13:40 Fairyhouse

Saturday 16 December 2023

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Happy Christmas From All At Fairyhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 13:41 | Winning time: 4m 29.1s

Magic Olinger¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Keane| OR: 99

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, creditable ninth of 24 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, soft) 14 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Uphill task.

Form: 9-0969

Virtual Oscar^t⁴⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: D Collins| OR: 98

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Navan (15.8f, good, 8/1). Off 15 months. First run for yard after leaving Dermot Anthony McLoughlin. Merits consideration.

Form: 47443-

Moneynabane³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 97

28/1

Winner in hurdle at Downpatrick in October. 33/1, fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 36 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 357100

Not Before Time¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Simon Torrens| T: A A Howard| OR: 95

15/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Tramore (21f, soft, 33/1) 18 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 645

The Vegas Raider^t,v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: K A Heffernan| OR: 95| D

14/1

Fourteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle (100/1) at this course (19.8f, soft) 14 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2076P0

Letters To Juliet²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: P Downey| OR: 93

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 20 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0580

Don't Talk^t1⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 91

6/1

8/1, below form eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, soft) 70 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 5340-P8

Spanish John^t⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 91

15/2

150/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 10 in maiden at the Curragh (12f, heavy) 41 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Back down in trip. Not ruled out at these weights.

Form: 00-19P5

Shanroe Act²⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: A P Heskin| T: K Thornton| OR: 88

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, sixteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy). Off 9 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0000-

Mr Social⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: E Griffin| OR: 87| BF

11/2

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in August. Respectable 10 lengths third of 10 to Moneynabane in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.5f, soft, 15/8) 71 days ago. Back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 841233

Robindevidastar^b¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 83

10/1

Respectable ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21f, soft, 28/1) 18 days ago. Down in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 0-75109

Brilliant Question^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: R P Treacy| T: K A Heffernan| OR: 80

10/1

Caught the eye returned to hurdling when fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) 25 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 038PP/4

Non-Runners

Katherine³⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: A Sexton J: Harry Sexton

Forecasts

Magic Olinger (3/1), Mr Social (11/2), Don't Talk (6/1), Virtual Oscar (13/2), Spanish John (15/2), Not Before Time (15/2), Robindevidastar (10/1), Brilliant Question (10/1), The Vegas Raider (14/1), Katherine (20/1), Shanroe Act (25/1), Moneynabane (28/1), Letters To Juliet (50/1)

BRILLIANT QUESTION rates the pick of these weights so looks the way to go on the back of her eye-catching Limerick fourth last time out. Handicap debutante Not Before Time could improve enough to pose the chief threat, with Mr Social and Spanish John two others to consider.