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Monday 21 April 2025

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Fairyhouse Steel Handicap Hurdle (0-140)

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 5m 46.90s

Farmers Lodge¹¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: B Connell| OR: 135| C

9/2

Course winner. 2 wins from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle (10/3) at Punchestown (19f, heavy) 111 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 414-411

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Oscars Brother¹³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Daniel King| T: Connor King| OR: 135| BF

13/2

Latest win in hurdle at Cork in November. 4/1, good third of 20 in handicap hurdle at Navan (25.2f, soft) 135 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 6-52313

Lucky Lyreen³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Finn Brickley⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 131| C

15/2

Course winner. Nineteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (24f, good to soft, 33/1) 39 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: P-08630

Clodders Dream²⁹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 128

28/1

2 wins from 4 runs this season. 10/1, career best when winning 17-runner handicap hurdle at Tipperary (20.4f, good to soft), driven out. Off 9 months.

Form: 03-1321

Eagles Reign^b⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 127

25/1

40/1 and blinkers on for 1st time in this code, creditable eleventh of 19 in handicap hurdle at Naas (23.1f, heavy) 57 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 0-16700

Come Walk With Me^t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: E Walsh| T: E Cawley| OR: 125

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, good second of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.5f, soft, 3/1) 43 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 5222

Glen Kiln⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 124| BF

13/2

Latest win in hurdle at Navan in December. 4/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, soft) 58 days ago, pulled up before next. Rejoined yard after leaving Michael J. Bowe.

Form: 1F-618P

Arion Soldier¹⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Ricky Doyle| T: Eamon Courtney| OR: 123

40/1

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. 28/1, last of 12 in novice chase at Galway (22.5f, soft) on debut over fences 176 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0831-0

Mywayofthinkin^t⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 123

10/3

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. 13/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 7 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.2f, heavy) 84 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 22-1P5

Angostura³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 120

28/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 35 days ago, pulled up before next. Significantly up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 321P-3P

Redstone¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Kieren Buckley| T: H Rogers| OR: 120| C

33/1

Course winner. 28/1, first run since leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell when ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at this course (24f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 16F0-89

Idefix De Ciergues^p³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: S Bowen| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 115

12/1

Latest win in hurdle at Doncaster in November. 9/1, sixth of 7 in handicap chase at Newbury (23.4f, good) 31 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4112P6

Tranquil Sea^p1,t1⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽³⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 113

18/1

12/1, below form ninth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (24.3f, heavy) 88 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time, cheekpieces on 1st time. Enters calculations.

Form: 12-3209

Petit King^p⁶⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-3| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 112

33/1

Pulled up in handicap chase (25/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 65 days ago, pushed along after 4 out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces back on. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 43-706P

Non-Runners

Win Some Lose Some³⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: P Roche J: Aidan Kelly

Mordor¹³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Danny Gilligan

Hamsiyann¹⁷

Weight: 10-8| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Mywayofthinkin (10/3), Farmers Lodge (9/2), Come Walk With Me (5/1), Glen Kiln (13/2), Oscars Brother (13/2), Lucky Lyreen (15/2), Win Some Lose Some (8/1), Idefix De Ciergues (12/1), Hamsiyann (12/1), Mordor (16/1), Tranquil Sea (18/1), Eagles Reign (25/1), Clodders Dream (28/1), Angostura (28/1), Petit King (33/1), Redstone (33/1), Arion Soldier (40/1)

The progressive FARMERS LODGE is taken to complete the hat-trick. He's gone up 10 lb for his latest success at Punchestown on New Year's Eve but this stiffer test promises to help bring about further improvement. Oscars Brother will be a danger to all if resuming from a break in top form, while handicap debutant Come Walk With Me is also of interest, along with Clodders Dream, who could be the pick of the Gordon Elliott-trained quartet.