Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle Racecard

Channel: RTV
Distance: 2m
Going: Heavy

Runners: 13
Type: Hurdle
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly sunny

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Legionnaire Forez

Selected at: 7/2

Legionnaire Forez finished second in a French bumper for previous connections and has since joined the Willie Mullins yard for €140,000. The four-year-old has a decent pedigree and expectations will be high on stable and hurdling debut.

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Racecard

No.(Draw)

Runner

Best Odds

Are We Dancing

J: Caragh Monaghan ⁷

T: Liam Lennon

Newcomer from a Northern Irish yard, dam won a point, pedigree credentials are not strong

Form:

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: -

Aswellasabentley

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Liam Lennon

Down the field at big prices on his first two starts, a similar scenario is likely here

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: 23

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
13 Jan 25	Pun Punchestown	16.5f Sft	4yMdH	11-7	8/14	Castleheath (23L)	150/1	-	88
27 Dec 24	Leo Leopardstown	16f Y	3yMdH	10-9	7/16	Wendrock (39L)	80/1	-	77

Good To Be Alive

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 3 wins from 69 in the last 14 days (4%)

Dam was of little account but is a half-sister to the smart Turpin Green, top connections

Form:

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: -

Hobart

J: Gavin Brouder ³

T: J A Nash

Down the field in two Flat maidens, set a stiff task on hurdling debut; improvement likely

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: 25

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Jan 25	Fai Fairyhouse	16f Y/Sft	4yH	10-11	5/6	Bacchanalian (17L)	40/1	-	88
16 May 24	Lim Limerick	11.5f Sft/Hy	Md	9-6	4/6	Cruden (10½L)	22/1	-	66
27 Apr 24	Nav Navan	10f Gd/Y	3yMd	9-8	8/12	Unavoidable (9¾L)	33/1	-	72

Imarajan ^t ¹

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Eddie & Patrick Harty

Ended six-race Flat campaign with second in a 1m6f handicap at the Curragh, interesting

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: -

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
17 Oct 24	Cur Curragh	14f Y	Hc	8-12	2/19	Pachmena (½L)	9/1	66	75
23 Sep 24	Lis Listowel	12f Gd	3yHc	9-12	4/9	Beyond Your Dreams (4¼L)	13/2	66	65
12 Jun 24	Lim Limerick	11.5f GF	3yHc	10-0	8/13	Cloud Seeker (7¾L)	5/1	70	63
15 May 24	Sli Sligo	10.5f Gd	3yMd	9-8	3/7	Castleheath (1¾L)	100/30	-	75
26 Apr 24	Cor Cork	10f Sft	Md	9-5	5/11	Spoken Truth (12½L)	20/1	-	73
21 Oct 23	Leo Leopardstown	8f Hy	2yMd	9-5	10/15	Ocean Of Dreams (18L)	20/1	-	50

Legionnaire Forez

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Hot Recent Form Jockey - 16 wins from 24 in the last 14 days (67%)

Hot Recent Form Trainer - 23 wins from 85 in the last 14 days (27%)

Second over 1m4f on only start in France, cost 140,000euros in November, strong chance

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: 87

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
10 Nov 24	Pmn Paray-Le-Monial	12f Gd	3yNHF	9-11	2/10	Lannilis (3½L)		-	-

Nobody ^h

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

Low-rated handicapper on the Flat, remote sixth but not disgraced on hurdling debut

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: 19

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
17 Jan 25	Cor Cork	17f Y/Sft	MdH	10-13 h¹	6/11	Pure Steel (31L)	100/1	-	79
12 Jun 24	Lim Limerick	11.5f GF	3yHc	8-9	13/13	Cloud Seeker (17½L)	22/1	51	28
29 May 24	Tip Tipperary	12.5f Sft	Md	9-0	6/11	Himalayan Heights (22L)	150/1	46	51
8 May 24	Gow Gowran Park	8f Hy	3yHc	8-12	7/12	Timeonourside (12½L)	18/1	50	32
26 Apr 24	Cor Cork	8f Sft/Hy	3yMd	9-3	12/18	Lo Rider (19½L)	200/1	-	46
17 Oct 23	Gow Gowran Park	8.5f Hy	2yMd	9-2	9/10	The Euphrates (27L)	250/1	-	23

Rockys Favourite

J: Alex Harvey ⁵

T: Paul Mulligan

In rear in two Flat runs at Dundalk, same story on hurdling debut, safe to rule out

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: 40

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
27 Dec 24	Leo Leopardstown	16f Y	3yMdH	11-0	15/16	Wendrock (87L)	250/1	-	29
18 Dec 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	12f St	Md	9-1 t¹	10/12	Inthesmallhours (21L)	200/1	-	49
8 Dec 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	2yMd	9-2	13/13	Raknah (49L)	125/1	-	-

Sundance Sioux

J: Ben Harvey

T: Cian Hughes

Fair maiden on the Flat, went closest at this venue, made a satisfactory hurdling debut

Age: 4

Weight: 11-7

OR: -

Days: 23

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
13 Jan 25	Pun Punchestown	16.5f Sft	4yMdH	11-7	4/14	Castleheath (9¼L)	25/1	-	102
3 Nov 24	Cur Curragh	12f Y	Md	9-5	5/19	Jetara (12L)	80/1	-	72
23 Oct 24	Nav Navan	14f Y	Md	9-8 h¹	9/11	Double Agent (28L)	28/1	-	52
15 Jul 24	Kln Killarney	11.5f Gd	3yMd	9-8	8/11	Emphasis (12½L)	4/1	-	68
14 Jun 24	Fai Fairyhouse	12f Gd	Md	9-3	2/13	Brosna Town (nk)	7/1	-	78

Atlantic City

J: E Walsh

T: Ciaran Murphy

Finished in mid-division first time over hurdles at Limerick, major improvement required

Age: 4

Weight: 11-0

OR: -

Days: 41

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Dec 24	Lim Limerick	16f Y/Sft	3yMdH	10-7	8/16	Out For A Stroll (22L)	125/1	-	86
20 Nov 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	12f St	MdF	9-3	5/6	Pearl Jewel (8½L)	11/1	-	65
21 Oct 24	Gow Gowran Park	9.5f Sft/Hy	MdF	9-3	4/15	Iseult Of Ireland (14½L)	33/1	-	58

Lagoon Nebula

J: Sean O'Keeffe

T: Andrew Kinirons

Ran poorly on final two starts on Flat for Willie McCreery after fair third at Listowel

Age: 4

Weight: 11-0

OR: -

Days: -

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
20 Nov 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	12f St	MdF	9-3	6/6	Pearl Jewel (12L)	13/2	71	59
10 Oct 24	Thu Thurles	12.5f Gd	3yHc	9-1	5/5	Autumn Winter (3¾L)	12/1	73	74
23 Sep 24	Lis Listowel	12f Gd	Md	9-3	3/9	Trapalanda (3L)	33/1	-	77
27 Aug 24	Bel Bellewstown	12.5f Gd/Y	MdF	9-3	4/7	Ob La Di (15L)	28/1	-	62
16 Aug 24	Cor Cork	10.5f GF	MdF	9-3	6/12	Romzina (8L)	25/1	-	65

Mercurial Sea ^h ¹

J: Carl Millar ⁵

T: Nigel Thomas Slevin

Dam a bumper/hurdles winner and a half-sister to useful bumper winner Just A Thought

Form:

Age: 4

Weight: 11-0

OR: -

Days: -

Phoenix Princess

J: Daniel King

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

Nothing in her Flat form to indicate she can feature on her first run over hurdles

Age: 4

Weight: 11-0

OR: -

Days: -

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
10 Jan 25	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Hc	8-7	12/13	Storm Eric (14½L)	125/1	48	23
18 Dec 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	7f St	Hc	8-12	10/14	Amemri (11½L)	100/1	47	23
1 Oct 24	Cor Cork	6f Gd/Y	Hc	8-13 b	14/14	Run Forrest Run (15L)	125/1	47	10
23 Sep 24	Lis Listowel	8f Gd	Md	8-7 b¹	9/10	Dublin (26L)	200/1	41	30
11 Sep 24	Cor Cork	7f GF	Hc	8-8	16/16	Lorr's Girl (39L)	66/1	47	-
17 Nov 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	2yHc	8-2	10/13	Stormi (9¼L)	100/1	51	35