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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Fairy Court no longer a maiden

Sun 18th Aug 2013, 16:36

Fairy Court, left, beats Romeo Is Bleeding at TramoreFairy Court, left, beats Romeo Is Bleeding at Tramore
© Photo Healy Racing

“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

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.