It will take a very good one to surpass this standard - clock suggests Fairyhouse winner is a cut above
Conor Fennelly on some performances that may have been underestimated

After an informative weekend at Fairyhouse, it is worth looking more closely at the race times as there were a couple of notable performances that are likely to go under the radar.
Starting with one of the more obvious ones, although what she achieved might still be underestimated as she is available at 14-1 in a place for the JCB Triumph Hurdle, Mange Tout raced far more efficiently than she had on her debut at Down Royal to land the Grade 3 juvenile hurdle on Sunday.
She did not impress many when she was forced to work hard to justify 8-15 favouritism on her Irish debut at Down Royal, but she did well to win as she had every right to fall into a hole late on having set unsustainable fractions.
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