16:15 Navan

Thursday 22 October 2020

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Flower Hill Maiden

Off time: 16:16 | Winning time: 3m 19.94s

(10)

Elusive Gigolo³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: G Elliott

80/1

Making Flat debut. Fifth of 9 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, good, 5/1) on hurdles bow 31 days ago.

Form:

(2)

Jesse Evans²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade

15/8

Fairly useful jumps winner, making Flat debut. Won 14-runner novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft, 11/10) on hurdles bow 20 days ago, plenty in hand. Stable in good form.

Form:

(3)

Tiger Roll^b,t²²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| C

9/1

Top-class chaser. Second of 14 in Glenfarclas Chase at Cheltenham (30.2f, heavy), finishing tired. Off 7 months. Runner-up on previous Flat start back in 2016.

Form: 2/

(9)

Yaha Fizz¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: E D Delany| C

50/1

Fairly useful jumps winner. 20/1, tenth of 11 in minor event at the Curragh (12f, soft) on Flat debut 11 days ago.

Form: 0

(1)

Bridge Native^t¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D A Love

14/1

Once-raced mare on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. Second of 8 in handicap hurdle (15/8) at Limerick (16f, heavy) 11 days ago.

Form: 3/

(5)

Princess Vega⁵²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: W P Mullins

12/1

Fairly useful jumps winner, making Flat debut. Won 14-runner juvenile hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft, 5/4) on NH debut, easing clear. Off 17 months but in top hands.

Form:

(4)

Autumn Evening³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington

33/1

Twice-raced gelding. Eighth of 14 in maiden (12/1) at Tipperary (12.5f, good to soft) 38 days ago.

Form: 48

(7)

Greek Gladiator^b1⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien

9/4

Promising type. Third of 17 in maiden at the Curragh (12f, heavy, 10/1) 7 days ago. Blinkers on first time. Open to improvement.

Form: 0-3

(6)

Ilmig¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington

7/2

Second of 13 in maiden (14/1) at Thurles (16f, soft) on debut 14 days ago, faring best of those held up.

Form: 2

Non-Runners

(8)

Ciel D'afrique⁸⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: O J Orr

Forecasts

Jesse Evans (15/8), Greek Gladiator (9/4), Ilmig (7/2), Ciel D'afrique (5/1), Tiger Roll (9/1), Princess Vega (12/1), Bridge Native (14/1), Autumn Evening (33/1), Yaha Fizz (50/1), Elusive Gigolo (80/1)

JESSE EVANS looked useful when winning a bumper and a maiden hurdle in recent weeks and clearly possesses the speed to be a major factor switched to the level. Ciel D'aFrique and Greek Gladiator are equipped with first-time headgear and remain open to progress, while it will be fascincating to see how Tiger Roll fares on his season reappearance.