Fairyhouse tips: Fine chance for Dolcita to double her tally

A Tramore maiden hurdle is the sole success to date in the career of Dolcita, but she can double her tally by taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares’ Beginners’ Chase, the first race on this afternoon’s card

A Tramore maiden hurdle is the sole success to date in the career of Dolcita, but she can double her tally by taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares’ Beginners’ Chase, the first race on this afternoon’s card in Fairyhouse.

No match for stablemate Concertista when runner-up in the mares’ novice hurdle at the 2020 Cheltenham Festival, she then spent some time with Paul Nicholls, before returning to Mullins for this season’s campaign. On her first run back for the yard, for what was her chasing debut, she was again well beaten behind Concertista, but that was a Grade Two race, and she did not run too badly. Next time up, she set out to make all the running but was no match for Jeremys Flame, although she got closer to that one than she had when they were second and fifth respectively behind Concertista.

The most pleasing aspect of her season to date is that she a very calculated jumper of fences who likes to be ridden positively, and that will be a distinct advantage in today’s race. She does not have a huge amount in hand of today’s rivals, but certainly has fewer questions to answer than do most of her rivals, and she can land the spoils at the expense of Darrens Hope.

The latter ran Concertista to four lengths in a Grade Two at Limerick and ran well when fourth behind Ballyshannon Rose in a Grade Two on January 23. However, she was well beaten behind Stattler just seven days later and there must be a small concern that this race, just ten days later, is coming soon enough for her.

The fourth race is the Fairyhouse.ie Rated Novice Hurdle and Innovated can follow up his recent maiden success. Well beaten on his first two starts over hurdles, he left that form behind with a doughty display over today’s course and distance.

Based on that run, and with the promise of plenty more to come from the seven-year-old, he looks more than reasonably treated in today’s race.

FAIRYHOUSE

Tommy Lyons

12:45 Dolcita (nap)

1:15 Conquredalofeurope

1:45 Full Time Score

2:15 Innovated (nb)

2:45 HMS Seahorse

3:15 Cool Rain

3:45 Burn The Evidence

4:15 Dancing Jeremy

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12:45 Darrens Hope

1:15 Wingin A Prayer

1:45 Discorama

2:15 Hollow Sound

2:45 Razdan

3:15 Igraine

3:45 Splashing Out

4:15 Magnor Glory