Fairyhouse

Willie had 4 out of 8 in the Hattons Grace too

Good value in this week-end.

€10 Saturday and €15 Sunday

SAT 3rd------ FAIRYHOUSE------ First Race: 12.15pm
FREE Admission with the Tote to the Porterstown Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse


Sunday 4th. In the Metro free paper today there was a voucher in it to get in for a tenner.

Now all we need is for Groupon to come onboard for the Leop at Xmas.

Anyone know whether Galileo's choice is an intended runner? 7/1 looks fair if he is.

irishtimes.com
Dermot Weld has withdrawn Unaccompanied from Fairyhouse’s Hatton’s Grace Hurdle on Sunday, preferring instead to keep her fresh for Leopardstown at Christmas.

The filly was yesterday among seven five-day acceptors for the two-and-a-half mile trip, but Weld has since though better of it.

“I’ve decided to keep her at two miles and she’ll run at Leopeardstown over Christmas,” he told the Irish Times today. “I don’t want to run her yet over two-and-a -half miles on soft ground.

“She’s in great form and we’ll run over Christmas.”

Willie Mullins, therefore, is responsible for four of the remaining six for the Grade One race. The County Carlow trainer’s foursome is headed by Thousand Stars, winner of the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown recently.

Mourad, fourth behind stablemate Hurricane Fly in this race 12 months ago, could try again, while Mikael D’Haguenet and Final Approach complete the Mullins quartet.

Colm Murphy’s talented mare Voler La Vedette is likely to attempt to follow up her recent Lismullen Hurdle success at Navan, while Edward O’Grady’s progressive The Real Article is also scheduled to run.

Voler De La Vedette was third in this race last year and Murphy reports her to be ready for the challenge.

“She’ll go there all being well. She’s in good form,” said the County Wexford trainer yesterday. “It’s a good race and she’ll be there if it goes well in the meantime. We’ll just keep her ticking over until the weekend.”

Hattons Grace
Final Approach,
Mikael D'Haguenet,
Mourad,
The Real Article,
Thousand Stars,
Voler La Vedette,
Unaccompanied.
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The Royal Bond
Dylan Ross,
Galileo's Choice,
Il Fenomeno,
Sous Les Cieux,
Miss Nomer,
Midnight Game,
Dazzling Susie.

i like tousand stars alot. think he should win easily! should be a 4/7 shot! i reckon u have a winning bet there but u cant collect it just yet


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Thousand Stars not entered.

Thousand Stars out of Hatton's Grace Hurdle

By Jessica Lamb racingpost.com
EVEN-MONEY favourite Thousand Stars was on Friday not among the five declared for Sunday's Grade 1 Bar One Racing Hatton's Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

 
Trainer Willie Mullins withdrew the Ladbrokes.com Morgiana Hurdle winner, but will be represented by County Hurdle hero Final Approach, Mikael D'Haguenet and Mourad.


The Real Article and top mare Voler La Vedette, who finished second to Solwhit last year, complete the line-up.

Thousand Stars and Unaccompanied were the only withdrawals from the Hatton's Grace, while Dylan Ross, as short as 7-1, was the only horse missing from the final declarations of the Grade 1 Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle.

Six will face the starter for that event, the first Grade 1 on the card, with Robbie McNamara booked to ride Galileo's Choice for Dermot Weld and Ruby Walsh for the Mullins-trained Sous Les Cieux. Paul Townend takes the ride on stablemate Midnight Game.

Six also line up for the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase, with only Last Instalment and Gift Of Dgab from the Gigginstown House Stud team withdrawn.

Barry Geraghty has been booked to ride the Paul Nolan-trained Shinrock Paddy and Paul Carberry rides stablemate Alpha Ridge

Willie is becoming fond of withdrawing his favs for the big races(hurricane fly-morgiana)

am sure its not 1st time neill lost A/P but don't think need to laugh at his expense NEWMAN

thats why i posted what i did at 9.19am this morning

what do ye think of odds for drinmore?.. think 6/4 first lieutenant is more than fair..great hurdles form, improving with each chase run, think i'll have a big bet at those odds

When it looks too good to be true and that......., and the incident with HF only the other week, I should have known really, my own fault and I don't feel hard done by.

AND maybe keep one eye on the gettin' out stakes in Weterby at 3.30
Life Of Laughter W J Musson with D E Mullins claiming 3. (11/2 in places or 5/1 generally)

he mite nip sf

PUNCH MONTAN DUN SAME @DOWN ROYAL AND DAVY GOT dogs ABUSE AND IMO HE SHOULD STICK HIM OUT IN FRONT AND SEE IF IT WORKS . ANY IDEA WHAT PRICE MICHEAL D HIT IR?

norn,MDH touched 25's when collared,yeah I remember Montan at Down Royal alright.

335 Ziff -owned by Brian Gleeson(rte)'s dad 

Yeah norn he jumped well,Another Palm appeared to hate every minute.