16:40 Navan

Sunday 12 February 2023

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William Hill Play Responsibly (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 4m 1.08s

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After The Drama

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms E C Costello⁽⁷⁾| T: Aengus King

150/1

€4,200 3-y-o, Solskjaer gelding. Half-brother to 1m/9f winner in Poland Elusive River. Dam lightly raced and little impact on Flat.

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Any Road⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: A P Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: E J O'Grady

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Second of 10 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 14/1) 42 days ago. Shortlisted.

Form: 3-42

Ballystone²²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: A Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney

28/1

£120,000 4-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to very smart hurdler/smart 2½m-3m chase winner Wholestone. Dam fairly useful 2m hurdle winner, also 1¼m-13f winner on Flat. Runner-up in a point in May. Third of 9 in bumper (11/2) at this course (15.8f, soft) on NH debut 22 days ago.

Form: 23

Fathom Two⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr N McParlan| T: S McParlan

50/1

Court Cave gelding. Dam unraced. Cosily off mark in points at second attempt (Dec 4), so looks an interesting recruit.

Form: 5-1

Firefox⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott| BF

11/8

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Second of 10 in bumper at Naas (15.9f, soft, 10/11) on bumper debut 54 days ago. Big player.

Form: 42

Johnny Cigar⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 115

40/1

Fairly useful form in bumpers but just modest form over hurdles. Respected back in this sphere.

Form: 0435-64

Mint Boy⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

14/1

€50,000 3-y-o, Mount Nelson gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/chaser West Cork Wildway, stays 3m, and useful hurdler The Brimming Water. Successful sole start in points (Dec 4).

Form: 1

One Way Traffic^h1

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J I Duggan⁽⁷⁾| T: O McKiernan

125/1

€24,000 3-y-o, Mustameet gelding. Dam (c121/h123), 2m-19f hurdle/chase winner, also 7f winner who stayed 1¾m on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stays 25f) Katachenko. Wears hood.

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Rule The Wind

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss J Townend⁽³⁾| T: W P Mullins

8/1

€100,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful bumper winner/top-class hurdler (stayed 2½m) Brave Inca and useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (2½m winner) Yurok. 1 of 2 interesting ones for top yard.

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The Gunner Yeats^h1⁴⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

15/8

€29,000 3-y-o, £310,000 4-y-o, Yeats gelding. Dam point winner/modest maiden hurdler. Successful sole start in points (Nov 2021). Wears hood. Clear appeal for top connections.

Form: 1-

Tomannie

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar

200/1

Conduit gelding. Dam (h127) 2m hurdle winner, also 1m-2m winner on Flat.

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Kathleen Gold³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Ms N Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: R P Burns

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in bumper (80/1) at Cork (16f, heavy) 36 days ago.

Form: 387

Lilyfit^h1,t1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: L Breen

125/1

Califet mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Earls Fort and bumper winner/fair hurdler Dasmyhoss, stays 2½m. Dam unraced. Wears tongue strap.

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Forecasts

Firefox (11/8), The Gunner Yeats (15/8), Any Road (5/1), Rule The Wind (8/1), Mint Boy (14/1), Ballystone (28/1), Johnny Cigar (40/1), Fathom Two (50/1), One Way Traffic (125/1), Lilyfit (125/1), After The Drama (150/1), Tomannie (200/1), Kathleen Gold (200/1)

An interesting bumper with Willie Mullins saddling a couple of likely newcomers but FIREFOX pulled a long way clear of the others when second at Naas and can put that experience to good use. Riding arrangements indicate that The Gunner Yeats is Willie Mullins' stable number 1 over Rule The Wind but the latter is still very much respected.