14:45 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 7 February 2018

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

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  • 4YO plus  |   2m  |   Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:45  |   Winning time: 4m 30.6s
1st
Horse silk
8
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
2nd
Horse silk
nk
10
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
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¼
1
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
4th
Horse silk
12
5
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
5th
Horse silk
6
3
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
6th
Horse silk
2
4
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
7th
Horse silk
9 ½
9
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
8th
Horse silk
41
7
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

PU
Horse silk
6
40/1
T: Eric LarkinJ: S W 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

2
Horse silk
Icario17
Weight: 11-9|  Age: 5
T: G Elliott  J: D N Russell
NR

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)

Verdict

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.
  1. Monotype
  2. Imperial Way
  3. Love And Wishes

Prize Money

1st: €9,856.002nd: €3,056.003rd: €1,455.004th: €657.005th: €257.00

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