January 13 / 12.47 Fairyhouse

12.47

Soft

SBK Mares Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £6156.52
  • 2m 2f 40y
  • 14 runners
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SBK Mares Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 14 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

15/2 (Won)

  • Win: £10.90
  • Place: £2.80

Form: 98/24

Last run: 15 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Left her bumper form behind when runner-up in a maiden hurdle at Galway in October but she was tailed off when a distant fourth to Ballyburn since; nothing of his calibre in here but others preferred.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

4

27th Oct 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 0y

15:25 Wexford

Saddle Her Up

11st 1lb

J: Liam McKenna

T: Declan Queally

Fairyhouse maiden hurdle for Barry Fitzgerald in January; struggled when raised in class; dropped away tamely on stable/handicap debut at Punchestown 12 day ago; hood used then is discarded now.

10/1

7th

2

16th Oct 2024

Good

2m 0f 59y

14:20 Punchestown

Saddle Her Up

11st 7lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Declan Queally

Fairyhouse maiden winner last term, struggled when raised in class; fair handicap prospect for her new trainer who fits her with a hood.

8/1

8th

7

10th Mar 2024

Heavy

2m 6f 60y

14:35 Limerick

Saddle Her Up

10st 9lb

J: Sean Cleary-Farrell

T: Barry J Fitzgerald

in rear throughout

16/1

8/1

  • Place: £1.50

Form: 994

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Runner-up in a point; left her bumper form behind when a promising fourth of 16 at Naas last month; needs to build on that now.
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12th

12

1st Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 2f 0y

12:40 Leopardstown

True Testimony

10st 9lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Career-best when getting off the mark last month in 2m5f Fairyhouse mares' handicap chase off a mark of 123; runs off a mark 16lb below her revised 129 rating; definite chance, Jack Kennedy booked and cheekpieces added.

10/1

6th

6

25th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 44y

Class 3

13:10 Cheltenham

True Testimony

11st 2lb

J: Conor Stone-Walsh

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Maiden who was below par at Punchestown in May on her final run for Pat Fahy and same story on this month's stable debut at Sligo; however, she may have needed that run and she was second in a Listed mares' chase at Fairyhouse (2m5f, soft) in April; one of two for last year's winning Irish yard and she's not ruled out in a first-time tongue-tie.

12/1

3rd

6

1st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 120y

13:50 Sligo

True Testimony

11st 7lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Maiden has put up plenty of decent efforts in defeat over hurdles and fences; just denied in a mares' Listed handicap chase (2m5f) at Fairyhouse but was poor over 3m at Punchestown since; yard debut after a break but can run well if ready enough.

5/1

4/1

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 7-42

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Ran with promise in a pair of bumpers and improved for the step up in trip when second of 12 in a Down Royal maiden hurdle last month; may have won that without a mistake and looks like a big player here.
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1st

6

22nd May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 180y

18:29 Downpatrick

Joya Del Mar

11st 3lb

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Dermot A McLoughlin

A 19-race maiden over hurdles but a player judged on C&D third off 13lb higher in March 2025 and good fourth at Down Royal on return off 8lb higher; sent off 13-2 when well beaten behind Gangster Granny latest but she's becoming well treated now.

14/1

13th

6

8th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 5f 180y

17:35 Downpatrick

Joya Del Mar

11st 5lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Dermot A McLoughlin

An 18-race maiden over hurdles; one of her better runs when fourth at Down Royal in March; remote ninth over 3m at the same venue last time.

12/1

9th

5

12th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 0y

15:35 Down Royal

Joya Del Mar

11st 8lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Dermot A McLoughlin

No wins from 21 starts but some good efforts all the same, including when a close second here in a 2023 maiden (2m4f, soft); returned from an absence here last time when keeping on for a 14.5l fourth (2m5f, yielding); that should have brought her on.

12/1

Form: 6

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Point winner before selling for £140,000 at the Cheltenham sales; shaped like she needed further when sixth in a mares' bumper here on debut; might have needed that run so may do better up in trip.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

6

21st May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 176y

18:18 Limerick

Doyen Magic

10st 11lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: P J Rothwell

Won over hurdles at Clonmel in January; solid runs in defeat in handicap chases at Clonmel (2m, heavy) and here (2m2f, heavy); effective on good to yielding when successful over fences at Kilbeggan last summer off 87 (2m4f); player.

9/2

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Ask mare; dam point winner, half-sister to dam of Grand National second Pleasant Company; will probably find this test on the sharp side on rules debut and off 350 days.
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11

14th Jul 2025

Good

2m 7f 150y

16:58 Downpatrick

Speranza Wilde

11st 5lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: R K Watson

No more than minor promise over hurdles but hasn't had a lot of racing and she did win a point, so chasing could be more her thing.

20/1

Form: 8

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Runner-up in a couple of points but tailed off when 40-1 for her rules debut; shorter trip unlikely to help.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1

9th Aug 2024

Good

3m 0f 0y

19:15 Wexford

Desperado Genie

11st 12lb

J: Carl Millar

T: Cian Collins

Runner-up in a couple of points but poor form under rules and pulled up on her last two starts; wears first-time tongue-tie and blinkers.

16/1

8

18th Jul 2024

Good To Firm

2m 4f 85y

18:37 Killarney

Desperado Genie

11st 7lb

J: E Walsh

T: Cian Collins

Now 0-6 hurdling, pulled-up in soft ground handicaps last twice and has to improve plenty for this sound surface; tongue-tie added.

20/1

Form: 0/3/9-

Last run: 325 days

W: 11st 7lb

9 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Dual bumper winner in 2019 but missed all of 2022 and tailed off when last seen nearly a year ago; plenty to prove.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

19th

24

25th Feb 2024

Soft To Heavy

1m 7f 144y

13:55 Naas

Snegurochka

11st 5lb

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Ms M Dowdall Blake

Dual bumper winner in 2019, ran mostly on the Flat in 2020/21; missed all of 2022; has made mistakes in her two outings over hurdles.

50/1

7th

12

13th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 2f 40y

12:47 Fairyhouse

Snegurochka

11st 7lb

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Ms M Dowdall Blake

Dual bumper winner in 2019 but missed all of 2022 and tailed off when last seen nearly a year ago; plenty to prove.

66/1

9th

8

22nd Feb 2023

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

13:05 Punchestown

Snegurochka

11st 5lb

J: Denis O’Regan

T: Ms M Dowdall Blake

Won two bumpers at Down Royal in 2019; regressive on the Flat after initial promise; tongue-tie may help but entitled to need this on hurdling debut after a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

16/1

Form:

Last run: 76 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tailed off in a bumper at Galway on debut and can only be watched for now.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6th

6

21st Mar 2024

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

17:40 Cork

Walk In The Shadow

11st 11lb

J: Ms C Skerry

T: Ciaran Murphy

Tailed off in a bumper at Galway on debut; down the field in a maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse.

33/1

8th

15

13th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 2f 40y

12:47 Fairyhouse

Walk In The Shadow

11st 7lb

J: E Walsh

T: Ciaran Murphy

Tailed off in a bumper at Galway on debut and can only be watched for now.

66/1

Form: 38

Last run: 158 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Distant third in a Down Royal bumper was promising but well below that form at Roscommon since; off 158 days and likely to do better at some stage.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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14th

5

(13)

6th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 150y

17:15 Dundalk (AW)

Pinky

9st 12lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Dual-purpose maiden pulled up over hurdles last month after racing keenly; previous Navan flat effort offered some encouragement so not one to readily rule out.

10/1

14th

5

(13)

6th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 150y

17:15 Dundalk (AW)

Pinky

9st 12lb

J: Gary Carroll

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Dual-purpose maiden pulled up over hurdles last month after racing keenly; previous Navan flat effort offered some encouragement so not one to readily rule out.

10/1

13

7th Oct 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

15:08 Fairyhouse

Pinky

11st 0lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Ian Patrick Donoghue

Placed in a bumper for Emmet Mullins but didn't show much over hurdles, mid-field in a Cork handicap in July on latest run in this discipline; placed in 1m2f handicap at Navan on second start for new yard and hood is back on.

11/1

OUR TIP

Form: 00

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Shown nothing at triple figure odds in two runs so far.
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Verdict Starting price

14th

15

27th Jan 2025

Soft

2m 3f 56y

15:40 Punchestown

Good Time Belle

10st 12lb

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Edward Cawley

Beaten a long way on both handicap starts and isn't easy to fancy; cheekpieces are added.

33/1

14th

15

27th Jan 2025

Soft

2m 3f 56y

15:40 Punchestown

Good Time Belle

10st 12lb

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Edward Cawley

Beaten a long way on both handicap starts and isn't easy to fancy; cheekpieces are added.

33/1

12

25th Oct 2024

Yielding

2m 1f 176y

14:35 Sligo

Good Time Belle

10st 13lb

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Edward Cawley

Poor maiden form and well beaten on her handicap debut; makes little appeal after nearly 11 months off.

50/1

Form: 0-0P90

Last run: 15 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Shown nothing in five starts at huge odds so far and hard to make a case for.
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Verdict Starting price

7th

11

17th Jun 2024

Good

3m 0f 100y

18:15 Kilbeggan

Silverfort Lady

11st 2lb

J: Shane Fenelon

T: John M Burke

raced lazily, held up in rear, no impression from 3 out

8/1

15

21st May 2024

Good

2m 7f 144y

17:00 Punchestown

Silverfort Lady

10st 9lb

J: E Walsh

T: John M Burke

Struggling off lowly mark since entering handicaps although latest Naas effort over this trip mildly encouraging; lots more required though.

14/1

15

21st May 2024

Good

2m 7f 144y

17:00 Punchestown

Silverfort Lady

10st 9lb

J: E Walsh

T: John M Burke

Struggling off lowly mark since entering handicaps although latest Naas effort over this trip mildly encouraging; lots more required though.

14/1

Form: 08

Last run: 44 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tailed off in both starts so far at huge odds; hard to fancy.
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Verdict Starting price

1st

8

5th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 165y

16:00 Fairyhouse

Mabel In May

11st 4lb

J: Mr I Ryan

T: Conor David Maxwell

Off the mark in a 21.5f (good) Tramore handicap hurdle on her penultimate start off 80; never looked like following up off 6lb higher at Limerick; steps up in trip now and dropped 1lb for that last run; others appeal more.

6/1

1st

8

5th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 165y

16:00 Fairyhouse

Mabel In May

11st 4lb

J: Mr I Ryan

T: Conor David Maxwell

Off the mark in a 21.5f (good) Tramore handicap hurdle on her penultimate start off 80; never looked like following up off 6lb higher at Limerick; steps up in trip now and dropped 1lb for that last run; others appeal more.

6/1

10th

10

19th Oct 2024

Good

2m 5f 0y

16:25 Limerick

Mabel In May

11st 7lb

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Conor David Maxwell

in rear

6/1

Form: 810-4U D

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 7lb

7 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Bumper winner; still travelling when unseating at the last at Naas last month, although the same could be said for the winner who found plenty; ought to go well with the step back up in trip sure to suit.
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3

12th Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 60y

16:25 Kilbeggan

Magic Dawn

11st 7lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

Bumper winner in 2022 was an expensive purchase afterwards and has been struggling to make the breakthrough over hurdles, albeit solid runs of late under forcing tactics at both Tramore and when second (Ciao Adios third) over 2m at Listowel; back up in trip here and should again be thereabouts.

9/2

2nd

9

3rd Jun 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

14:20 Listowel

Magic Dawn

11st 7lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

led, faced challenge 2 out, headed approaching last, no extra final 110yds

3/1

4th

2

21st Apr 2024

Soft

2m 0f 130y

14:40 Tramore

Magic Dawn

11st 7lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Still very much in the picture when unseating at Naas in December and bounced back from a lesser run when runner-up at Leopardstown last month; however, was a bit disappointing at Naas 17 days ago and probably needs a career best.

3/1

Form: 08-

Last run: 592 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Not disgraced in a pair of bumper in 2022 but this is a tough ask on hurdle bow returning from 592 days off.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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10th

18

26th Aug 2024

Soft

2m 6f 90y

18:40 Ballinrobe

Miss Vivacious

11st 11lb

T: Thomas Gibney

Second reserve; second over C&D in April but something has gone badly awry since.

14

7th Jul 2024

Good

3m 1f 146y

16:50 Sligo

Miss Vivacious

10st 13lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Thomas Gibney

Mare was second on handicap debut at Ballinrobe (2m6f) in April but the wheels have come off since.

16/1

15

9th Jun 2024

Good

2m 7f 66y

16:40 Punchestown

Miss Vivacious

10st 0lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Thomas Gibney

prominent, soon pressed leader

16/1

Non-runners

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Payout
Exacta €63.20
Straight Forecast €53.22
Trifecta €262.50

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Magic Dawn

SPOTLIGHT:

Joya Del Mar

The Irish Sun:

New York Style

POSTDATA:

Magic Dawn