Fairyhouse (IRE)
14:05
Farmhouse Foods Novice Handicap Hurdle
Fairyhouse (IRE) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Soft To Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €12 Place: €3.40 €3.50 €6.40 Exacta: €152.40 Tricast: €2543.97 Trifecta: €689.10
Non-Runners: Aurea Fortuna (unsuitable ground), Kaptain Bay (temperature), Putapoundinthejar (unsuitable ground), Read To Return (stewards' permission), Solsbury Hill (coughing)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Held up in rear - headway from 2 out - disputing second when not fluent last - soon nudged along and led - cosily(op 9/1 tchd 12/1)
4 G AVG W P Mullins 153 lbs 10/1 Won
2nd
Midfield on inner - headway 3 out - led 2 out - kept on but headed run-in - no match for winner(op 9/1)
5 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 157 lbs 18/1 1.5
3rd
Didn't jump with fluency - held up in rear - headway from 3 out - disputing second last - kept on run-in(op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
5 G Poor H Rogers 140 lbs 14/1 .75
4th
Midfield - prominent 4 out - pressed leader before 2 out - no extra and lost two places from last(tchd 17/2 and tchd 11/1)
6 M Poor Sarah Joanna Connell 140 lbs 10/1 4
5th
Towards rear - not fluent 4 out - headway on outer before 2 out - no impression from last(tchd 5/1)
5 M AVG Anthony McCann 161 lbs 11/2 2.5
6th
Prominent - raced in second 2nd - not fluent 5 out - lost position 4 out - outpaced when not fluent last - soon no extra(op 33/1)
7 G AVG Paul Stephen Kiely 164 lbs 50/1 1.5
7th
Raced wide - towards rear - some headway 2 out - not pace to challenge(op 25/1 tchd 16/1)
6 G Poor Eoin Christopher McCarthy 142 lbs 22/1 1.5
8th
Midfield - badly hampered by faller and nearly lost jockey 2 out - rallied from last - not recover (jockey said gelding was hampered by faller at 2nd last hurdle)(op 28/1 tchd 25/1)
6 G AVG J P Flavin 142 lbs 33/1 0.1
9th
Led - headed 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 7/1)
9 G Poor Edward Cawley 147 lbs 5/1 .75
10th
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - not fluent 1st - not fluent 3 out - weakening when mistake last(op 5/1 tchd 4/1)
3 G AVG Conor David Maxwell 151 lbs 9/2F 1
11th
Always behind(op 20/1 tchd 16/1)
5 G Poor A J Martin 140 lbs 25/1 0.1
12th
Always behind(tchd 9/1 and tchd 16/1)
4 G AVG Henry De Bromhead 164 lbs 11/1 2.5
99th
In touch with leaders on outer - mistake 2nd - 2 lengths down when fell 2 out(op 8/1 tchd 15/2 and tchd 12/1)
5 G Poor Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 10/1 -
99th
Prominent on inner - pulled up quickly on turn after 2nd (jockey said gelding pulled up injured; vet said a post-race examination revealed no abnormalities)(op 7/1)
5 G AVG Sean Aherne 151 lbs 11/2 -