NavanRacecourse.ie Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 11:32 | Winning time: 5m 50.5s

Foxy Jacks³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: M F Morris| OR: 132| D

5/1

Useful chaser. Latest win in chase at Cork in October. Pulled up in Florida Pearl Novices' Chase at Punchestown (22.6f, heavy, 22/1) 33 days ago. Looks vulnerable from a win point of view.

Form: 19-U13P

The Echo Boy^t⁴⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

20/1

Fairly useful chaser. Career best when winning 14-runner novice chase at Fairyhouse (21f, heavy, 8/1) 45 days ago, easily. This is more demanding.

Form: 64-5251

Yukon Lil²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/4

Promising sort. Career best when winning 9-runner minor event chase (evens) at Cork (16.7f, heavy) on debut over fences 26 days ago, pushed out. Solid claims.

Form: 2/7154-1

Braeside^p²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 133

10/3

Useful chaser. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 13 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (21.2f, soft, 13/2) 20 days ago. Major player.

Form: 6F-4352

Fils D'oudairies²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J P O'Brien

7/1

Fairly useful chaser in France. Fell in novice chase at Punchestown (19.7f, heavy, 10/1) on debut for new yard 24 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 481-F

Punitive³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| CD

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Seventh of 18 in novice chase at Punchestown (19.7f, heavy, 18/1) on debut over fences 34 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 41U11-7

Forecasts

Yukon Lil (5/4), Braeside (10/3), Foxy Jacks (5/1), Fils D'oudairies (7/1), Punitive (12/1), The Echo Boy (20/1)

Aside a blunder at the second-last, YUKON LIL put in an assured round of jumping when making a winning chase debut at Cork. She looks a nice prospect in this sphere and is taken to get the better of Braeside, who bettered his previous efforts over fences when going close in first-time cheekpieces (retained here) at Fairyhouse last month. French import Fils D'oudairies also enters calculations.