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Fairyhouse

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BAR 1 Betting Porterstown Handicap Chase (Listed Race)

Off Time: 13:05 Distance: 3m6f Type: Chase Going: Yielding To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf Prize: €26,550

5/1 Better Times Ahead, 11/2 Lonesome Boatman, 6/1 Now Is The Hour, Onethreefivenotout, 9/1 Positive Thinker, 10/1 Will Do, Beaufort Scale, 12/1 Verdant Place, 14/1 Fortunedefortunata, St Denis's Well, Brucejack, 16/1 Favori De Champdou, History Of Fashion, 25/1 Nine Graces, Clonmeen

Previous Runs	No.	Horse	Age/Sex	Status	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	OFR	Mkt
3m3f 3m2f 3m5f 3m 3m6f	1	Favori De Champdou (FR) Decent form last season, deserted by Jack Kennedy after a tame display in the Troytown	10 G	Good	Mr J H Williamson(5)	Gordon Elliott	166	142	22/1 Open: 18/1
3m 3m6f 3m5f 2m4½f 3m6f	2	Now Is The Hour (IRE) Interesting following third behind Final Demand over a trip short of his best at Navan	8 G	AVG	Keith Donoghue	Gavin Cromwell	164	140	13/2 Open: 11/2
2m4f 2m6½f 3m2f 2m4f 3m6f	3	Nine Graces (GB) No encouragement from a low-key seasonal debut over hurdles, not certain to stay	8 M	AVG	Mr Finian Maguire	Barry Connell	153	129	22/1 Open: 16/1
3m6f 3m5f 3m 3m 3m6f	4	Will Do (IRE) Needs to find form again after failing to feature in the Munster National and the Troytown	8 G	AVG	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott	153	129	11/1 Open: 10/1
3m½f 3m7½f 3m 3m4f 3m6f	5	Lonesome Boatman (FR) Relished the trip when landing the 3m4f Cork National, 9lb higher, may remain competitive	9 G	Poor	Darragh O'Keeffe	Sean Joseph Allen	152	128	10/1 Open: 6/1
2m6f 3m 3m4f 2m4f 3m6f	6	Positive Thinker (IRE) Went close in last year's Cork National, likely to show the benefit of a Naas hurdles run	7 G	AVG	Sean O'Keeffe	Michael J McDonagh	151	127	12/1 Open: 14/1
4m2f 3m7½f 3m4f 3m 3m6f	7	Fortunedefortunata (IRE) Not much has gone right since a long-distance Punchestown win last season, blinkered now	7 G	AVG	Jordan Gainford	Gordon Elliott	150	126	22/1 Open: 16/1
4m1½f 3m7½f 3m 3m4f 3m6f	8	History Of Fashion (IRE) Veteran stayer won this event last year, needs to bounce back from poor Cork National run	11 G	Poor	Harry Sexton(7)	P A Fahy	147	123	25/1 Open: 22/1
2m4½f 2m4f 3m1f 3m 3m6f	9	Beaufort Scale (IRE) Maiden over fences, was staying on towards the finish in the Troytown, this trip may suit	5 G	AVG	Danny Gilligan	Gordon Elliott	146	122	6/1 Open: 7/1
2m4f 3m1f 3m½f 3m 3m6f	10	Better Times Ahead (IRE) Won a 3m handicap hurdle here on his seasonal debut, should be in prime shape for this	8 G	AVG	Mark Walsh	Robert Tyner	146	122	3/1 Open: 5/1
3m 2m6f 3m 2m7½f 3m6f	11	Verdant Place (IRE) Two wins in 3m handicaps at Navan, Mark Walsh prefers the race-fit Better Times Ahead	6 G	AVG	Simon Torrens	Patrick T Foley	146	122	11/1 Open: 9/1
2m4f 2m 2m½f 2m 3m6f	12	St Denis's Well (IRE) Returned to form with a 2m handicap hurdle win at Navan, question mark about this trip	7 G	AVG	Conor Stone-Walsh	Ian Patrick Donoghue	144	120	20/1 Open: 12/1
3m1½f 3m2f 3m2f 3m 3m6f	13	Onethreefivenotout (IRE) Promising second over 3m at Down Royal on Irish debut, only 1lb wrong; definite chance	9 G	AVG	Sam Ewing	Gordon Elliott	140	116	17/2 Open: 10/1
3m5½f 2m6½f 3m4½f 2m4f 3m6f	14	Brucejack (IRE) No chase success in 13 attempts, fifth in this event last year, 6lb out of the handicap	8 G	Poor	Patrick M O'Brien(5)	P A Fahy	140	116	9/1 Open: 14/1
3m2f 3m½f 3m½f 3m 3m6f	15	Clonmeen (IRE) In rear at Down Royal last time, well held by Onethreefivenotout, 6lb out of the handicap	10 G	Poor	Niall Moore(5)	William P Murphy	140	116	28/1 Open: 40/1