Fairyhouse Result

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I'm delighted with her now. She is jumping fences great and measuring them great,. Roger was brilliant on her. He was able to put the race to bed and he didn't have to fire her at the last then. He just let her settle and jump it. It's great when you can get the odd winner. So many things can happen and you need a bit of luck. She popped around. She won over a mile-and-a-half only last summer and that pace is there but you'd be worried would she be able to produce that kind of pace on this kind of ground. She'll go on soft, and she's won on soft, but if it's deep and tacky she just wouldn't be able to handle it. Obviously it's loose today. She was always going to be a better chaser and that's six races she's won now. We'll go for a similar handicap and go back to the mares novices and try and get a bit of black-type. We might try and be back here for the big meeting for something. Hopefully she stays sound and healthy. P A Fahy, trainer

An extended handicap steeplechase for five yrs old and upwards (116 = 11st 10lb) that have not won a steeplechase before 30th April 2017, other than one hunters steeplechase within the previous two National Hunt seasons.
Weights - Top weight in the original handicap; shall not be less than 11st 10lb
Penalties - Winner of a steeplechase after calculation of the handicap to carry 6lb extra for each such steeplechase won.