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Monday 5 April 2021

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Fairyhouse Steel Handicap Hurdle (0-140)

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 5m 42.2s

Lynwood Gold^t1³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 130

4/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 11/1, creditable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24f, heavy) 35 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Enters calculations.

Form: 421-26

Aarons Day^t1²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 129| C

15/2

Course winner. Creditable sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy, 4/1) 22 days ago, though carried his head awkwardly. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 611-286

Red Gerry^b,t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 129

14/1

Latest win in hurdle at Punchestown in October. 12/1, perhaps needed the run when sixth of 7 in minor event hurdle at Navan (23f, heavy) 23 days ago.

Form: 313136

Trainwreck⁵⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 129

40/1

11/1, eighteenth of 22 in handicap chase at Leopardstown (21.4f, soft) 57 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles, and needs to bounce back.

Form: 020-840

Capilano Bridge⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 127

11/1

2 wins from 6 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle at Naas in January. Creditable second of 8 in novice hurdle at Thurles (20.2f, heavy, 13/2) 49 days ago. Another good account likely.

Form: 531612

Ellie Mac^b⁹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 124| C

18/1

Produced laboured effort when 37½ lengths fourth of 5 to Agusta Gold in Grade 3 mares event (25/1) at this course (21.2f, heavy) 92 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 301334

Swordsman^p³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 123| C

10/1

Unreliable type. Course winner. Respectable fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy, 28/1) 34 days ago. F

Form: FPU6-04

Millen To One⁹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Jack Kennedy| T: F J Flood| OR: 122

13/2

Didn't need to improve to get off the mark in 9-runner handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, soft) 97 days ago, driven out. 6 lb rise fair and should go well again.

Form: 43U321

Jammy George^p²²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper| OR: 121| D

50/1

Seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy, 50/1) 22 days ago. Others have more pressing claims.

Form: 2-5P5P7

Max Flamingo²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: Francis Casey| OR: 120

4/1

11/2, career best when winning 16-runner maiden hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, good) 29 days ago, driven clear. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 04-2251

Bold Emperor⁶⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 107

10/1

Below his best when 13¼ lengths eighth of 17 to Capilano Bridge in handicap hurdle (13/2) at Naas (15.7f, heavy) 64 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 243478

Klassy Kay²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 107| BF| C

10/1

Course winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this season. 9/4, respectable sixth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, good) 29 days ago. Stable in good form. Merits consideration.

Form: 3-41316

Non-Runners

Ilikedwayurthinkin⁶⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: G P Cromwell J: Simon Torrens

Bois De Clamart³⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: Miss E Doyle J: Sean O'Keeffe

It Could Be You¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: T Mullins J: D E Mullins

Kellyiscool¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: S Curling J: K J Brouder

Forecasts

Max Flamingo (4/1), Lynwood Gold (4/1), Millen To One (13/2), Aarons Day (15/2), Kellyiscool (8/1), Bold Emperor (10/1), Swordsman (10/1), Klassy Kay (10/1), It Could Be You (10/1), Capilano Bridge (11/1), Ilikedwayurthinkin (12/1), Red Gerry (14/1), Ellie Mac (18/1), Bois De Clamart (25/1), Trainwreck (40/1), Jammy George (50/1)

LYNWOOD GOLD shaped well on his handicap debut at Punchestown last month and is completely unexposed at this sort of trip, so he's an appealing candidate. Capilano Bridge and Millen To One head up the opposition in a competitive affair.