Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 19:00 Fairyhouse.ie Handicap7f

  • Weighed In - €8,000 added, 3yo, 12 runners
  • Winner €5,520 2nd €1,280 3rd €560 4th €320
  • Going: Soft Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 37.78s
  • Off time: 19:00:58
Pos Horse Odds
1st July Revolution (IRE) 16/1
2nd Love Is The Key (IRE) 7/1
3rd Sharp And Smart (IRE) 13/2
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 (10) 627247- BROWN & BEIGE CHECK, orange sleeves, brown & beige check cap Chillie Billie 258 3 9-12 A P Thornton (3) J Larkin 70 25/1
3 (12) 2646-07 Black, red chevron, white slvs, black & red hooped cap Salacious Sally (IRE) 7 3 9-8 b1 J A Heffernan D Kinsella 66 6/1
4 (7) 46757-6 ROYAL BLUE & EMERALD GREEN QUARTERED, emerald green stars on sleeves, red cap Jeremy's Girl (IRE) 25 3 9-7 S A Gray (7) L Winters 65 16/1
5 (9) 635-45 PINK & EMERALD GREEN QUARTERED, check sleeves & cap Love Is The Key (IRE) 4 3 9-7 B A Curtis Michael Mulvany 65 7/1
6 (1) 850-018 ROYAL BLUE, white sash & sleeves, white cap, royal blue star Ok Annie (IRE) 7 Distance Winner 3 9-6 C P Hoban (5) P Martin 64 7/1
7 (2) 00-81 ROYAL BLUE, yellow stars & armlet, red cap Sharp And Smart (IRE) 20 Distance Winner 3 9-4 S Foley M Halford 62 13/2
8 (8) 77537-0 RED, white sleeves, red seams, white & red striped cap Allegri (IRE) 24 3 9-2 N G McCullagh K H Clarke 60 20/1
9 (13) 78005 Royal blue, emerald green cross sashes & armlet, striped cap Machine Gun Monkey (IRE) 10 3 9-0 p1 C D Hayes A Oliver 58 20/1
10 (4) 228-U07 WHITE, large royal blue spots & sleeves, striped cap The Kernigal (IRE) 27 Beaten Favourite 3 8-12 bt G J Phillips (7) G M Lyons 56 11/2
11 (11) 0-85 White, pink epaulettes, quartered cap July Revolution (IRE) 138 3 8-10 F Lynch D Marnane 54 16/1
12 (3) 0-709 White & black diamonds, black chevrons on sleeves, white cap, black stars Phils Wish (IRE) 28 3 8-7 M C Hussey J C McConnell 51 4/1
13 (5) 87-0302 Brown, pink diamond, pink armlet, quartered cap Ultra Steps (IRE) 4 3 8-4 I J Brennan (3) A McGuinness 47 7/1
Non runners
2 (6)9120-85Mount Meru39-11G M LyonsMegan Carberry69

Verdict

Mount Meru is starting to come down the weights again but finished last at Naas earlier this month. Ok Annie could make no impression over C&D last time after winning at Gowran but Sharp And Smart left previous form behind when landing a gamble at Tipperary last month and has to be considered. JEREMY'S GIRL was unruly on the way to the start on her reappearance at Wexford so probably did well to finish sixth having also taken a pull in the race itself. Hopefully that run will have settled her down as she has every chance on the pick of last year's form, including one run over this C&D - Lester Winters' filly gets a tentative vote.

Formwatch

Chillie Billie 10-3 (9-3) Ridden leaving stalls, tracked leaders, ridden well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 10l behind Little China (8-12) at Wolverhampton 5f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.

Mount Meru 7-1 (9-2) Led, strongly pressed and ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out and soon no extra, weakened, last of 5, 9l behind Dark Passion (9-9) at Naas 7f 3yo hcp 60-90 gf.

Salacious Sally (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride and trailing early, 17th 2f out, some late headway from over 1f out, 7th of 18, 9l behind Man Of Erin (9-4) at Fairyhouse 7f stks gf.

Jeremy's Girl (IRE) 11-2 (8-7) Unseated rider on way to start, keen early and settled in rear of mid-division, went 6th over 2f out and soon ridden, no impression from 1f out, 6th of 11, 10l behind Madeira Girl (9-0) at Wexford 1m fll mdn auc stks in May.

Love Is The Key (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden into 3rd 2f out, no extra in 5th 1f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 14, 10l behind Balrath Hope (9-0) at Navan 1m 3yo fll stks sft.

Ok Annie (IRE) 12-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden in 7th 2f out, no extra and kept on one pace, 8th of 18, 9l behind Man Of Erin (9-4) at Fairyhouse 7f stks gf.

Sharp And Smart (IRE) 7-2fav (9-0) Tracked leaders on inner, 5th halfway, 3rd entering straight, challenged inside final furlong and kept on well to lead under 100 yards out, edged left close home, won at Tipperary 7f 3yo hcp 47-65 gd in May beating Pepparpot (9-7) by 1 1/4l, 16 ran.

Allegri (IRE) 22-1 (8-11) Always towards rear, 15th of 17, 23l behind Kashmir Peak (9-11) at Navan 1m 2f 3yo hcp 47-75 gd in May.

Machine Gun Monkey (IRE) 10-1 (9-11) Dwelt, towards rear, kept on without threatening under pressure from 1 1/2f out, 5th of 8, 7l behind Stocktons Wing (9-6) at Listowel 1m 3yo hcp 47-65 gf.

The Kernigal (IRE) 6-1fav (9-9) Prominent, ridden in 5th 2f out, weakened, 7th of 15, 8l behind Ok Annie (8-10) at Gowran Park 7f 3yo hcp 47-65 gs in May.

July Revolution (IRE) 33-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, ridden into 6th 2f out, 5th and no impression 1f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 8, 10l behind Honourable Emperor (9-5) at Dundalk 7f 3yo mdn stks pol in Jan.

Phils Wish (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Towards rear, kept on from over 1f out, 9th of 20, 6l behind Possible (9-5) at Naas 5f 3yo hcp 47-70 in May.

Ultra Steps (IRE) 11-1 (8-1) Prominent and disputed, led halfway, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure from over 1f out, not match winner, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Faleena (9-10) at Navan 6f 3yo hcp 47-75 sft.

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