UK Horse Racing Tips: Fairyhouse

ENCOSTA was awarded her last race at Leopardstown in the stewards' room after being badly checked at the business end. That was a much-improved effort on better ground and she is due to encounter the same trip and ground, so should be right in the thick of it off 6lb higher. Power Drive made all and swept home by four lengths in Dundalk last month. He's not exactly drawn to attack in stall 14, but competes off just 2lb higher and is clearly in good humour. Master Dunraven is 8lb higher after delivering in Navan and ought to have a part to play, while Storm Eric is a consistent horse and his turf mark is 17lb lower than his all-weather rating.
Prediction : 1st Encosta 2nd Power Drive 3rd Master Dunraven

NATURALLY NIMBLE is 6lb clear on official ratings and has bright prospects here. The form of his close second in Navan looks strong as the horse that pipped him was previously second to a subsequent Listed-placed horse. American Pharoah filly Gushing can get in the mix up in trip on better ground for powerful connections. Barnso should come on from an unplaced run in a higher grade at Naas, while Tachos makes her handicap debut off a mark of 72 and has shown enough to suggest she will be competitive. Dont Do Dramas is in decent nick after winning at Sligo and finishing third in Roscommon and goes to work off a light weight.
Prediction : 1st Naturally Nimble 2nd Gushing 3rd Barnso

SIGNOR FERRARI may be the safest option in a claimer where plenty of horses have something to prove. He kept on well to make the breakthrough in an apprentice handicap over 7f at Cork last week and has placed form over this sort of trip in Dundalk. Alto Sax got his confidence boosted with a victory in a claiming maiden at Roscommon, but this is a much longer trip. His one previous effort over an extended 1m2f in Dundalk was inconclusive. Your Out Of Line has some upside after a close fourth over shorter in a claimer at Gowran Park. Sylkie flopped when favourite for that Gowran Park race and the blinkers have been left off now.
Prediction : 1st Signor Ferrari 2nd Alto Sax 3rd Your Out Of Line

MADAME PLAINTIFF was successful on penultimate start in Gowran Park and showed that her new mark isn't beyond her when a fair fourth in a higher class at the Curragh. She has the best draw in stall one, so jockey Robert Whearty has options. Vivienda has ability and this new trip could unlock it as her half brother won over 7f in Gowran Park. Elegant Madame has been highly tried since getting off the mark on debut at Lingfield last summer and should appreciate these calmer waters, while Velvet Skies is more than capable of banking a cheque.
Prediction : 1st Madame Plaintiff 2nd Vivienda 3rd Elegant Madame

The Ger Lyons-trained NATIONAL LADY looks the one to beat, despite the obvious negative of being drawn out wide. Placed twice in juvenile maidens last season, the form of those particular races could hardly have worked out any better. With the benefit of a comeback run when second at Cork in March, the filly should be primed for this assignment. Emerald Harmony stepped up on two promising earlier efforts when staying on nicely to finish runner-up at Limerick. The Johnny Murtagh-trained filly has an advantageous draw if Ben Coen elects to make use of it. Emerald Eclipse had shaped well in two maidens prior to disappointing in handicap company. He may find a return to this grade easier.
Prediction : 1st National Lady 2nd Emerald Harmony 3rd Emerald Eclipse

LAYOFTHELAND can credit Sean Davis with a first success in the training ranks. Runner-up on her two most recent starts, when beaten less than a length on both occasions, the filly can gain compensation now. Colin Keane is a very significant booking on the lightly-raced daughter of Land Force. Navan runner-up Rappell also holds leading claims for in-form trainer Paul Flynn. The gelding was making his handicap debut when finding just one too good at the County Meath track last time. Alex Belardo was behind the latter horse on his reappearance, but didn't get the clearest of runs and should be more competitive this time. However, he does have to overcome the widest draw.
Prediction : 1st Layoftheland 2nd Rappell 3rd Alex Belardo

Now that he has recaptured the winning habit, GEGENPRESSING can follow up his recent Sligo success. A four-time winner, the Eddie and Patrick Harty-trained six-year-old looks well treated off his current rating. Despite being raised to a mark of 51, the gelding has won off 24lb higher in the past. Naas runner-up Reinforce appears to have gradually improved this season. The four-year-old ran a career best latest when runner-up in a higher grade than this one at Naas. If he can reproduce that effort, he won't be too far away. Amanirenas doesn't appear to be in the best of form right now, but dropping into the bottom grade on a track where she has won previously could see a revival.
Prediction : 1st Gegenpressing 2nd Reinforce 3rd Amanirenas