15:45 Navan

Sunday 22 April 2018

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Navan Welcomes Owners Today Apprentice Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 15:47 | Winning time: 1m 15.14s

(16)

Doonard Prince^b²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: D E Sheehy⁽²⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 69| CD

8/1

C&D winner here in September and won back here off this mark over 5f in October. Certainly of interest here given the form he's been in of late.

Form: 15213-2

(22)

Ecoeye^p²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Dylan Hogan⁽²⁾| T: A Leahy| OR: 67

5/1

Not won since 2016 but finally on a more workable mark now and very promising effort at Cork on return last time. Should run well with that under his belt.

Form: 90268-2

(15)

Haqeeba¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Andrew Slattery⁽⁴⁾| T: L Lennon| OR: 65| D

10/1

Just two wins from 26 starts but better than that record suggests and she's been placed on each of her last three starts.

Form: 01723-3

(5)

Nigg Bay^p1⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: D W O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 63

11/1

Still a maiden but placed last time at Dundalk and only 1lb higher here. Likely to be more to come.

Form: 3856-42

(20)

Ahundrednotout⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 62

33/1

One win from nine starts and that came in maiden company at Wolverhampton in October. Struggled off his revised marks subsequently and hard to fancy.

Form: 73319-0

(12)

Rag Tatter^b1¹⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D P Linehan⁽²⁾| T: A Mulholland| OR: 62

25/1

Yet to win in 15 starts and has been out of form on AW this winter. Hard to fancy at present but return to turf a positive at least.

Form: 086074-

(7)

Aspen Belle^h,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Killian Leonard| T: P Martin| OR: 61

10/1

Versatile sort, course winner who has won three of her 14 starts. Shaped well on return last time and she's a player if she comes on for that.

Form: 10001-4

(21)

I Will Excel¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁴⁾| T: D P Nagle| OR: 59

25/1

Just one win from 31 starts and not shaped with enough promise on AW of late to fancy him here.

Form: 440-066

(3)

Pillar¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: T M Sherry⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 57| C

7/1

On a long losing run but has been in good form of late with a string of placed efforts. Handicap mark suffering as a result though and others preferred.

Form: 32-7322

(18)

Sixties Sue^p1¹³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: K P Gallagher⁽⁷⁾| T: J T Gorman| OR: 56| D

33/1

On a long losing run and not won since 2015. Just two wins from 26 starts in total and has not looked like returning to the winners' enclosure recently. Wears first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 0/70850-

(9)

Sweetest Taboo¹⁹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 56

20/1

Gained her second career win in 28 starts at the Curragh last August but struggled off her revised mark since. Handicapper has cut her some slack now and can't be ruled out.

Form: 841500-

(6)

Bracebridge Hall¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K K Hennessy⁽²⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 65

33/1

Ran with some promise in maidens but well beaten on handicap debut last time. Must improve.

Form: 556-60

(17)

Tide Of Time¹⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: O J Orr| T: E Lynam| OR: 55

7/1

Well beaten in three maidens but may do better now handicapping. Market can reveal expectations.

Form: 969-

(1)

Taras Way⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 54

33/1

Well beaten in all five starts. Drops back in trip here but hard to fancy.

Form: 0679-0

(19)

Ken's Sam's^b⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: S M Crosse⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 52| CD

25/1

Has been in very poor form since joining this yard and no signs of turning it around of late. Did win this last year but worth opposing despite her sliding handicap mark.

Form: 00-0999

(11)

Master Bond^t⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-8| J: T P Madden| T: J McAuley| OR: 49| D

20/1

Not won for nearly two years but on a very nice handicap mark and shaped with some promise when not beaten far last time.

Form: 06970-6

(23)

Tuamhain¹⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Gavin Ryan⁽⁴⁾| T: K Prendergast| OR: 59

14/1

Well beaten in all three maiden starts. Could be a different proposition now handicapping though.

Form: 054-

(14)

Nora Batt¹⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Ben Coen⁽⁴⁾| T: J W Nicholson| OR: 48

12/1

Not won since 2016 but ran some cracking races last year, including when placed over C&D. May need this run on her first run of the season.

Form: 043270-

(13)

Althib^p²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 47

33/1

Well beaten on all five of his starts. Has his first turf start here and needs plenty of improvement to figure.

Form: 6/0000

(8)

Captain Midnight⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁴⁾| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 47

16/1

Not won since landing back to back races on AW at Dundalk in 2015. Showed very little on return from a lengthy absence last time and more needed.

Form: 50658-0

(10)

Gopsies Daughter^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-4| J: Sean Davis⁽²⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 45

12/1

Well below her last winning mark now but has only won once in 18 starts and she was poor last time out at Dundalk. More needed.

Form: 090-566

(4)

Hot Stuff^t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: Alan Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 45

50/1

Just one win in 23 starts and that came in maiden company. Hard to fancy in current form and not shown much for his new connections.

Form: 30600-5

Dandy Sue^b1¹³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Damien Melia⁽⁴⁾| T: G Keane| OR: 55

28/1

Hard to fancy having finished unplaced on all seven of her starts. Wears first-time blinkers. Reserve 1.

Form: 495687-

Non-Runners

(2)

Oor Jock²⁵

Weight: 8-4| Age: 10

T: A McGuinness J: Sean Kirrane

Camacho Dancer¹⁰⁷

Weight: 8-4| Age: 3

T: K H Clarke J: Reserve 2

Gifted Lady²⁵

Weight: 8-4| Age: 4

T: D P Dunne J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Ecoeye (5/1), Pillar (7/1), Tide Of Time (7/1), Doonard Prince (8/1), Aspen Belle (10/1), Haqeeba (10/1), Oor Jock (10/1), Nigg Bay (11/1), Gopsies Daughter (12/1), Nora Batt (12/1), Tuamhain (14/1), Captain Midnight (16/1), Sweetest Taboo (20/1), Master Bond (20/1), Ken's Sam's (25/1), Rag Tatter (25/1), I Will Excel (25/1), Dandy Sue (28/1), Taras Way (33/1), Bracebridge Hall (33/1), Sixties Sue (33/1), Althib (33/1), Ahundrednotout (33/1), Camacho Dancer (33/1), Gifted Lady (33/1), Hot Stuff (50/1)

NIGG BAY is unexposed and running well of late and he's likely to shed his maiden tag sooner rather than later. Course and distance winner Doonard Prince is respected off top-weight while Ecoeye is back on a workable mark and should give his running once again.