15:50 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 8 February 2023

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Fairyhouse Easter Festival Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 12.01s

Derry Lad^h1¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Kevin Coleman

50/1

Fair Flat winner. 250/1, tailed-off last of 6 to Echoes In Rain in Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas (15.7f, soft) on NH debut 10 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 6

Ivasecret²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

150/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Eighteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy, 33/1) on NH debut 24 days ago.

Form: 0

Rockview Roman⁷⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell

100/1

Modest Flat winner, making jumps debut. 9/2, ninth of 11 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 75 days ago.

Form:

Set Point^p¹¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

14/1

fairly useful Flat winner, making jumps debut. 18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, sixth of 14 in handicap at Catterick (12.1f, soft). First run for yard after leaving Hugo Palmer and joined top NH yard.

Form:

Viva Devito^h⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

4/5

Promising type. 3/1, bit below form fifth of 21 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 44 days ago. Represents top yard and likely has a bigger effort in him.

Form: 4/104-25

Ballagh Star⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy

150/1

250/1, twelfth of 20 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, soft) on NH debut 42 days ago.

Form: 0

Battle It Out²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, seventh of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 24 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 07

Bocelli's Voice¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

25/1

Eighth of 25 in novice hurdle (100/1) at this C&D (soft) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: 32-8

Cosmo Renfro¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: S Nolan

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, eighth of 11 in novice hurdle at this course (19.5f, heavy) 14 days ago.

Form: P8

Four Throws⁶⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Ewing| T: D Leahy

125/1

125/1, fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft) on NH debut 67 days ago.

Form: 0

Leading Flame³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: P J Carberry| T: M J Smith

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, twenty fourth of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.9f, heavy) 31 days ago.

Form: 880

Park Of Kings¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Nolan

18/1

33/1, thirteenth of 25 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft) on hurdles bow 11 days ago. Should leave that effort behind.

Form: 340

Spanish John³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D E Mullins| T: P A Fahy

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 80/1) 32 days ago.

Form: 6900

Stuzzikini²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

5/2

Promising type. 40/1, excellent second of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 24 days ago. Open to further progress for top yard.

Form: 7-002

Transmission⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy

9/2

Promising type. Ninth of 12 in novice hurdle (12/1) at Leopardstown (20f, soft) 41 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 32-239

Flemensreva¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 25 in novice hurdle (200/1) at this C&D (soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 090

Non-Runners

Annie Beag¹¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: W J Austin J: Adam Ellis

The Belmont Boys¹⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: D A McLoughlin J: Reserve 2

Black Field

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: Ciaran Murphy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Viva Devito (4/5), Stuzzikini (5/2), Transmission (9/2), Set Point (14/1), Black Field (16/1), Park Of Kings (18/1), Bocelli's Voice (25/1), Battle It Out (50/1), Derry Lad (50/1), Annie Beag (66/1), Rockview Roman (100/1), The Belmont Boys (100/1), Four Throws (125/1), Leading Flame (125/1), Ballagh Star (150/1), Cosmo Renfro (150/1), Spanish John (150/1), Ivasecret (150/1), Flemensreva (200/1)

Despite being totally ignored in the betting, STUZZIKINI ran a cracker when second at Punchestown 3 weeks ago and a repeat of that effort may well suffice. Viva Devito is the clear-second choice, with Set Point, a stablemate of the selection, another to consider on hurdles debut.