Fairyhouse
13:35
Bar 1 Betting Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (Grade 2)
Off Time: 13:35 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf Prize: €50,150
13/8 Love Me Tender, 9/4 Koktail Brut, 7/1 Port Authority, 8/1 Gameball, 12/1 Eachtotheirown, 16/1 Blake, Scope To Improve, 20/1 Sageborough, 22/1 The Passing Wife, 33/1 Whimsy
Previous Runs No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight OFR Mkt
2
Blake (GB)
Useful Flat type; won a Down Royal maiden hurdle but needs a lot more in this company
3 C Good Noel Meade 158 - 11/2
Open: 9/1
3
Eachtotheirown (IRE)
Won a Galway maiden hurdle with little fuss; needs a lot more in this company
6 G Good Barry Connell 158 - 8/1
Open: 15/2
4
Gameball (IRE)
Bumper and maiden hurdle winner; looks the yard's first-string and open to improvement
5 G Elite Henry De Bromhead 158 - 9/2
Open: 15/2
5
Koktail Brut (FR)
Easy maiden winner; stable's first-string and has won four of last 10 runnings; big player
5 G Good Gordon Elliott 158 - 8/13
Open: 11/4
7
Sageborough
Wexford maiden hurdle winner needs much more today against rivals with more experience
4 G Elite Paul Nolan 158 - 33/1
Open: 22/1
8
Scope To Improve (GB)
Won a Clonmel maiden hurdle on return; looks the yard's second-string; a fair bit to find
4 G Elite Henry De Bromhead 158 - 40/1
Open: 25/1
9
The Passing Wife (GB)
Returned from a long absence with a third in a Gowran maiden hurdle; has to find loads
5 G Good Gavin Cromwell 158 - 28/1
Open: 22/1
10
Whimsy (GB)
Placed in Grade 3 hurdles last two starts; good form claims but others have more potential
5 M AVG Anthony McCann 151 122 20/1
Open: 50/1
NR
Love Me Tender (FR)
Unextended in three wins incl' a Grade 3; has 3lb penalty but still looks the one to beat
4 G Elite W P Mullins 161 - SCR
Open: 13/8
NR
Port Authority
Easy maiden winner; looks the yard's second-string but still has to be taken seriously
5 G Elite Gordon Elliott 158 - SCR
Open: 8/1