Runner-up on her handicap debut, FAIRYLAND OPERA (nap) is taken to defy a 6lb rise with the form since boosted by the winner and third. On overall form, Qualimita has good prospects of reversing the form of a DRF Leopardstown clash with Kimy. Love Like This could go well despite being 3lb out of the handicap. [Alan Sweetman]
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Enjoyed a terrific second half to 2023, winning four Flat handicaps on the trot; also a winning juvenile hurdler later that year; ran only twice on Flat last season after being pulled up in the Triumph; made a satisfactory return in last Sunday's Irish Lincoln.
Changed hands for a massive 500,000 euros after a wide-margin point win two seasons ago; beaten odds-on favourite in a 2m4f maiden hurdle at Leopardstown early this month; every chance now based on handicap debut at the same venue at DRF when only 0.75l behind runner-up Kimy.
Won a Roscommon maiden hurdle last August; stepped up in class to reasonable effect when fourth in a Down Royal Grade 3 and in a Listed race at Thurles; down the field in valuable DRF contest in which Kimy was second and Qualimita third.
Promising run in first-time tongue-tie when third in a Naas maiden hurdle in November; failed to reproduce that form in testing conditions on her next start; slotted into handicap company effectively at Naas six weeks ago, clear of subsequent winner Mercury Mission and losing out by a neck to Duke Of Leggagh who won his next race by 8l; big chance despite a 6lb rise.
1-15 over hurdles; inconsistent but ran a blinder at big odds when chasing home Vischio in a valuable 2m2f mares' handicap at the DRF; struggled in testing conditions at Naas last time; closely matched with Qualimita on DRF running.
Four-time hurdles winner, stays 3m; second over 2m6f at Tramore on chasing debut last August; jumping let her down on her next starts and suffered another blow to her confidence when brought down over hurdles at Tramore in November.
Modest Flat maiden, unplaced in nine starts; more effective over hurdles, winning a Wexford fillies' maiden last August; can be expected to show the benefit of a recent Flat run.
3-52 on Flat, runner-up nine times; latest win in a 1m6f handicap off 71 at the Curragh last October; has run only six times over hurdles; not beaten far in fourth over 2m at Limerick in November; might prefer further.
Ran her best race so far on stable/seasonal debut at Tipperary in November, finishing fourth despite jumping untidily at times; another respectable run at Wexford; makes handicap debut.
Course winner on Flat; won off 7lb lower at Fairyhouse on penultimate hurdles start; mid-division at this venue off her revised mark and now returns from a short break.
