14:00 Fairyhouse

Sunday 9 April 2023

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Cawley Furniture Novice Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: 5m 15.50s

Dovlator⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 123| D

25/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle (17/2) at this course (20.1f, good to soft) 43 days ago, going in snatches.

Form: P-61220

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Ted Hastings¹⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 120| D

10/1

Promising type. Made it 4 wins from only 5 starts over hurdles when landing a conditions event at Far Hills (America) in October. Freshened up since. Likely capable of even better. Major player.

Form: 6-12111

Invictus Machin⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mark Walsh| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 119

18/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. 10/1, fifth of 6 in minor event hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 92 days ago. Up in trip. Stable having good spell. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 145

Innatendue^t⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 118| BF

10/1

Bit below form fifth of 21 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, good to soft, 2/1) 42 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Trainer going well.

Form: 26-3275

Junior Alliance¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 116

80/1

Fifth of 6 in handicap chase (10/1) at Limerick (17.5f, soft) 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 94-6045

Sheishybrid^t¹⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: D F O'Regan| T: N Meade| OR: 116| BF

33/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 18f on flat. Creditable fifth of 14 in handicap (25/1) at Dundalk (12f), barely adequate test. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 3110

Jeepydoff Meel²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Elliott| OR: 114

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 7/4) 29 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress.

Form: 53334

L Anamour²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: D A Jacob| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 111

10/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Ayr in January. Creditable third of 11 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Down Royal (20f, heavy) 23 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: P-4143

Benz^p⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: C P McNamara| T: G Elliott| OR: 110

40/1

20/1, respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 53 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Back up in trip. Poor on last hurdle outing. Others more persuasive.

Form: 861325

Tophill Low²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: L Fowler| OR: 110

11/2

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Career best when winning 16-runner novice hurdle at Thurles (16f, soft, 3/1) 22 days ago, kept up to work. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should improve.

Form: 7361

Elusive Guy^p1¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 109

50/1

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in November. Seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy, 33/1) 10 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 1U6607

Kilbree Warrior^b,t⁴⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 109| C

16/1

Course winner. 40/1, well-beaten sixth of 8 to Hauturiere in listed hurdle at Punchestown (21f, good to soft) 49 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 421726

Quite Incredible²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 109

16/1

13/2, eleventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy) 29 days ago but had run well for second at Fairyhouse prior to that. Stable won this race last year.

Form: P-63420

Neveradullmoment^t⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 108| BF

5/1

Unlucky when narrowly denied at Naas in January. Not in the same form when sixth of 18 back there since but no surprise were he to bounce back with a bang. Another to consider.

Form: 03-0426

Arcland¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H Rogers| OR: 107

33/1

Below form fifth of 14 in handicap at Navan (13f, heavy, 7/1) 11 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Creditable on last hurdle run. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 30/4346

Rebellious Gale^t¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: A J Martin| OR: 106

6/1

Creditable fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Punchestown (24.4f, good to soft) 46 days ago. In touch when falling 3 out here on Saturday.

Form: 25354F

The King Of Prs³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 106

10/1

Promising individual. Cosy winner of 16-runner handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) in January. Fell fourth at Leopardstown since. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 090-61F

Dont Go Yet²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 105

12/1

Good fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) 20 days ago. Back up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 1-9P374

Petit King²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 105

18/1

Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Down Royal (20f, heavy) 23 days ago but this demands more.

Form: 4F9-604

Clifftop¹⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: Brian Hayes| T: H Rogers| OR: 104

40/1

Improved to win 14-runner handicap on Flat at Bellewstown (12f, good to soft, 10/3) when last seen in September. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Creditable on last hurdle outing.

Form: 0/3424-4

Non-Runners

Cillians Charm⁶⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: A McCann J: Aidan Kelly

Mac's Xpress¹⁰⁴

Weight: 10-5| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Reserve 1

West Away⁵⁶

Weight: 10-5| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 2

The Toothpicker⁴²¹

Weight: 10-4| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Neveradullmoment (5/1), Tophill Low (11/2), Rebellious Gale (6/1), Cillians Charm (8/1), Ted Hastings (10/1), L Anamour (10/1), The King Of Prs (10/1), Innatendue (10/1), Dont Go Yet (12/1), Kilbree Warrior (16/1), Quite Incredible (16/1), Jeepydoff Meel (16/1), Petit King (18/1), Invictus Machin (18/1), Dovlator (25/1), Sheishybrid (33/1), Arcland (33/1), Clifftop (40/1), Benz (40/1), Elusive Guy (50/1), Junior Alliance (80/1)

An ultra-competitive novice handicap. TED HASTINGS has a progressive profile and is taken to enhance his already impressive strike-rate on his return from a break. Gavin Cromwell pair The King of Prs and Invictus Machin head the many dangers along with Neveradullmoment.