Grade Ones shape up nicely at Fairyhouse Zaidpour is among the eight horses due to line up for Sunday's Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse. Oilily is the only mare in the field whilst Noel Meade is three-handed with Dark Prospect, Perfect Smile and Prima Vista. Two unexposed but very promising types, Carloswayback and The Shepherd King represent Paul Nolan and Tom Cooper respectively and Tom Hogan pins his hopes on Mount Helicon. Zaidpour's connections have Mikael D’Haguenet going into battle for them in the Bar One Racing Novice Steeplechase and the only mare he’ll face will be Back Of The Pack. Jessies Dream will have Timmy Murphy up whilst the aforementioned Tom Cooper has booked Barry Geraghty for Lucky William. The field is completed by Bostons Angel, Erritt Lake, Head Of The Posse, Kakagh and Realt Dubh. Half-an-hour later the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle has eleven hopefuls with Willie Mullins sending out two of his charges, Hurricane Fly and Mourad whilst his good friend Noel Meade does the same with Aitmatov and Donnas Palm. Last year’s winner Oscar Dan Dan bids for a follow-up, Solwhit will be favourite for Charles Byrnes and Davy Russell and the rest are Jumbo Rio, Luska Lad, Powerstation, Summit Meeting and Voler La Vedette.
