16:05 Fairyhouse

Sunday 3 April 2022

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Tom Quinlan Electrical Novice Hurdle (Grade 2)

Off time: 16:05 | Winning time: 3m 57.7s

Flame Bearer^t³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: J J Doyle| T: P M J Doyle| CD

5/4

Useful hurdler. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. Evens, career best when winning 5-runner Johnstown Novices' Hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft) 35 days ago by 2½ lengths from Meet And Greet, driven clear. One to consider.

Form: 11-5311

Dartington²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| D

25/1

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 10f on flat. Won 15-runner novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy, 30/100) 22 days ago, kept up to work. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 41

Deploy The Getaway^t1²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins| OR: 136

8/1

Useful hurdler. 2/1, 7 lengths fifth of 8 to Highland Charge in Kingsfurze Novices' Hurdle at Naas (15.4f, heavy) 21 days ago. Trainer going well. Tongue strap on 1st time. Warrants consideration.

Form: 2-23125

Ha D'Or^h³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| CD

7/2

Useful hurdler. C&D winner. 5 lengths third of 5 to Flame Bearer in Johnstown Novices' Hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft, 3/1) 35 days ago. Should give another good account, and is better off at the weights with that rival now.

Form: 135-213

Hawai Game^h1,t1⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 134

11/2

Useful hurdler. Pulled up in Moscow Flyer Novices' Hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy, 7/2) 77 days ago won by Dysart Dynamo. Had looked promising prior to that, so not ruled out.

Form: 1-1P

I Don't Get It³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: N McCluskey| OR: 85

250/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 37 NH runs. 10/3, bit below form tenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) 3 days ago, doing too much too soon. Difficult ask.

Form: 045520

Largy Debut⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| D

14/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 11/4 and hooded for 1st time, well-beaten fifth of 6 to Slip of The Tongue in listed hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 49 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 13/1P5

The Tide Turns^t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 135| D

7/1

Promising individual. 9/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifteenth of 21 in juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, good) 19 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Remains with potential and has to be considered.

Form: 1440

Forecasts

Flame Bearer (5/4), Ha D'Or (7/2), Hawai Game (11/2), The Tide Turns (7/1), Deploy The Getaway (8/1), Largy Debut (14/1), Dartington (25/1), I Don't Get It (250/1)

FLAME BEARER was impressive when scoring at this level in a 5-runner event at Naas last time and, despite the penalty, he's worth a chance to follow up at the likely expense of Ha d'Or, who was back in third that day. The Tide Turns has had excuses the last twice and remains with potential.