13:15 Fairyhouse

Sunday 3 April 2022

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Congrats To Nina, Our Local Star Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 5m 9.8s

Another Affair²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: A W Short| T: V C Ward

125/1

Ungenuine type. 25/1, ninth of 12 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 22 days ago. Up in trip. Hard to fancy.

Form: 5-69P69

Atlantic Wonder²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin

200/1

Well held in maiden hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut 22 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Up in trip.

Form: 7

Ballinlough Gale^h,t¹⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin

40/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Eleventh of 14 in handicap at Gowran (13.8f) in October. Market should prove a useful guide now tackling timber for the first time.

Form:

Battle Frontier^h1,t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R P Treacy| T: Miss T L Cogan

18/1

Fair hurdler. 9/1, bit below form sixth of 10 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 91F446

Big Kitten¹⁸⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: R Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

22/1

Fairly useful Flat winner (stays 12f), making GB/IRE jumps debut. 11/1, third of 12 in handicap at Kempton (11f) in September. Another who is well worthy of close market scrutiny now hurdling for new stable.

Form:

Hory^h1²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden| BF

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Unseated rider in novice hurdle (33/1) at Wexford (20.2f, good to soft) 2 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 80U

Level Neverending¹⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| BF

1/4

Promising individual. 11/10, first run since leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien when second of 13 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.4f, heavy) on hurdles bow in October. Up in trip. Leading claims on return.

Form: 3112

Patsy's Honour²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R M Power| T: A J Martin

25/1

Bumper winner who was let down by his jumping when fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy) on hurdles bow 21 days ago. Another who may be best watched until going handicapping.

Form: 6-10

Smooth Scotch^t1³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

4/1

Promising type. 50/1, third of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft) 35 days ago, running on. Up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time. Should improve.

Form: 83

Boggyandgabe³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: T B Lyons⁽⁷⁾| T: T Cooper

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Unseated rider first in novice hurdle (150/1) at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) on NH debut 3 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: U

Bothar Tara⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: S G Walsh

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle (200/1) at Naas (15.6f, soft) 50 days ago, pulled up final 1f. Up in trip.

Form: 5-P

Carrig Carol⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: P Croke

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, sixth of 12 in bumper at Leopardstown (20f, soft) on NH debut 97 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Clairmc³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

10/1

Promising sort. 4/1, respectable third of 8 in bumper at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 31 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Up in trip. Likely to improve.

Form: 6263

Cracklinrose

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

40/1

Yeats mare. Closely related to fair hurdler Latino Fling. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2¼m) Savello.

Form:

Miranda Priestly⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Kieran Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, fifteenth of 19 in maiden at the Curragh (7f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. 8/16 sole previous hurdle run.

Form: 64-08

One For Dan

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

125/1

Imperial Monarch gelding. Dam (h83), placed over hurdles (stayed 2½m), half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 25f) Paperprophet and fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Salute Him. Reserve 1.

Form:

Non-Runners

Our Ted¹⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: S R B Crawford J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Beeverstown Bullet²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: M A Cahill J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Level Neverending (1/4), Smooth Scotch (4/1), Clairmc (10/1), Beeverstown Bullet (10/1), Battle Frontier (18/1), Big Kitten (22/1), Patsy's Honour (25/1), Our Ted (25/1), Hory (33/1), Ballinlough Gale (40/1), Cracklinrose (40/1), Carrig Carol (80/1), One For Dan (125/1), Another Affair (125/1), Miranda Priestly (150/1), Bothar Tara (150/1), Boggyandgabe (150/1), Atlantic Wonder (200/1)

A useful, dual winner in bumpers, LEVEL NEVERENDING shaped up well when runner-up on yard/hurdles bow at Wexford (2m) back in October and this looks a good opportunity for him to get off the mark on return. Smooth Scotch and Clairmc may emerge next best, whilst Big Kitten was fairly useful on the Flat and requires a market check now hurdling for his new stable.