14:55 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 5 February 2025

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Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 14.3s

Are We Dancing

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: L Lennon

200/1

Feel Like Dancing gelding. Dam point winner.

Form:

Aswellasabentley²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: L Lennon

33/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, eighth of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 78

Good To Be Alive

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

9/1

Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful 21f hurdle winner Cedar Row. Dam, lightly raced over jumps, half-sister to high-class but moody chaser (stayed 4m) Turpin Green. Likely type for top yard.

Form:

Hobart²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Gavin Brouder⁽³⁾| T: J Nash

16/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 6 in juvenile hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 40/1) on NH debut 25 days ago.

Form: 5

Imarajan^t1¹¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley| T: E & P Harty

17/2

Fair maiden on Flat (stays 1¾m), improved when runner-up in handicap last time. Has left M. Halford & T. Collins.

Form:

Legionnaire Forez⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/9

Showed plenty when 3½ lengths second in maiden bumper at Paray-Le-Monial in November. Since joined top yard for €140,000 and of obvious interest.

Form: 2

Nobody^h¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Brendan Walsh

100/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, sixth of 11 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Cork (16.9f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago, considerately handled.

Form: 6

Rockys Favourite⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Mulligan

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (250/1) at Leopardstown (16f, good) on NH debut 40 days ago.

Form: 0

Sundance Sioux²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: B W Harvey| T: Cian Hughes

7/2

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Promising type. Fourth of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft, 25/1) on NH debut 23 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 4

Atlantic City⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

50/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (125/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) on NH debut 41 days ago.

Form: 8

Lagoon Nebula⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: A Kinirons

50/1

Fair maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Last of 6 in maiden at Dundalk (12f, 13/2) 77 days ago. First run for yard after leaving W. McCreery.

Form:

Mercurial Sea^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: N Slevin

125/1

Affinisea filly. Dam (h112), 2m-19f hurdle winner, half-sister to dual bumper winner Just A Thought. Wears hood.

Form:

Phoenix Princess²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D King| T: Brendan Walsh

250/1

Poor maiden on Flat.

Form:

Forecasts

Legionnaire Forez (4/9), Sundance Sioux (7/2), Imarajan (17/2), Good To Be Alive (9/1), Hobart (16/1), Aswellasabentley (33/1), Atlantic City (50/1), Lagoon Nebula (50/1), Nobody (100/1), Mercurial Sea (125/1), Are We Dancing (200/1), Phoenix Princess (250/1), Rockys Favourite (250/1)

LEGIONNAIRE FOREZ showed plenty when runner-up in a bumper in France and can make a winning start for powerful connections. Good To Be Alive is an interesting newcomer, while Sundance Sioux offered something to work on when fourth at Punchestown.