14:20 Navan

Sunday 16 February 2020

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Get Your 2020 Navan Membership Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 4m 28.30s

Delaire²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly

100/1

Sent off at big prices on a number of starts since last May, running accordingly on each occasion; difficult to see where the improvement will come from to feature here.

Form:

Early Spring

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

100/1

Cheaply bought gelding; related to some National Hunt winners but breeding does not suggest he will be capable of landing this on debut though worth a look in the market.

Form:

Francin⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/7

Made an encouraging start to his National Hunt career when he was third of 15 over hurdles at Leopardstown (2m4f) over two years ago; a fair reappearance run here was bettered last time at Leopardstown when third of 16; leading contender.

Form: 3/63

Pat's Pick⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: N Meade| D

7/1

Won his bumper well enough in 2018 but not seen again until making hurdles debut at Gowran Park in November where he failed to shine; open to progress and market could be informative.

Form: 1/7

The Very Man^t1⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| CD

5/2

Bumper winner who would have gone close but for a late fall on hurdles bow at Punchestown in October; has run some fair races in defeat subsequently and certainly one for the shortlist given his relative experience and level of form.

Form: 117-F34

Ujumpthelastuwin³⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

16/1

€2,500 gelding by Multiplex out of a Bustino mare. Well beaten in a couple of outings in bumpers but found hurdles to his liking when running well at Naas on his debut; should be more to come and one to note.

Form: 006-

Keep Off The Moors

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: J F O'Shea

100/1

Mores Wells gelding out of a Marju mare; related to fair dual performer Khetaam but difficult to see him being good enough on racecourse debut unless market speaks highly.

Form:

Nathaniel's Dream⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: R M Power| T: A J Martin

40/1

Has shown little so far in five appearances on the track in hurdles and bumpers though latest appearance was his best and one to note and watch, if not bet on.

Form: 06-7695

Now Where Or When^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

66/1

Cheaply bought with little in the way of a decent pedigree; tongue-tied on debut; look elsewhere.

Form:

Ruinous³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

66/1

Failed to complete his first two point-to-point outings but ran a fair race on latest point appearance when finishing third of 12; market will reveal stable confidence on hurdles debut.

Form: PP3

Sky Tenor⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: I J McCarthy| T: A Donoghue

100/1

Related to plenty of bumper and hurdle winners; hard to assess based on being pulled up on only point-to-point appearance.

Form: P

Sunday At Julia's⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan

33/1

Debut run wasn't devoid of promise over course and distance December but failed to follow that up next time at Leopardstown and difficult to make a strong case for.

Form: 80

Dilly Filly⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: C A McBratney

100/1

Failed to hit the frame in three runs in point-to-points and similar story in two outings over hurdles; too soon to write off yet but needs to step up on all known form.

Form: 766-00

I'm On Snap^h1⁵⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: G P Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey

100/1

Related to plenty of bumper and hurdle winners; hard to assess based on being pulled up on only point-to-point appearance.

Form: F57-

Razzle Dazzle Love^t1³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

100/1

Winged Love mare; sister to fair 2m5f hurdle winner Loveherandleaveher; has not shown much promise in two bumper outings to date and this looks tough tongue-tied for first time on hurdles debut.

Form: 97

Second Symphony²⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Dylan Johnston⁽⁷⁾| T: C A McBratney

100/1

Bred to stay much further than this and showed no signs of promise on two point-to-point outings to date.; difficult ask on hurdles debut.

Form: P-6

Twilight Girl²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Peter Fahey

40/1

Craigsteel mare. Cost £12,000 following a May point-to-point win. Well held in a couple of initial starts over hurdles and hard to see where improvement is coming from.

Form: F-1804

Aprils Joy²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell

66/1

Relatively experienced racemare who put all Flat and jumps form behind her when winning a point-to-point cosily at the end of January; interesting contestant.

Form: PP-4201

Gracefull Grace³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Donagh Meyler| T: S Crawley

66/1

Flat.bred mare related to plenty of winners including hurdle winner Richard Strauss; market will be the best guide given she ran no sort of race on only racecourse appearance at Fairyhouse last month.

Form: 0

Will You Win²⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan

66/1

Daughter of Califet; always behind and never a factor on sole career start so far in a Punchestown 2m½f bumper when last seen in April.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Pure Genius⁷¹

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: T M Walsh J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

Francin (4/7), The Very Man (5/2), Pure Genius (3/1), Pat's Pick (7/1), Ujumpthelastuwin (16/1), Sunday At Julia's (33/1), Nathaniel's Dream (40/1), Twilight Girl (40/1), Now Where Or When (66/1), Aprils Joy (66/1), Ruinous (66/1), Gracefull Grace (66/1), Will You Win (66/1), Razzle Dazzle Love (100/1), Second Symphony (100/1), Sky Tenor (100/1), Keep Off The Moors (100/1), Dilly Filly (100/1), Delaire (100/1), Early Spring (100/1), I'm On Snap (100/1)

FRANCIN is slowly getting the hang of things after a long time off the track and comes here on the back of a useful performance last time out at Leopardstown: If showing more improvement he looks to have an excellent chance of breaking his maiden tag. If he fails to improve, then The Very Man could take advantage given his consistent profile and experience. His latest effort was solid enough and a reproduction of that form should see him go close. Pure Genius is well respected and is another who should run a fair race if continuing his progression.