14:55 Navan

Saturday 5 September 2020

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Navanracecourse.ie Handicap (45-70) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:56 | Winning time: 1m 13.74s

(7)

Pulse Of Shanghai^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: K P Cotter| OR: 69| BF

5/1

Blinkered for 1st time, respectable third of 16 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, soft, 11/4) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 412-653

(9)

Improving²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: A Leahy| OR: 68

5/2

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Creditable second of 12 in handicap at Cork (6.4f, heavy, 7/1) 20 days ago. Should remain competitive.

Form: 03-6622

(17)

Caesar's Comet^b³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 66| BF| D

8/1

Latest win at Leopardstown in July. 3/1, creditable fifth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good to firm) 30 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 604145

(6)

Eglish⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: S M Mooney⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 67| D

66/1

3 wins from 8 runs this year. 10/1, thirteenth of 15 in handicap at Galway (7f, soft) 40 days ago. Likely to bounce back, so not ruled out.

Form: 124840

(2)

Taggalo¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: C P Hoban| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 67

12/1

11/1, sixth of 18 in maiden at the Curragh (6f, soft) 14 days ago, running on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7-35406

(18)

Crystal Dawn^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: A J Slattery⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 62| D

9/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap (5/1) at Dundalk (6f) 21 days ago. Needs to prove he's as good on turf, but makes plenty of appeal nonetheless.

Form: 934371

(16)

Seven Worlds^t1¹⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: L F Roche| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 62

80/1

Blinkered for 1st time, last of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 25/1). Off 6 months. Tongue strap on 1st time. Has work to do.

Form: 5560-00

(4)

Enter The Red^b¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 9-7| J: M A Enright| T: A A Howard| OR: 60| C| D

20/1

Course winner. 18/1, bit below form eighth of 19 in handicap at Naas (6f, soft) 13 days ago. Should strip fitter for that outing and is nicely treated now.

Form: 00635-8

(13)

Ticks The Boxes³³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: L Breen| OR: 60| D

33/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2019. 6/1, below form fifth of 16 in handicap at Naas (6f, good to soft) 33 days ago.

Form: 458235

(8)

Unconscious Mind²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 60

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Sligo (5.7f, good, 11/2) 29 days ago, never nearer. Something to find on form.

Form: S8-587

(5)

Bellick^b¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 58| CD

11/1

C&D winner. 20/1, good third of 19 in handicap at Naas (6f, soft) 13 days ago. Has had plenty of chances from this sort of mark.

Form: 634893

(14)

Teddy Boy⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Chris Hayes| T: E Lynam| OR: 58| C

13/2

Course winner. One win from 25 Flat runs. Creditable second of 12 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, heavy, 11/4) 9 days ago. One to note in current mood.

Form: 373422

(20)

Doonard Prince^b¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 8-13| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 52| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Creditable sixth of 19 in handicap at Naas (6f, soft, 10/1) 13 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 424596

(12)

Pillar⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 52| C| D

28/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Below form fourth of 12 in handicap (5/1) at Bellewstown (5f, heavy) 9 days ago. Not threatening to defy a falling mark.

Form: 430534

(3)

Barend Boy^p,t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: G A Kingston| OR: 51| D

40/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. 40/1, first run since leaving David Marnane when bit below form tenth of 19 in handicap at Naas (6f, soft) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 07988-0

(11)

Feelfreetojumpin^t1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: A J Farragher⁽⁷⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 52

100/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap at Bellewstown (5f, soft, 100/1) 10 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 70-7480

(19)

Indiana Grey^t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 45

11/1

Creditable fourth of 19 in handicap at Naas (6f, soft, 9/1) 13 days ago, faring best of those held up. Overall profile is uninspiring.

Form: 586-644

(15)

Manhattan Dandy¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 46

80/1

50/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Killarney (8.2f, heavy) 15 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 0000-00

Non-Runners

(10)

Ever Rock²¹

Weight: 8-6| Age: 4

T: J J Lambe J: Reserve 1

(1)

Musical Memories⁷

Weight: 8-6| Age: 3

T: M C Grassick J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Improving (5/2), Pulse Of Shanghai (5/1), Teddy Boy (13/2), Caesar's Comet (8/1), Crystal Dawn (9/1), Bellick (11/1), Indiana Grey (11/1), Taggalo (12/1), Doonard Prince (12/1), Enter The Red (20/1), Pillar (28/1), Ticks The Boxes (33/1), Barend Boy (40/1), Unconscious Mind (50/1), Ever Rock (50/1), Eglish (66/1), Musical Memories (66/1), Manhattan Dandy (80/1), Seven Worlds (80/1), Feelfreetojumpin (100/1)

PULSE OF SHANGHAI has been holding his own in slightly better company at the Curragh of late and is taken to capitalise on this drop in grade. The consistent Teddy Boy should be thereabouts and, if Crystal Dawn can reproduce the form of his Dundalk success back on turf he'll be a live danger.