{"id":385044,"date":"2026-04-06T18:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385044\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:01:10","slug":"rathbarry-glenview-studs-hurdle-grade-2-fairyhouse-racecards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385044\/","title":{"rendered":"Rathbarry &#038; Glenview Studs Hurdle (Grade 2) &#8211; Fairyhouse Racecards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155001.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>11\/2<\/p>\n<p>Landed a 4-timer in Naas Grade 1 last season before career-best second in the Baring Bingham at Cheltenham. Looked a bit unlucky to fall in the BetMGM Cup (sent off 6\/1) at this year&#8217;s Festival and interesting that Jack Kennedy prefers him to Bowensonfire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155002.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>8\/1<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed himself a decidedly smart performer when landing Grade 3 Limestone Lad at Naas in January, and though he could bag the lead again here, this is a deeper race. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155003.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9\/4<\/p>\n<p>Smart hurdler shaped better than the result when third in the BetMGM Cup at Cheltenham, finishing with more to give having been derailed by a bad mistake 2 out, and he&#8217;s surely capable of making an impact in Grade 2 company on the back of that career-best effort. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155004.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>20\/1<\/p>\n<p>Smart chaser took his record under Paul Townend to 3 wins from 4 starts with a confidence-boosting success on return to hurdles at Thurles. His stable jockey looks elsewhere now that he&#8217;s now pitched into deeper waters, though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155005.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>14\/1<\/p>\n<p>Thoroughly likeable type who found marked improvement to see off gambled-on I Started A Joke when landing Leopardstown double but was unable to sustain his effort off a career-high mark when midfield in the County at Cheltenham. Should at least hold his own in graded company, though. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155006.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>33\/1<\/p>\n<p>Likeable veteran, who having won the race twice previously, showed plenty of ability remains when runner-up in Grade 2 National Spirit at Fontwell in February. Faces a much tougher task here, however. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155007.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>33\/1<\/p>\n<p>Beaten less than 2 lengths behind Storm Heart in Grade 3 Red Mills at Gowran in February but ran no sort of race in the BetMGM Cup last time, and the stable look to have better chances elsewhere. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155008.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5\/2<\/p>\n<p>Very lightly-raced 6-y-o whose maiden form from last season (including course win) could hardly have worked out better, and he made a most encouraging return (not given hard time) behind Storm Heart in the Red Mills. Likely he&#8217;ll improve for this longer trip and merits serious consideration. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155009.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>6\/1<\/p>\n<p>Yet to add to his 2024 Supreme Hurdle success, underperforming on handicap chase debut in the Golden Miller at the Festival this time around, though he isn&#8217;t one to dismiss lightly returning to hurdles in first-time cheekpieces. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260406fai155010.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>40\/1<\/p>\n<p>Low-mileage 7-y-o resumed progress with success in Grade 3 Quevega Mares Hurdle at Punchestown in February, though this is likely to prove a bridge too far. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"11\/2 Landed a 4-timer in Naas Grade 1 last season before career-best second in the Baring Bingham at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-385044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}