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Friday 5 March 2021

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Fairyhouse/Dunboyne Castle Afternoon Tea Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 20.9s

Five Helmets⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 10f on flat. 50/1, excellent ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 65 days ago.

Form: 0009

Lariat²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: A McGuinness

9/4

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 20/1, sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy) 25 days ago. Big player judged on form of his penultimate start.

Form: 036

Broomhill^t1⁴⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: Caroline Mccaldin

33/1

£8,000 5-y-o, Yeats gelding. Dam bumper/2½m chase winner. Wears tongue strap. Winner of just one of his 9 starts between the flags.

Form: PP/214P-

Corey Lord¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

7/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, eighth of 13 in novice hurdle at this course (19.7f, heavy) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: P28

Gaelic Des Chastys⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: A Donoghue

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy, 150/1) 4 days ago.

Form: 50U8

Grattan Quay¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Ricky Doyle| T: E Griffin

8/1

Promising sort. Sixth of 10 in bumper (80/1) at this course (19.7f, heavy) on bumper debut 11 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Open to improvement.

Form: 66

Johnny Giro¹¹

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

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (19.7f, heavy, 250/1) 11 days ago.

Form: P-09

Light That Fire

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley

40/1

Leading Light gelding. Dam ran once in bumper. Worth a second look in the betting.

Form:

Massons Castle

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: A W Short| T: D A McLoughlin

33/1

€800 3-y-o, Frammassone gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including ungenuine but useful hurdler/chaser Massasoit and fairly useful chaser Afistfullofpebbles.

Form:

Sparkling Stars²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: K J Brouder| T: E McCarthy

22/1

Poor hurdler. First run since leaving J. P. H. Dubois when tenth of 16 in novice hurdle (150/1) at this C&D (heavy) on Irish NH debut 25 days ago.

Form: 0-0

Tech Talk⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 67 days ago.

Form: 00

Vain Rocks

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: Daniel O'leary

250/1

Wareed gelding. Dam bumper/2½m hurdle winner. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Newtown Pery

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Mark Walsh| T: Mrs J Harrington

11/4

Yeats mare. Sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Feeling The Love. Lots to like on paper and confidence behind this mare in the betting would look highly significant.

Form:

Samcro's Sister^h1,t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

20/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 14 in novice hurdle (22/1) at this C&D (heavy) 11 days ago, refusing to settle. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: P-07

Icee M B A⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hourigan

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, eighth of 11 in bumper at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 69 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. RESERVE.

Form: 4P-U8

Non-Runners

Keep 'em Lit¹¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: B R Hamilton J: D F O'Regan

Hide The Truth¹⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: Yvonne Latta J: Reserve 2

Elite Des Mottes¹⁵¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: E McCarthy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Lariat (9/4), Newtown Pery (11/4), Five Helmets (4/1), Corey Lord (7/1), Grattan Quay (8/1), Keep 'em Lit (10/1), Samcro's Sister (20/1), Sparkling Stars (22/1), Gaelic Des Chastys (25/1), Massons Castle (33/1), Broomhill (33/1), Light That Fire (40/1), Tech Talk (100/1), Icee M B A (125/1), Johnny Giro (200/1), Vain Rocks (250/1)

The hint should be taken if the market vibes surrounding newcomer NEWTOWN PERY are positive. Indeed, she certainly looks the part on paper and certainly wouldn't need to be anything out of the ordinary to make a winning debut in a race seemingly bigger on quantity than quality. Lariat was a good third here on penultimate start and is the clear main danger ahead of potential improver Grattan Quay.