17:10 Navan

Saturday 2 June 2018

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Navan Members Handicap

Off time: 17:12 | Winning time: 1m 45.19s

(7)

Natty Dresser⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: O J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: S Lavery| OR: 71

10/3

Decent effort last week on seasonal bow at the Curragh (1m, good to firm) off this mark (beaten only 3½L). 5lb claim from Oisin Orr helps and player today with benefit of that run.

Form: 55043-7

(5)

Scoil Naisiunta^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 69| D

8/1

Victorious on yielding ground over 1m at Naas last October. Held since and drops back in trip after being well held at Sligo recently. Remains high enough in the ratings.

Form: 3219-64

(10)

Passing Trade²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: M Mulvany| OR: 67

10/1

Has shown some promise in three maidens so far, goes handicapping now for the first time and merits a market check with an improved performance likely.

Form: 394

(8)

Queen Rabab^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 67| D

6/1

Won a Dundalk AW handicap last month over this trip, perhaps not suited on softer going at Tipperary since and not one to rule out back on sound surface.

Form: 66-713

(6)

So Enjoy⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Leigh Roche| T: J Nash| OR: 67

8/1

Winner at Dundalk last year on handicap bow and ran well for a long way on return last month at Leopardstown before fading into 2L fourth of 20. Likely fitter now and a leading player.

Form: 87352-4

(14)

Zeb City¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 67

10/1

Out of sorts in five runs this year so far, dropping down the weights as a result and comes back in trip today. Has to raise game.

Form: 6-59384

(16)

Birth Of Venus⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Declan McDonogh| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 66

8/1

High Chaparral filly, she produced the best of her three efforts in maidens on the AW at Dundalk. Worth a second glance going handicapping but will need to improve considerably.

Form: 06-0

(13)

Greengage^t⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: J J Murphy| OR: 66

12/1

Choisir filly, went close a couple of times in Dundalk maidens over 7f (including at 100/1), well held on seasonal reappearance but shaped better last week on Leopardstown on similar ground over the trip.

Form: 0246-08

(9)

Eos^b1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Alan Persse⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 65

16/1

Struggled in seven outings thus far including when beaten 20L at Killarney (1m, soft) last time out. Wears blinkers for the first time.

Form: 7767-00

(17)

Ragtime Red^t⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Gavin Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 64

16/1

Decent run over this trip last week at Leopardstown (good to firm) when beaten 3L in finishing sixth of 20. Wide draw to overcome if looking to build on it.

Form: 0-43286

(12)

Dragon Girl¹⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: T P Madden⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 54

12/1

Six-race maiden, Dragon Pulse filly has failed to live up to market expectations at times. Poor on the AW when last spotted in January. Work to be done on return.

Form: 05344-0

(1)

War Child²¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 54

25/1

Sent off 66/1 in all three maidens and not really looked like outrunning odds. Returns from 213-day off for handicap bow, needs to improve and potentially will need this.

Form: 070-

(15)

Wavepoint⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 53

25/1

Form so far has been up and down in maidens, will have to improve significantly for switch to handicaps to play leading role.

Form: 09-0

(2)

Mojambo^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: N G McCullagh| T: M McCullagh| OR: 50

12/1

Placed once from ten starts and finished a well beaten fifth over 7f at Gowran Park before a promising 5L defeat at Sligo last month.

Form: 5-40754

(11)

Nkhata Bay¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Andrew Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 50

25/1

Unplaced in four starts, 4lb wrong at these weights and seemingly relying on this better surface to improve fortunes.

Form: 00-06

(3)

Rhythm Of Love^t1²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Killian Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 50

25/1

Filly has plenty improvement to find despite falling handicap mark. Tongue tie added today but doesn't make significant appeal.

Form: 644-080

Non-Runners

(4)

Quite Subunctious⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: K H Clarke J: R P Downey

Forecasts

Natty Dresser (10/3), Queen Rabab (6/1), Scoil Naisiunta (8/1), Birth Of Venus (8/1), So Enjoy (8/1), Zeb City (10/1), Passing Trade (10/1), Mojambo (12/1), Greengage (12/1), Dragon Girl (12/1), Eos (16/1), Ragtime Red (16/1), Wavepoint (25/1), Rhythm Of Love (25/1), War Child (25/1), Nkhata Bay (25/1), Quite Subunctious (25/1)

Dundalk winner Queen Rabab likely didn't find soft ground to her liking last time out and commands a good deal of respect here with conditions more likely to see her in a good light. So Enjoy should come on a good deal for the Leopardstown reappearance and will lay down a big challenge of doing so but NATTY DRESSER made a decent start to life in handicaps at the Curragh recently and isn't to be underestimated now with a very useful claim from the champion apprentice. Passing Trade is one to note on handicap bow while Ragtime Red is also of some interest.