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/ Patrick Jupp / 29 January 2011 / Leave a Comment 
A 7-race card at Fairyhouse is scheduled to start at 13.10
"No prizes for originality with this one but Arctic Mick (14.40) looks banker material in the handicap hurdle over two and a half miles"
Fairyhouse is the venue for today's Irish action and we've got three win bets lined up.....
Backing Johnny McGeeney (13.40) won't be everyone's cup of tea after his rather tame finishing effort when third at Cork last time, but he'll face nothing of Byerley Bear's calibre today and did shape really well when second at Gowran the time before, that effort by some way the best on offer here. He looks the likeliest winner in a race lacking depth, whilst another angle could be to use the safety net of a back-to-lay approach, Johnny McGeeney's strong-travelling style making a short in-running price a very likely scenario.
The novice handicap hurdle at 14.10 contains a couple of last-time-out winners, namely Turner Brown and Ardglen, and both warrant respect. However, they are hardly the types to go under the radar so a better value bet may be Catleen. She ran as well as could be expected when sixth on her chasing debut at Thurles last time but it's her earlier effort at this track that marks her out as being potentially ahead of her mark. That day she really caught the eye with how she travelled into the race and was only nailed on the run-in by the up-and-coming Trendelenburg. Today's shorter trip will play to her strengths and she's reunited with Paul Townend as well.
No prizes for originality with this one but Arctic Mick (14.40) looks banker material in the handicap hurdle over two and a half miles. He's proved steadily progressive since joining Michael O'Hare and turned a run-of-the-mill handicap chase at Navan earlier this week into something of a procession (won by ten lengths). He took that race off an ITC mark of 93 and is able to race here off 80, so the only worry is that he's turned out quickly after scoring in heavy ground.
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Back Johnny McGeeney in 13.40 at Fairyhouse
Back Catleen in 14.10 at Fairyhouse
Back Arctic Mick in 14.40 at Fairyhouse
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