13:37 Fairyhouse

Saturday 11 December 2021

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Happy Christmas From Everyone At Fairyhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 13:37 | Winning time: 4m 10.8s

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Explosive Boy³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: A J Martin| OR: 109

3/1

Promising type. Respectable fifth of 22 in novice hurdle (9/1) at Naas (16f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should progress.

Form: F/335

Mastermind¹⁰⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Brien| OR: 109| D

14/1

11/1, respectable fifth of 20 in handicap at Navan (14f, good). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Down in trip and can give another good account.

Form: 6545/0-5

Bronson In Blue¹⁸⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: C L Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 108

22/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. 11/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (19.9f, good). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Mrs Lorna Fowler and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 524-160

King Lenox^h1¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: D F O'Regan| T: P W Flynn| OR: 106

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 17 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Hood on 1st time with more needed.

Form: 38330

Sil Ver Klass^t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin| OR: 105

5/1

16/5, creditable eighth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f) 17 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and not discounted.

Form: 9/U674-2

Presenting Meghan^h⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: M Torrens| OR: 104| D

28/1

Eleventh of 12 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at this C&D (good) 63 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 4U97U-0

Ya Ya Baby^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 104| D

25/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, good, 33/1) 20 days ago. Others appeal more.

Form: 10-5P00

L'Un Deux Trois^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: B Browne| T: O McKiernan| OR: 103

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 12f on flat. Below form tenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Cork (16f, soft) 27 days ago. Difficult ask at these weights.

Form: 476-0

We'll Go Again²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: L P Dempsey| T: A Kinirons| OR: 103

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 9f on flat. Last of 9 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 05-429

Get Free^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: A J Martin| OR: 102| D

25/1

Sixteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (20.4f, good, 40/1) 23 days ago. Down in trip. Tongue strap back on. Well weighted if scaling a revival.

Form: 1/7P-0

Battle Of Benburb²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: S D Torrens| T: J C McConnell| OR: 99| D

28/1

Thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, good, 33/1) 23 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 999450

Ever So Cool^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 98| D

13/2

Winner in hurdle at Uttoxeter in May. Creditable ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Navan (16f, good) 20 days ago. Shortlisted.

Form: P-15759

Peace Party^h,t¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 97| D

5/1

Career best when comfortably winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) 16 days ago, despite bad error final flight. Hiked up 9 lb but he still merits serious consideration.

Form: 616621

Batalha¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: C D Maxwell| T: T G McCourt| OR: 94

100/1

Below par before falling 5th in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, 33/1) 16 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: U8-240F

Breezy Bell^t⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 94| D

17/2

Below form sixth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.5f, soft, 4/1) 50 days ago. More is required now.

Form: 060-076

Non-Runners

I Sea The Moon⁴⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 4

T: Barry J Fitzgerald J: Reserve 1

Kashi³⁹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 4

T: K Thornton J: Reserve 2

Fox Le Bel²⁷

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: Miss E Doyle J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Explosive Boy (3/1), Sil Ver Klass (5/1), Peace Party (5/1), I Sea The Moon (5/1), Ever So Cool (13/2), Breezy Bell (17/2), Fox Le Bel (11/1), L'Un Deux Trois (12/1), We'll Go Again (14/1), Mastermind (14/1), King Lenox (20/1), Kashi (20/1), Bronson In Blue (22/1), Ya Ya Baby (25/1), Get Free (25/1), Battle Of Benburb (28/1), Presenting Meghan (28/1), Batalha (100/1)

PEACE PARTY took his form up a notch when a ready scorer at Thurles last month and is taken to defy a 9 lb hike in the weights now. Lightly-raced Explosive Boy is feared most now going into handicaps, with Ever So Cool another who seems sure to be on the premises in an open handicap.