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Ryan weaves In Or Out on Maxwell's winner

Are You In Or Out and James Ryan (red body, green sleeves)Are You In Or Out and James Ryan (red body, green sleeves)
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Joint-topweight Are You In Or Out (7/1) reappeared from over seven months out of action to land Fairyhouse's six-furlong handicap for horses rated 0-60.

James Ryan had plenty of horses in front of him as they turned for home, but he managed to weave his way through rivals and the five-year-old mare got up in the closing stages to beat Whatswrongnow by half-a-length.

The daughter of Inns Of Court had won twice last year for previous handler Paul Stafford, including a course and distance success in June.

Winning trainer Conor Maxwell said "That was good. They went good and hard and she was able to pick up the pieces.

“She’s won here before on slower ground, and I was a bit worried that she might be caught for pace. She was a bit slow away and she came through them.

“Over six furlongs around here they always go quick, lads trying to get a possy. It fell her way, she got a lovely run up the inner and got there in time.

“We’ve nothing really planned out for her. She was on 60 there and had a lot of weight to carry. We’ll see what the handicapper does now, and then see where we go for the summer.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
7/1
Tote €8.00 €2.00
2nd
0.5L
12/1
€3.00
3rd
nose
5/1
€1.70
4th
1.75L
16/5Fav
€1.10
About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.