14:45 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 7 February 2018

All13:4514:1514:4515:2015:5016:2016:50

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Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 30.6s

1^st

Chesterfield King

511-1

11/2

T: J P DempseyJ: L P Dempsey

Tracked leaders, not fluent 5th, ridden in 5th after 2 out and headway before last where slight mistake, under pressure and kept on well run-in to lead close home op 7/1

2^nd

Randalls Ur Poet

410-6

7/2f

T: S FaheyJ: M J Bolger

Tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden approaching last and led early run-in, under pressure and kept on, no extra and headed close home op 4/1

3^rd

2 ¼

Monotype

611-12

4/1

T: P NolanJ: D J McInerney (5)

Prominent, disputed 1st and led next, pushed along approaching last where slight mistake, soon headed, ridden and no impression in 3rd run-in, kept on one pace op 9/1

4^th

Love And Wishes

611-2

9/2

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power

Mid-division, mistake 4 out, headway approaching straight, no impression in 4th after 2 out, not fluent last and no extra run-in op 7/2

5^th

Imperial Way

611-8

10/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: E T Daly (7)

Tracked leaders, headway in 3rd before 4 out, pushed along entering straight and no impression in 5th after 2 out, slight mistake last and no extra run-in op 13/2

6^th

Penance

811-3

12/1

T: T GibneyJ: A E Lynch

Led early, joined 1st, slight mistake and headed next, tracked leaders, pushed along in 5th after 4 out, no extra after 3 out, kept on one pace run-in op 25/1

7^th

9 ½

Apparition

410-8

5/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: J J Slevin

Rear of mid-division, pushed along after 3 out, no impression in 6th when slight mistake next, no extra op 9/2

8^th

Bracklin Princess

511-1

33/1

T: T ClearyJ: P E Corbett (3)

Rear of mid-division, pushed along and no extra after 3 out, slight mistake next, weakened, tailed off op 25/1 tchd 40/1

Also Ran

Slievenamon

611-2

40/1

T: Eric LarkinJ: Sean Flanagan

Always rear, never a factor, detached after 4 out, weakened, mistake 2 out, pulled up before last op 33/1

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Non-Runners

Icario¹⁷

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: D N Russell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€7.50Pl:€1.70, €1.60, €1.50EX:€25.10Trifecta:€108.80SF:€25.42

Forecasts

Randalls Ur Poet (7/2), Icario (7/2), Monotype (4/1), Love And Wishes (9/2), Apparition (5/1), Chesterfield King (11/2), Imperial Way (10/1), Penance (12/1), Bracklin Princess (33/1), Slievenamon (40/1)

Not the easiest of novice contests to solve, with the reasonably talented juvenile Apparition making an appearance over hurdles for the first time outside of his own age group. His in-form trainer Joseph O'Brien is also responsible for saddling Imperial Way. MONOTYPE has a penalty to carry for his Limerick success, and heads the weights (120-rated), but he ran very well for a long way over 2m4f at Navan last month, and will surely appreciate both the drop back in trip and the ease in grade. Therefore, he ranks as a tentative selection in another contest where stakes are best kept to a minimum.