13:53 Fairyhouse

Saturday 29 November 2025

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Close Brothers Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 13:53 | Winning time: 5m 21.40s

Maverick Mack²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

5/1

Came on plenty for his sole outing in bumpers when winning 18-runner maiden at Gowran (16.1f, heavy, 10/1) on hurdles bow 21 days ago. Sure to progress.

Form: 2-81

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L' Evangeliste³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: E McNamara| OR: 123

1/1

Confirmed hurdling debut promise when winning 9-runner maiden at Galway (16.4f, good to soft) 35 days ago, drawing clear from 2 out. Open to further improvement.

Form: 1/317-21

Kamino Bello²⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

10/1

Left an underwhelming run in a Fairyhouse bumper well behind when running out a clear-cut winner of 13-runner maiden hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good) in May, easily. Off 6 months but better to come.

Form: 536-1

Chase The Moon²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 120

7/1

Fell sole outing in points but did well to make a successful hurdling debut in 16-runner maiden at Gowran (16.1f, heavy) 21 days ago, well on top finish after being shuffled back home turn. Open to improvement.

Form: F-1

Gin Tonic³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| D

4/1

Runner-up sole outing in points and made a successful hurdling debut in 12-runner maiden at Wexford (20f, soft) 34 days ago, having run of race. This is much tougher but entitled to progress.

Form: 2-1

Young Churchill^h1⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Brien| OR: 117

33/1

Fairly useful maiden on Flat (stays 1½m), below best in 2025. Fair form over hurdles, returning to something like debut form to win 12-runner maiden at Roscommon (15.9f) in July, outstaying rivals. First run for yard after leaving Noel Meade. Hood on for 1st time.

Form: 37-51

Non-Runners

Court Canyon⁵⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Kieren Buckley

Some Song²⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Mike O'Connor

Forecasts

L' Evangeliste (1/1), Gin Tonic (4/1), Maverick Mack (5/1), Chase The Moon (7/1), Kamino Bello (10/1), Court Canyon (10/1), Some Song (10/1), Young Churchill (33/1)

L'EVANGELISTE confirmed his hurdling debut promise when drawing clear of a subsequent winner at Galway last month and is fancied to take the step up in grade in his stride. Kamino Bello and Maverick Mack head up the opposition.