Saturday wasn't a great day with neither of my selections winning. At Fairyhouse Eclair De Beaufeu was 11th. The 9/2 favourite made a slight mistake at the 2nd and never really recovered he had nothing extra in the final 2 furlongs and had to watch the 12/1 shot Hearts And Trumps win by 1/2 a length. It wasn't much better at Cork with Traisha finishing 5th. The 5/1 chance was 8th just over 4 furlongs from the finish she made some progress in the final furlong but couldn't get near the 6/1 winner Moll.
It's another busy Sunday with 3 feature races,two of them come at Fairyhouse the first is at 3.20 when 14 begin the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final. Royal Illusion won on her second hurdles start at Leopardstown 28 days ago,she was an easy winner that day and should go well again. Atlantic Fairy is a useful horse who is looking for a hat-trick after wins at Limerick and on her season return at Navan at the end of February, she should progress further and is the main danger. Roseys Hollow has picked up 2 wins from 4 runs this season her last was here at Fairyhouse in February, she then went on to finish a respectable 7th in the Mares Hurdle at Cheltenham 17 days ago and shouldn't be overlooked. The other one with a chance is Gauloise a useful hurdler who is looking to bounce back after a below form 11th placed finish at Cheltenham, her runs before that suggest she is a big player and she will definitely challenge here. The other main contest at Fairyhouse is at 5.00 when 9 start the Underwriting Exchange Gold Gup Novice Chase. Willie Mullins is looking for a hat-trick in this race and one of his runners Asterion Forlonge looks like the one to provide it. This smart chaser was a good third in the Golden Miller at Cheltenham just over two weeks ago and is the one to beat. An open race sees two main challengers, Andy Dufresne was a creditable 3rd to Monkfish in the Flogas Novices Chase at Leopardstown when last seen 56 days ago and can definitely be up there again while Conflated is another good horse who picked up his career best win at Naas 21 days ago where he romped home by 21 lengths and he can't be discounted.
The big race at Cork is the 4.05 when 20 line-up for the O'Dwyers Steel Dundrum Easter Handicap Hurdle. Coqolino arrives after a career best win at Navan 22 days ago,there is definitely more to come and he should show it here. No Grey Areas picked up the third win of his career at Gowran Park at the beginning of March he also has more to offer and is the main threat. West Cork Wildway was a below form 4th in a novices hurdle at Thurles 38 days ago but if he can return to his back end of 2020 form then he has a good chance. The other one to look at is Cerberus who finished 11th in a handicap at Naas when last seen in November, the break and his switch from the flat to hurdles gives him an outside chance.
Big race predictions: Fairyhouse 3.20: 12: Royal Illusion 5.00: 2: Asterion Forlonge
Cork: 4.05: 10: Coqolino.
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