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Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle
Fairyhouse · 5 February 2025
- TypeHurdle
- Distance2m
- GoingHeavy
- SurfaceTurf
- Runners13
Good To Be Alive (IRE) (9/1) won the Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse on 5 February 2025, beating Sundance Sioux (IRE) by 6 lengths under Sam Ewing for trainer Gordon Elliott. 13 ran on Heavy going over 2m; the winning time was 4m 18.50s (slow by 41.50s).
| Pos | Horse | Btn | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | KTB | Spd | Time | Prize | SP | BSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Good To Be Alive (IRE) 4g Held up Settled just behind the front group - mid-pack at halfway then up to 3rd approaching three out - made ground but scrambled over the following fence - asked for effort to hit the front at the last - stayed on strongly to score | Sam Ewing | Gordon Elliott | 11-7 | 139A | — | 4:18.50 | 5,900 | 9/1 | 16.79 | |
| 2nd | Sundance Sioux (IRE) 4g Sat close to front group early - third at halfway - driven into advantage two out - overtaken at the final flight - battled on unable to match winner and held for second | 6 | Ben Harvey | Cian Hughes | 11-7 | 130A | — | 4:20.00 | 1,900 | 7/2 | 6.00 |
| 3rd | Atlantic City (GB) 4f Prominent Handy behind front group early - 6th at halfway and 5th two out - driven but unable to make ground approaching last - stayed on same gear to take 3rd on the run-in | 6½ | E Walsh | Ciaran Murphy | 11-0 | 113A | — | 4:21.62 | 900 | 50/1 | 240.00 |
| 4th | Imarajan (IRE) t 4g Sat close to the front group early - 4th at halfway - small error two out - asked for effort but unable to close before the last - stayed on at the same rate to finish 4th | 2¾ | Kieren Buckley | Eddie & Patrick Harty | 11-7 | 116A | — | 4:22.31 | 400 | 17/2 | 18.06 |
| 5th | Lagoon Nebula (GB) 4f Midfield Settled midfield early - 7th at halfway - up to 6th by two out - driven approaching last with little response - stayed on same rhythm to finish 5th | 2¼ | Sean O'Keeffe | Andrew Kinirons | 11-0 | 106A | — | 4:22.88 | 200 | 50/1 | 183.01 |
| 6th | Legionnaire Forez (FR) 4g Went straight to front - lost the advantage for a spell past the 5th before regaining it - challenge arrived 2f out and no response found - held third but going nowhere before the last then dropped away on the run home | 9 | Paul Townend | W P Mullins | 11-7 | 99A | — | 4:25.12 | 100 | 4/9F | 1.50 |
| 7th | Hobart (IRE) 4g Prominent Travelled close up early - flicked a leg 5th and hit the front for a spell before halfway - 4th turning in then slipped to 7th 2 out and could find nothing more | 4¾ | Gavin Brouder(3) | J A Nash | 11-4 | 91C | — | 4:26.31 | — | 16/1 | 38.00 |
| 8th | Aswellasabentley (IRE) 4g Held up Held up towards the back - still down in ninth approaching two out - up to eighth by the last - stayed on steadily without threatening to finish eighth | nk | Shane Fitzgerald | Liam Lennon | 11-7 | 94C | — | 4:26.38 | — | 33/1 | 100.00 |
| 9th | Are We Dancing (IRE) 4g Held up Held up at the back throughout - made no impression on leaders - found little from 3 out - drifted left over the last then well held | 48 | Caragh Monaghan(7) | Liam Lennon | 11-0 | 87C | — | 4:38.38 | — | 200/1 | 1,000.00 |
| 10th | Phoenix Princess (IRE) 4f Settled at the back of the field from the outset - made no impression through halfway - found little from 3 out - stumbled at the last and finished well adrift | 2¾ | Daniel King | Brendan Maurice Walsh | 11-0 | 87C | — | 4:39.06 | — | 250/1 | 1,000.00 |
| 11th | Rockys Favourite (IRE) 4g Settled at the back from the off - little impression made through the race - lost more ground from 3 out and beaten a long way home | 3¼ | Alex Harvey(5) | Paul Mulligan | 11-2 | 89C | — | 4:39.88 | — | 250/1 | 1,000.00 |
| SU | Nobody (IRE) h 4g Slipped early - never recovered - took no further part | — | Sean Flanagan | Brendan Maurice Walsh | 11-7 | — | — | — | — | 100/1 | 382.55 |
| F | Mercurial Sea (IRE) h 4f Settled towards the back of the pack early - hit the fourth with an awkward jump - up to 8th by halfway - clipped one three out then driven but unable to close - came down at the final fence | — | Carl Millar(5) | Nigel Thomas Slevin | 10-9 | — | — | — | — | 125/1 | 853.93 |
Quick answers
- Who won the Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse in 2025?
- Good To Be Alive (IRE) won the Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse on 5 February 2025, ridden by Sam Ewing and trained by Gordon Elliott.
- What was the finishing order of the 2025 Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse?
- 1st Good To Be Alive (IRE) (9/1), 2nd Sundance Sioux (IRE) (7/2), 3rd Atlantic City (GB) (50/1).
- What price was the winner of the 2025 Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse?
- Good To Be Alive (IRE) returned a starting price of 9/1, with a Betfair SP of 16.79.
- How many horses ran in the 2025 Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse?
- 13 horses ran in the 2025 Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse.
- What was the winning time of the 2025 Book Your Fairyhouse Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse?
- The winning time was 4m 18.50s (slow by 41.50s).