Facile Vega made a winning chasing debut for our columnist on Saturday - now attention turns to Fact To File at Navan on Sunday.
Sunday runners
Navan
12:15 Armed And Fabulous
Armed And Fabulous has to improve a fair bit to get involved here.
12:15 Paggane
She’s had three runs and she has some nice form on the Flat in France. She jumps well at home, but the pedigree doesn’t scream heavy ground at Navan to me. She’s by Muhaarar, the sire of A Dream To Share, but she’s out of a Giant’s Causeway dam so conditions are a slight concern, for all her homework is good.
15:05 Fact To File
Fact To File is a horse that I like. He ran well as a bumper horse last year, although he’s six going on seven and he looks a real chasing type, so we’ve decided to skip hurdling and go chasing. He jumps very well at home, he won a point-to-point and I think the trip will suit him, 2m4f, although he’ll probably get further in time. He’s a lovely pedigree and I’m looking forward to seeing him over a fence.
Cheltenham
15:30 Onlyamatteroftime
Danny Mullins will be tight to do 10-3 but it’s a lovely weight down at the bottom in a valuable handicap. Once again it will be tough for him, he ran out the last day at Cork when holding every chance going to the last. That form gives him a chance and we’re hoping for the best, but I’d say he’ll find life tough as a favourite on a track like this against this opposition.
Recent winners
We’ve had some good winners this week and hopefully the run can continue ahead of a big weekend at home and at Cheltenham.
It’s For Me gave a very promising debut at Punchestown on Thursday, he was very hard on himself throughout the race and what I admired about him was when he got to the front over the last, he pulled out more when the second horse came to him in the style of a good horse. He could be a real nice horse for the future.
Loughglynn did it the hard way from the front, I think the conditions of the race really suited him well. He’ll have to go up in class, but he can also go up in distance for the rest of the season.
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