14:40 Fairyhouse
Monday 22 April 2019
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Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2)
- 4YO only | Class 1 | 2m | Good to Yielding | 9 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:43 | Winning time: 3m 55.4s
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Off the mark for connections at the fifth time of asking over hurdles when landing a maiden hurdle in February over C&D before landing the double later in the month in a Grade 3 contest. Tougher ask here though.
French Flat import, won a Fairyhouse maiden over C&D in good style on debut for connections but well held third of six in a Grade 3 back here in February. Pulled up when losing place in the Triumph hurdle at the Cheltenham festival.
Down Royal maiden winner in November and went close in Fairyhouse Grade 3 contest over C&D in December. Beaten since but bounced back to form with a 3L defeat in the Triumph hurdle at the Cheltenham festival last month. Big player.
Nose second and close fourth in two French bumpers in August. Made an encouraging start for this yard after two modest efforts in France when fifth of 11 in a Grade 2 at Leopardstown over Christmas. Needs to settle better but is promising enough.
Camelot colt, cost €240,000 as a yearling. Plenty of encouragement to be taken from three runs since the turn of the year including hitting the frame in a couple of Grade 1 contests at the Dublin and Cheltenham festivals. Open to more improvement.
Running well over hurdles over the winter before not being disgraced at the Dublin and Cheltenham festivals and finishing second of 17 beaten 1¼L in a Gowran Park maiden earlier this month. Looks a tall order in this comapny.
Distance winner of a Musselburgh juvenile hurdle on New Years Day on good ground before beaten a nose in a Grade 2 contest at Naas in February. Can be forgiven heavy defeat at the Cheltenham festival last month but still a difficult task set here.
Achieved a fair level of form on the Flat in Germany and he's improved with each start over hurdles. Not disgraced at the Cheltenham festival before winning a Limerick novice hurdle over this trip last month. Needs to improve once again.
Won a Clonmel maiden hurdle over a similar trip in January before taking her chance in the Triumph hurdle at the Cheltenham festival when a not disgraced eighth of 14. Open to improvement and holds strong place claims.
Forecasts
Coeur Sublime (9/4), Gardens of Babylon (5/2), French Made (6/1), Got Trumped (9/1), Star Max (9/1), Way Back Home (10/1), Hannon (14/1), Authorizo (20/1), Filon D'Oudairies (25/1)
Stepping in to Graded company has found a number of these runners out apart from the potentially exciting Camelot gelding GARDENS OF BABYLON who ran well in a number of starts before finishing second behind Sir Erec and third behind Pentland Hills in the Dublin and Cheltenham festivals. The Gordon Elliott-trained Coeur Sublime is the stand-out biggest danger following his second of 14 in the Triumph hurdle at the Cheltenham festival. Way Back Home and French Made can battle to pick up some prize money.
- Gardens of Babylon
- Coeur Sublime
- French Made
Prize Money
1st: €29,500.002nd: €9,500.003rd: €4,500.004th: €2,000.005th: €1,000.006th: €500.00
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