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Thursday 16 January 2025

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Fairyhouse Supporting Treo Eile Handicap Hurdle (0-100)

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 5m 14.00s

Silas Marner¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Brien| OR: 99

11/1

Well-beaten sixth of 21 in maiden hurdle at Naas (16f, heavy, 150/1) 11 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Needs keeping a close eye on in the betting.

Form: F46496

Blue Reed⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 94

11/1

8/1, didn't get home over the longer trip when sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24.4f, soft) a couple of months ago. Back down in trip.

Form: F89686

Duffys Hodey^p¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 94| BF

5/2

1 win from 3 runs this season. 3/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, ran at least as well in defeat when third of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, soft) 18 days ago. Likely to continue in form.

Form: P55-213

Ag Obair Go Crua¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Flavin| OR: 92

20/1

33/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, soft) 18 days ago, weakening after 3 out.

Form: 7-08P

Olord²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 89

40/1

Offered little after 4 months off when eleventh of 18 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) just under 3 weeks ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 4364/P0

Party Pack¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Flavin| OR: 88

12/1

Went backwards from reappearance when pulled up in handicap hurdle (18/1) at this course (24.5f, soft) just over 2 weeks ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 805P-9P

Deep Sigh^p,t³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 87

20/1

20/1, sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) 33 days ago. Looks more or less exposed in this sphere now.

Form: 705-006

Shanroe Nancy³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 87

25/1

Well held in 3 maiden hurdles. Back up in trip for handicap debut and needs to show plenty more.

Form: 780

Fortuna Lora¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Daniel King| T: D Hogan| OR: 86

28/1

Never-dangerous eighth of 18 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Punchestown (16.4f, heavy) 16 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 4060U8

Kyle Valley¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 86

33/1

Again ran poorly when pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (24.5f, soft, 40/1) just over 2 weeks ago, weakening approaching home turn.

Form: 1F3-00P

Lariat^p³⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: B W Harvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 86

14/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Eighth of 19 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Punchestown (23.8f, soft) just over 5 weeks ago. Others obviously more appealing from a win perspective but could well make the frame.

Form: 9000-28

Heidi's Frontiere³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: M Kennedy| OR: 85

13/2

Took a step back in the right direction after 8 months off when fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Cork (16.2f, soft) just under 5 weeks ago. Back up in trip. Player if able to build on that.

Form: 70400-4

Coco Lightning^h,t¹⁷⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: C Collins| OR: 83

8/1

10/1, disappointed back up in trip when seventh of 13 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good) 6 months ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Thomas P. O'Connor. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 04-8767

Ivane^p,t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 83

9/1

Unreliable type. Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. Tongue strap on for 1st time, turned in best effort of the season when third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.6f, heavy, 9/2) just over 2 weeks ago.

Form: P67503

Rebelle Chaud^h,t³³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: A Donoghue| OR: 81

8/1

Remains a maiden after 17 NH runs but arrives in good order. 12/1, third of 13 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) 33 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 009/P-23

Non-Runners

Realtin Lonrach³

Weight: 10-9| Age: 9

T: M O'Dowd J: M J M O'Sullivan

Forecasts

Duffys Hodey (5/2), Heidi's Frontiere (13/2), Coco Lightning (8/1), Rebelle Chaud (8/1), Ivane (9/1), Blue Reed (11/1), Silas Marner (11/1), Party Pack (12/1), Lariat (14/1), Realtin Lonrach (14/1), Deep Sigh (20/1), Ag Obair Go Crua (20/1), Shanroe Nancy (25/1), Fortuna Lora (28/1), Kyle Valley (33/1), Olord (40/1)

Plenty in with a squeak but the suggestion is DUFFYS HODEY, who opened his account at Clonmel last month and ran just as well in first-time cheekpieces when third in another big-field handicap at Limerick subsequently. Rebelle Chaud is a long-standing maiden, but she arrives in top form so heads up the opposition, with Ivane and Silas Marner another couple worth keeping a close eye on, too.