Racecards
17:25 Fairyhouse (IRE)
Ballyhack Race
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Yielding to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- €16,500 added
- Form 073-413
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer Miss S J Harty
- Jockey G F Carroll
led, strongly pressed from over 3f out, headed over 1 1/2f out, soon no extra and weakened
- Form 31786-1
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 101
tracked leaders in 4th, close 3rd and challenged on inner early straight, no extra from over 1f out
- Form 795244
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 91
held up in touch, close 5th halfway, smooth headway 2f out, 2nd and ridden to challenge final furlong, kept on well under pressure to lead close home
- Form 21-241
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 93
held up in touch, close 6th 4f out, progress early straight, 4th over 1f out, kept on same pace
- Form 1
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer J M Oxx
- Jockey Fran Berry
close up in 3rd, led travelling well over 1 1/2f out, ridden and strongly pressed final furlong, kept on well, headed close home
- Form 71
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer A P O'Brien
- Jockey Johnny Murtagh
close up in 2nd, ridden from halfway, weakened entering straight, eased from 1 1/2f out, tailed off
- Form 574-551
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 86
Verdict
Kaitlins Joy was engaged at Gowran last night but will need to have made progress in this much tougher line-up. Worldly Wise won nicely at Tipperary but some rain would help his cause and Bravely Fought has plenty to do conceding weight to some very promising three-year-olds. They include the Ballydoyle filly Catchafallingstar, who still lacked experience when scoring at Limerick, Buy Back Bob, who won more easily than the narrow verdict over Mister Carter at Navan suggests, and Alamshar's half-brother AKZAR, who gets the vote after landing what looked a competitive maiden from Be My Storm at the Curragh and has entries in Group races next month.