15:35 Navan

Saturday 2 June 2018

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Come Racing Saturday July 14th Handicap

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 2m 52.67s

(8)

Apparition²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: D M Redmond⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 85

4/1

Winner over 1m4f at the Curragh on good to firm last summer, some success in hurdles campaign over the winter and ran well enough on return to Flat at Leopardstown last month. Entitled to get in the shake-up.

Form: 2124-37

(6)

Constancio¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 83| C

9/4

Maiden winner over 1m4f here in April on reappearance and since gone well at Killarney. Must prove he'll handle firmer ground on handicap bow, but will go close if he can do that.

Form: 50R6-12

(7)

Space Ship^t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: C O'Donoghue| T: R Hennessy| OR: 79

25/1

Has tended to be better over hurdles, returned from two-year absence and failed to beat a rival home on debut for this yard over 1m4f at Leopardstown recently. Tough ask seemingly.

Form: 34685/0

(1)

Khudha²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Colin Keane| T: A Fleming| OR: 72

7/1

Pulled up in a handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan last month. Won a Curragh maiden over this trip (yielding to soft) a year ago on previous Flat run in really good style. Intersting contender.

Form: 0/06631-

(4)

Suitor^p⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Declan McDonogh| T: G Elliott| OR: 72

11/4

Just one Flat win to his name when getting his head in front at Newcastle in 2016 but likeable effort at Leopardstown (1m5f, good) recently when third of 23 and needs close scrutiny after that run.

Form: 42300-3

(2)

Jan Van Eyck^b,t⁵⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: N G McCullagh| T: G O'Leary| OR: 69| C| D

15/2

Winner of a Leopardstown handicap last summer over 1m5f on good to firm. Rated 1lb lower now, will handle a bit of cut in the ground and has had a couple of AW spins to get him ready for this. Stamina is not proven.

Form: 1927-45

(3)

Creeping Ivy^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: C P Hoban| T: A J Martin| OR: 67

14/1

Fair effort over this trip on the AW at Dundalk last time out but still leaves him with more to find in this field. Others make more appeal.

Form: 11/363-4

Non-Runners

(5)

Boom Or Bush¹¹

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: H Rogers J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Constancio (9/4), Suitor (11/4), Apparition (4/1), Boom Or Bush (6/1), Khudha (7/1), Jan Van Eyck (15/2), Creeping Ivy (14/1), Space Ship (25/1)

A chance is taken with KHUDHA back on the Flat. He was a convincing maiden winner at the Curragh last summer on his previous Flat run and may be good enough on his return to this sphere if on good terms with himself. Suitor ran a fine race at Leopardstown last time and is entitled to go very close with a repeat while Constancio is also in excellent heart right now and well in the mix for this.