15:35 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 1 January 2025

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Jump Into January At Fairyhouse (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 4m 15.8s

Azure Maine

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B Dunleavy⁽⁷⁾| T: Jamie Sloan

150/1

Califet gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Nulife, stayed 2¼m. Dam ran once over hurdles/once in bumper, also placed in points.

Form:

Casterly Rock

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: P E Collins

9/1

Lauro gelding. Dam, point winner/lightly raced in bumpers, sister to useful hurdler/very smart chaser (stayed 3¾m) Vic Venturi.

Form:

Drop A Threat^h1²⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

11/10

€100,000 3-y-o, Triple Threat gelding. Wears hood. Won sole start in points (Apr 2024) and should be hard to beat having his first go for top connections.

Form: 1-

Good Deal³⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Magee

20/1

Twice-raced maiden. Third of 6 in bumper at Navan (16f, heavy, 50/1). Off 11 months. Needs to do more.

Form: 53-

Largy Belter²⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

8/1

€18,000 3-y-o, Youmzain gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to bumper winner Ballycairn from family of very smart chaser Opera Hat. Fourth sole start in points (Apr 2024).

Form: 4-

Nopresentliketime

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr H C Swan| T: G Elliott

4/1

€135,000 3-y-o, Doyen gelding. Brother to useful hurdler/chaser Ballyshannon Rose, and closely related to a winner,. Trainer’s newcomers command respect.

Form:

Passenger²⁰⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Maguire| T: D K Weld| BF

13/2

Once-raced maiden. 9/4, sixth of 20 in bumper at Punchestown (16.8f, good) on NH debut. Off 6 months. Could step forward from that.

Form: 6

Super Fly^h1¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss A B O'Connor| T: A McCann

100/1

Once-raced maiden. Tenth of 12 in bumper at Naas (16.2f, good to soft, 20/1) on NH debut 16 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 0

The Lookout Man¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D L Queally| T: D Queally

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 12 in bumper at Naas (16.2f, good to soft, 5/1) 16 days ago. May have a bigger effort in him.

Form: 2-45

Forecasts

Drop A Threat (11/10), Nopresentliketime (4/1), Passenger (13/2), Largy Belter (8/1), The Lookout Man (8/1), Casterly Rock (9/1), Good Deal (20/1), Super Fly (100/1), Azure Maine (150/1)

DROP A THREAT has already won a point and his top trainer has an excellent record in bumpers, so he's an obvious choice ahead of Nopresentliketime, who makes appeal on pedigree. The Lookout Man is the pick of those with bumper experience.