16:45 Navan

Thursday 25 August 2022

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Racing Next At Navan On Saturday September 3rd Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:47 | Winning time: 3m 3.11s

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(15)

Guild^t²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: C D Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 65

14/1

66/1, seventeenth of 19 in handicap at Galway (16.5f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Chance on old form, but others are more appealing based on recent exploits.

Form: 5-59600

(4)

Fox Fearless^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: S T McCullagh⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 64| D

10/1

Ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Fair on the Flat, creditable on last Flat outing. Vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 510673

(11)

Walnut Beach¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: J Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 63

18/5

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. 9/2, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Tramore (16.2f, good) 12 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 8-00863

(6)

Book Of Verse^b1,t⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: R P Cleary| T: C O'Brien| OR: 61

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving M. Halford when last of 16 in handicap at Fairyhouse (12f, good) 46 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 8007-0

(5)

Building Bridges²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: J A Heffernan| T: Gary McGill| OR: 60| C

12/1

Course winner. Won 8-runner handicap hurdle (6/1) at Sligo (20.2f, good) 21 days ago, always holding on. Big player off an attractive mark if able to continue the good work back in this sphere.

Form: 620/000-

(2)

Amlad³⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: E J McNamara| T: A McNamara| OR: 58

28/1

9/2, creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, soft) when last seen 11 months ago. Fair form in this sphere and he's one of the more appealing candidates.

Form: 323157/

(8)

Franno²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: C T Keane| T: G Keane| OR: 58| D

7/2

Unreliable individual. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap at Sligo (13f, soft, 15/2) 22 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 9-89635

(14)

Dinamine³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Dunne| OR: 56| BF

13/2

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. 7/2, bit below form ninth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (9.5f, good) 33 days ago. Significantly up in trip and he's in with an each-way shout.

Form: 425929

(7)

Imperial Choice⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: W J Lee| T: C Byrnes| OR: 54

7/1

Eleventh of 15 in handicap (20/1) at Killarney (14.1f, good) 43 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 698-000

(16)

Sawbuck²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 51

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fair winner at 17f over hurdles. Ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Cork (17f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 090-0

(9)

Tenth Amendment^t⁷²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: G M Ryan| T: K H Clarke| OR: 50

28/1

One win from 34 Flat runs. 20/1, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (16.1f, good) 72 days ago. Modest on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing. Others more persuasive.

Form: 666920

(3)

Benz¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: D P McDonogh| T: G Elliott| OR: 47

6/1

15/2, career best when winning 13-runner novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 11 days ago, driven out. Modest form in six starts in this sphere to date, but dangerous on the basis of his recent hurdles success.

Form: 0/09705

(12)

Dark Matter^p,t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: B M Coen| T: A J Martin| OR: 47

14/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, tenth of 14 in handicap at Sligo (13f, soft, 25/1) 22 days ago. Looks up against it.

Form: 0790-40

Non-Runners

(1)

Sign From Above⁵⁸

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: Peter Fahey J: Sam Ewing

(13)

Yenillik²¹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: H Rogers J: Siobhan Rutledge

(10)

Miss Polly Shelby⁸³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: R McNally J: D McMonagle

Forecasts

Franno (7/2), Walnut Beach (18/5), Benz (6/1), Dinamine (13/2), Imperial Choice (7/1), Fox Fearless (10/1), Building Bridges (12/1), Miss Polly Shelby (12/1), Guild (14/1), Dark Matter (14/1), Sign From Above (14/1), Yenillik (14/1), Sawbuck (16/1), Amlad (28/1), Tenth Amendment (28/1), Book Of Verse (80/1)

It was back in June 2019 when BUILDING BRIDGES gained his sole career success to date on the Flat, but he has won two of his four starts over hurdles since returning from a break in May and will surely go close off this lowly mark if able to maintain his good run of form back in this sphere. Fellow recent hurdles winner Benz is also of interest, but the selection may have most to fear from Amlad, assuming that the 8-y-o will be ready to roll following an 11-month absence.