Fairy Court no longer a maiden

“This fella has been the unluckiest horse in training! Hopefully he’ll be able to win a few more,” claimed handler Thomas Cummins after Fairy Court finally got his head in front at Tramore at odds of 16/1.

The seven-year-old did it at the 18th time of asking and showed good fortitude to get going again after pecking on landing at the second last in this two mile five maiden hurdle.

That strength of character was needed again after the final flight when he battled along the rail to beat 7/2 favourite Romeo Is Bleeding by half a length.

Rohan’s Pride was beaten into third by Romeo Is Bleeding by a neck. The front three came in clear of the remainder as it was 10 lengths back to Vedani in fourth.

“I want to dedicate this win to Jenny Power, my wife’s best friend, who died of cancer in May and Davy Quinn who was a good friend who died in April,” Thomas Cummins added.

“They both helped me from the word go. Davy did the stable doors for me.”

Fairy Court runs in the colours of Cummins’ wife Alice.

Additional reporting by Donal Murphy