17:05 Navan
Saturday 4 March 2017
All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:35
Newgrange Veterans Handicap Chase
- 10YO plus  |  3m  |  Heavy  |  6 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 17:05Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 7m 10.7s
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Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Fairyhouse winner in good style last month, the pick on ratings and that run suggests he's in good heart for this contest.
Hasn't won a race since 2014 but has been running in far tougher company than this, should go well amongst veterans and have his chance.
Won this contest a year ago and while he has been out of form since, this looks most realistic opportunity he's had to score again since.
Won at Punchestown in January and can be forgiven subsequent subpar effort back there in competitive 3m4f handicap chase. This is eminently more winnable.
Lightly raced for 12-years-old but just signs at Punchestown last month that things are catching up with him. Others make more appeal on form.
Punchestown run behind Canaly in January gives him plenty to find if he's going to win this.
Forecasts
Texas Jack (9/4), Kilford (7/2), Folsom Blue (4/1), Canaly (9/2), Some Drama (5/1), Mtada Supreme (10/1)
Last year's winner Kilford faces a tough challenge to score again amongst some rivals in good form. Canaly won well around Punchestown in January, form that sees him well ahead of Some Drama, and a repeat of that effort will stand him well now. Folsom Blue ought to find this more to his liking than some of the recent fields he has raced in but the manner of TEXAS JACK's Fairyhouse win last month strongly suggests he will cope with conceding weight to these four rivals and make a winning starts in veterans races.
- Texas Jack
- Canaly
- Folsom Blue
Prize Money
1st: €12,914.002nd: €3,990.003rd: €1,890.004th: €840.005th: €315.00
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