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Friday 5 March 2021

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Fairyhouse Website For Merchandise Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 5m 43.90s

Corran Cross¹¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

6/4

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 10 in bumper at Clonmel (16.4f, heavy, 2/1) 113 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 1-25

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Glendaars Star

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: K J Brouder| T: Ian O'Connor

40/1

Doyen gelding. Dam, ran once over hurdles/once in bumper, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3m) Viva Steve and fairly useful 2½m hurdle winner Dublin Four.

Form:

Prohus Yank

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Ian Power| T: R J McGrath

33/1

Westerner gelding. Brother to winning pointer Another Tuco. Dam (c83/h88) maiden jumper (stayed 2¾m).

Form:

Simply Shabra¹⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann

50/1

Mountain High gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to unreliable but useful chaser (stayed 33f) Major Malarkey. Fell in point on debut, Nov 21.

Form: F

The Brimming Water³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 300/1, tenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.7f, heavy) 37 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 8-P0

Gaulois³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

3/1

20/1, encouraging third of 9 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Gowran (20.4f, heavy) on NH debut 36 days ago. Likely to do better still, so he needs considering.

Form: 3

Lead To The Local

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr R J Kiely⁽⁵⁾| T: P Kiely

40/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Leading Light gelding. Dam, dual bumper winner, sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2¾m) Primroseandblue.

Form:

Merry Dreamer¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr D L Queally⁽³⁾| T: D Queally

6/1

Once-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, heavy, 25/1) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: 0

Minella Universe¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nallen

40/1

Once-raced maiden. 66/1, fifteenth of 19 in bumper at Punchestown (16.6f, heavy) on NH debut 19 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 0

Palace Storm⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

6/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 10 in bumper (9/2) at Punchestown (16.6f, heavy) on NH debut 87 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 8

Pepper'n Salt^t1²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 112

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form sixth of 18 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.7f, heavy, 33/1) 29 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Player on best form.

Form: 27-696

Sweet Beat⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Gary McGill

50/1

€2,500 3-y-o, Beat Hollow gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/chaser Off The Charts and modest chaser Waitinonasunnyday. Made frame once from 3 points, pulled up last time (Dec 6).

Form: 74P

The Deecoy⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Navan (20f, heavy) on NH debut 77 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 0

Wild As Fire⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: J J Slevin| T: E Cawley

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, heavy, 200/1) on NH debut 81 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Ask Blossomfort¹³⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: B Cawley J: Reserve 1

Maybenextyear

Weight: 11-13| Age: 5

T: P Stafford J: Reserve 2

Croagh Patrick¹¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: S Donohoe J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Corran Cross (6/4), Gaulois (3/1), Pepper'n Salt (5/1), Merry Dreamer (6/1), Palace Storm (6/1), Croagh Patrick (16/1), Ask Blossomfort (16/1), Maybenextyear (25/1), Prohus Yank (33/1), Minella Universe (40/1), Lead To The Local (40/1), Glendaars Star (40/1), Simply Shabra (50/1), Sweet Beat (50/1), The Brimming Water (80/1), Wild As Fire (200/1), The Deecoy (250/1)

Point-winner CORRAN CROSS showed plenty when runner-up on his bumper debut at Downpatrick before disappointing at Clonmel. He's worth another chance now sent hurdling back from a break and is preferred to Gaulois, who sets the standard on his debut third at Gowran.