15:50 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 24 January 2024

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Jump Into January At Fairyhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 6m 0.7s

Hillsdale⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 95

8/1

Promising type. Good third of 10 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, soft, 15/2) 41 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Can make presence felt.

Form: UU53

Gold Haven^b²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P W Flynn| OR: 94| BF

4/1

Creditable third of 19 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (17f, soft, 9/2) 29 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 925-623

Rusheen²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: J Dullea| OR: 93

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, excellent second of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy) 27 days ago, just failing. Should progress.

Form: P-90872

Feyan⁴⁸⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 92| D

80/1

First run since leaving Robert Tyner when below form eighth of 16 in handicap chase (40/1) at Listowel (20f, good). Off 16 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 1205/P8-

Jouster^t⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 92

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, soft) 62 days ago. Up in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 47-0608

Lilian Bland^h²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: R Deegan| T: N P Hennessy| OR: 90

12/1

Third of 8 in handicap chase (15/2) at Tramore (22.8f, heavy) on debut over fences 23 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 2-342P3

Junot^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: M M McDonagh⁽³⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 87

7/1

Good fourth of 18 in handicap hurdle (13/2) at Naas (19.1f, soft) 12 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 08P434

Lily's Choice³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Ricky Doyle| T: D H Kelly| OR: 87

7/1

200/1, sixth of 12 in novice chase at this course (16.5f, heavy) 39 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back up in trip.

Form: 7P0086

Boxcar Molly⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 85

40/1

50/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 64 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 7-99000

Mount Gable¹⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: R P Treacy| T: Mrs J Cashin| OR: 82

7/1

66/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 165 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0009-00

Pirate Bonnie⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 81

9/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Wexford (20f, heavy) 68 days ago, pulled up.

Form: UU00-9P

Shean Glory²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr S Tobin⁽⁷⁾| T: S Aherne| OR: 81

14/1

Two wins from 41 NH runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. Thirteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy, 9/1) 24 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 539350

Max Time²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: D King⁽³⁾| T: I Madden| OR: 80

66/1

Remains a maiden after 17 NH runs. Tongue strap on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy, 50/1) 24 days ago, pulled up before last.

Form: 99750P

Aodhan May^p1⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 83

33/1

Fifteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Cork (20f, heavy) 45 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. RESERVE.

Form: 2P1P-P0

Non-Runners

The Big Cloud²⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: S Crawley J: Sean O'Keeffe

Legacy Of Dreams⁷⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: P J Rothwell J: J P O'Sullivan

Mrs Watson²⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 10

T: P Croke J: Shane Fenelon

Golden Symphony⁵⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 11

T: M P Fitzgerald J: Reserve 1

Backinabit⁴¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: J P Dempsey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Big Cloud (11/4), Gold Haven (4/1), Rusheen (9/2), Junot (7/1), Lily's Choice (7/1), Mount Gable (7/1), Hillsdale (8/1), Pirate Bonnie (9/1), Jouster (10/1), Lilian Bland (12/1), Shean Glory (14/1), Legacy Of Dreams (16/1), Mrs Watson (25/1), Aodhan May (33/1), Boxcar Molly (40/1), Max Time (66/1), Feyan (80/1)

THE BIG CLOUD was unable to justify market confidence when third at Punchestown last month but it was still another step forward (pulled clear of the rest) and she remains of interest. Rusheen showed big improvement when only just failing to make a winning handicap debut at Limerick and is an obvious threat, while Hillsdale is a potential improver switched to handicaps.