17:05 Navan

Saturday 6 March 2021

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NavanRacecourse.ie Mares Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 5m 42.3s

Sovereign Gold^t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 118

5/2

Promising type. Excellent second of 14 in handicap chase at Naas (20.4f, soft, 9/2) 21 days ago. Stable having good spell. Sure to go well.

Form: 1-34552

Exit To The West⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: R Tyner| OR: 116| BF| D

3/1

5/4, creditable second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20f, heavy) 48 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut. Should have more to offer in this sphere.

Form: 1-12212

Askann^b⁶⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: M Torrens| OR: 114

15/2

10/1, creditable third of 20 in handicap chase at Leopardstown (21f, soft) 67 days ago, finishing strongly. Drop back in trip not an obvious move on evidence of recent runs.

Form: 29-3233

Fag An Bealach^p1¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: A L T Moore| OR: 113| D

11/1

2 wins from 6 runs this season. Latest win in chase at Naas in November. Pulled up in handicap chase (14/1) at this course (24f, heavy) 13 days ago, pulled up before ninth. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 14176P

Reine Fee^p,t⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Donagh Meyler| T: S Crawley| OR: 110| BF

17/2

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 11/4, respectable third of 14 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 53 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut

Form: 29-3523

Sunrise Lady⁸⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 110

33/1

Latest win in chase at Punchestown in October. Eleventh of 12 in handicap chase (10/1) at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) 88 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 643140

Flamingo's Court^b1,t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: A McNamara| OR: 106| D

16/1

17/2, respectable third of 13 in handicap chase at Thurles (16.4f, heavy) 19 days ago, flattered by proximity. Up in trip. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 4-79573

Fiveaftermidnight^p²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 102| D

22/1

Below form sixth of 14 in handicap chase (14/1) at Naas (20.4f, soft) 21 days ago, not knocked about. Needs to step up on recent efforts to figure.

Form: 4-49086

A Girl Like Me⁶⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: A Lee| OR: 93

5/1

Successful return over hurdles at Galway (21f) in October. Disappointing when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, heavy, 10/1) 68 days ago but bounce back not ruled out.

Form: U04-12P

Forecasts

Sovereign Gold (5/2), Exit To The West (3/1), A Girl Like Me (5/1), Askann (15/2), Reine Fee (17/2), Fag An Bealach (11/1), Flamingo's Court (16/1), Fiveaftermidnight (22/1), Sunrise Lady (33/1)

SOVEREIGN GOLD is a low-mileage mare who shaped well when runner-up over this trip at Naas 3 weeks ago, doing comfortably best of those not ridden prominently. Open to further improvement, she's fancied to get off the mark here. Exit To The West and Askann head up the dangers in that order.