 5020-42

Mister Butler^p⁵⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-10| J: K J Brouder| T: C Byrnes| OR: 91

7/1

22/1, good second of 9 in novice chase at Cork (20f, heavy) 56 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Not taken lightly.

Form: F-00042

Grey Habit^p¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-5| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: P Meany| OR: 86| C

7/1

Course winner. Creditable third of 13 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.5f, heavy, 33/1) 19 days ago. Can continue to give a good account.

Form: 79P1-P3

Rightback Atya^p¹⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 10-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 83

50/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. 25/1, pulled up in handicap chase at this course (25.2f, heavy) 19 days ago, dropping away. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 00P54P

Miss Anfield^p1³⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: A W Short| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 82

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 100/1, eighteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy). Off 12 months. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0F00-

Haondotri^p1,t²⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: M Kelly| OR: 80

125/1

33/1 and blinkered for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (24f, soft), pulled up before last. Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Michael C. Griffin. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: U2-098P

Forecasts

Sargent Lightfoot (3/1), Happie Days (3/1), Mister Butler (7/1), Goulane Jessie (7/1), Grey Habit (7/1), Kellyiscool (11/1), Trickey Trix (14/1), Dedanann (14/1), Arctic Light (14/1), Lady Mccabe (16/1), Laid Back Luke (40/1), Rightback Atya (50/1), Miss Anfield (125/1), Haondotri (125/1)

SARGENT LIGHTFOOT is at the top of his game and shaped best of those held up when fourth in a handicap at Limerick a couple of months ago, so he gets the vote in an open contest. Mister Butler is on a very appealing mark if he can replicate his recent chasing efforts, so he goes down as the main threat ahead of Grey Habit.