Harry Fry despatched Steady flag bearer and Cheltenham Competition champion Love Envoi to the lion’s den in a bid to win the First Class on the Fairyhouse on Sunday.
The six-year-old is placing her unbeaten report on the road within the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle Ultimate.
Love Envoi received back-to-back Division I competitions after success at Jayne Seymour in Sandown and Ryanair Mares’ Hurdle in Cheltenham.
This newest success, as she beat 18 rivals and led her profession to 5 unbeaten over hurdles, Frye hopes she will end her large marketing campaign efficiently at a excessive stage.
“She’s firstclass and is available in and takes a good variety of good horses, though a few of them ended up behind at Cheltenham,” Fry stated.
“This time we go there to take them of their yard, so it is not a simple job, however they eat properly and look good at dwelling.
Love Envoy (left) in victory at Sandown
“She’s answered each query to this point. To have a Cheltenham Competition winner is what all of us try for. That is what we’re all on this sport for.”
Fry, who received the identical race seven years in the past with Bitofapuzzle, is hoping there’s loads of wound within the floor for Love Envoi.
Rain is predicted, and Frey added: “We all know the duty you might be going through. Cheltenham was within the second division and on Sunday within the first division,” added Frey.
“This was a race we had been fortunate sufficient to win in 2015 and it will be nice to do it once more.
“Main League is the forex all of us need to commerce in and hopefully you possibly can run and be aggressive and beat what has already been a particular season – profitable will actually be the accolades on the prime.
“The deciduous floor will assist. That they had 11mm of rain early within the week they usually say they anticipate one other 8-10mm on Saturday evening, so clearly in the event that they get it, that is one other optimistic.
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“Fingers crossed, hopefully the rains will come and this may swimsuit us very well.”
Con O’Keeffe, who has solely three horses in coaching, is counting on Kilbarry Chloe, who’s equally unbeaten on hurdles, having scored at Wexford and on a third-tier crew in Limerick final month.
Like Fry, the Waterford handler, whose stables are primarily based in Kilbarry, will welcome any five-year-old’s rain into the two-and-a-half-mile occasion.
He stated: “She’s a great mare and he or she’s run very well in Limerick, however the circumstances most likely will not actually swimsuit us. This will likely be her final run of the season.
“It has mounted proportions, and hopefully the rain will come. It is value breaking down, however I hope the bottom is not good, as a result of it will not run if that is the case.”
Brandy Love, third-division runner-up on the monitor final day trip, heads up Willie Mullins’ aspect alongside Dino Blue, who was dismissed as a favourite at Cheltenham, to complete ninth behind Love Envoi.
Paul Taunin leads Gallopin de Champs to victory in Leopardstown
The BoyleSports Gold Cup, the second of two first-class occasions on the seven-race card, sees Galopin Des Champs try and make up for his downfall when he was lastly clear within the Turners rookie chase on the Cheltenham Competition.
The 5-6 candidate had tightly mastered Bob Ollinger and was 12 lengths up entrance solely to grieve a landing after an ideal final soar, and it will be a heat association as he faces 5 opponents within the second and half. Melting check.
Amongst his rivals are Gordon Elliott’s fifth Arkley, Rivier Dettel, who handles the flight for the primary time, and Noel Mead’s Bacon Edge, who was a great seventh for Blame Press in pursuit of junior Brown at Cheltenham.
Grasp McShee bids to reverse positions with Galopin Des Champs after their conflict within the first-class pursuit Ladbrokes Novices in Leopardstown in February.
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The eight-year-old coached by Paddy Correy, is already a top-tier scorer, having landed in pursuit of Faugheen Novices in Limerick on Boxing Day.
Then, after his nine-length defeat to Gallopin de Champs in Leopardstown, he was overwhelmed three-quarters of his size by Sizing Pootsie within the second-row Webster Cup in Navan.
Corkery hopes Grasp Macshee will proceed to advance and stated, “He is going through Gallopin de Champs once more and he wasn’t removed from him on the final day they met. It was a really respectable tour.
“Perhaps he did not soar the primary 4 fences. He was a bit sluggish and in his thoughts he was nonetheless considerably of a newbie.
“We put him in an skilled firm on his final day in Navan and that may carry him so much.
“Farouk Dalin has gone out and received ever since. He was doing very well about himself when he slipped into Brown Advisory at Cheltenham, and Gallopin de Champs was going to win the nation mile at Cheltenham, so the format is there.
“If Sizing Pottsie had raced one other 10 yards, he would have been caught. He was closing in with each step.”
Nonetheless, Corkery’s quiet confidence comes with one thing of an asterisk.
He admitted, “The opposite challenge I’ve is that he tends to burst blood vessels. If he would not explode on Sunday, he’ll make a great account of himself.”
“It is a greater horse on good floor, however the truth that it ruptures blood vessels is behind my thoughts, so from a gambler’s perspective, it is considerably of a bet.”
