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/ Billy Nash / 26 April 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Willie Mullins will be hoping for a big run from Twinlight at Fairyhouse
"The current crop of Irish-trained juvenile hurdlers don't look anything out of the ordinary and it is significant that Twinlight is Willie Mullins' only entry in the Champion 4-y-o Hurdle at Punchestown next week."
We have got two to back and one to lay on the final day of the Fairyhouse Easter Festival....
Drive On Jim has really come good since joining Denis Hogan and can regain the winning thread in the novice handicap chase at 16:25. He won over both fences and hurdles at Limerick's Christmas meeting before completing the hat-trick with a bit to spare in a two-and-a-half-mile hurdle at this track in the middle of January. Drive On Jim went as if still in form when fourth over an inadequate trip at Thurles when last seen in February and there is every chance that the handicapper hasn't caught up with him just yet. He hasn't many miles on the clock for one of his age, remains unexposed at this sort of trip and makes plenty of appeal in a race where recent form is thin on the ground.
Willie Mullins has done extremely well with his French imports in recent seasons and he unleashes another interesting recruit in the shape of Twinlight in the Weatherbys Ireland GSB Hurdle at 16:55. Twinlight has shown useful form over hurdles in his native land, winning a listed event at Auteuil last May and placed twice there since, including in a Grade 1 in November on his penultimate start, but his pedigree (by Mutathir out of a 7f/9f winner in Germany) suggests that he will appreciate this speed test. The current crop of Irish-trained juvenile hurdlers don't look anything out of the ordinary and it is significant that Twinlight is Willie Mullins' only entry in the Champion 4-y-o Hurdle at Punchestown next week.
Peak Raider (18:35) has improved out of all recognition this season, winning his last three starts, but he may well be overbet as a result and will need to produce a career-best effort to defy a mark fully 32 lb higher than the one he started the season from. He readily won a handicap chase over this course and distance in December before scoring in equally impressive fashion over hurdles last time, but he is effectively 15 lb higher than when last seen over the larger obstacles due to the fact that he has to compete from 5 lb out of the handicap here. Peak Raider has plenty to find on Timeform ratings and may struggle to even get placed in a race as competitive as this one.
Back Drive On Jim @ [7.2] Fairyhouse 16:25
Back Twinlight @ [3.5] Fairyhouse 16:55
Place Lay Peak Raider @ [1.82] Fairyhouse 18:35
Timeform go through the field for this intriguing seven-furlong handicap......
Three bets from around the country this afternoon, all coming on the Flat......
A small but select field for this seven-furlong minor event......
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