Fairyhouse Easter meeting: fourth day

easily the best racing of the day comes from Fairyhouse, which stages the fourth and last day of its big Easter meeting. Although yesterday´s Irish Grand National is the top event, today´s card is also high-class and starts off with a Grade Three hurdle for 4yo´s at 15.15 CET. An open event, with an interesting debutant frm the Chartlie Swan stable, Glenstal Abbey (David Casey), who was just about the best of these on the flat. C´est Ca (Willie and Paddy Mullins) has won his last two vfery easily, but is moving up in class, as is Miss Fancy Pants (Noel Meade/ Paul Carberry), an easy winner last time in a field of 30. Bouchard (Jessica Harrington/ Barry Geraghty) is still a maiden under both codes but has shown ability several times. The Dan Moore Memorial chase, a handicap over 2 miles 1 furlong at 15.45 could hae a fitting winner in top-weight Mansony, trained by Arthur Moore, son of Dan. he was pulled up last time in the Champion Chase at Cheltenham, where Schindler´s Hunt finished fourth, and obvioiusly this is easier. The Grade 2 novice hurdle at 16.15 could go to Jered (Meade/ Carberry); German-bred Lycaeum Dessie Hughes/ Barry Geraghty) ran badly last time, but has a chance on his earlier form. The big bettong race is the valuable handicap at 16.50 over 2 miles. Tony Martin has suffered some expensive reverses recently (including in yesterday´s big race) and will be hoping for better luck with Psycho (Davy Russell), who after winning easily at New Year, fell at the last next time and then finished fast but much too late at Cheltenham. He looks certain to start a warm favourite.