Weekend racing tips: Gringo D’aubrelle can make fitness count at Fairyhouse

Gringo D'aubrelle and Jamie Codd win the Kevin Bell Trust (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race in Navan earlier this month. Picture: Healy Racing.

Two great days of racing in Fairyhouse for its winter festival, and Gringo D’aubrelle can make his fitness count against Adamantly Chosen when they clash in a fascinating first division of the St Peter’s Dunboyne GAA Maiden Hurdle.

Winner of his only outing in a point to point, he was well beaten in heavy ground on his track debut in a bumper but well backed to get off the mark on his hurdling debut in Galway. On that occasion, he was no match for Blazing Khal but what looked a shade disappointing at the time does not read quite the same now as the winner followed up in a Grade 2 Novice Hurdle at Cheltenham.