14:10 Navan

Saturday 13 March 2021

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Navan Members Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 14:12 | Winning time: 4m 27.20s

Boston Brahmin^t1⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J M Moore| T: N Lee

400/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 150/1) on hurdles bow 8 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 68900

First Touch⁵³

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: D J McInerney| T: W J Burke

22/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 14 in hunter chase at Clonmel (20f, heavy, 15/2) 53 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Miss D. M. O'Shea.

Form: F/2-14F6

Gandy Man¹⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: M F Morris

10/3

Promising type. Tongue strap on, second of 14 in novice hurdle at Cork (20.2f, good, 22/1) on NH debut 146 days ago. Down in trip. Open to progress.

Form: 2

Hallowed Star³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| D

9/4

Promising type. 12/1, creditable second of 18 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.7f, heavy) 37 days ago. Obvious claims with further progress on the cards.

Form: 53-1252

Journey West⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: C A McBratney

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Fell in novice hurdle (66/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) on NH debut 8 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: F

Keep 'em Lit¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: B R Hamilton

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. 66/1, seventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.7f, heavy) 19 days ago. Set for another struggle.

Form: 2-87

Largy Trix¹⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

20/1

€15,000 3-y-o, Sans Frontieres horse. Half-brother to ungenuine chaser Shanklys Dawn. Dam unraced. Third in point on completed start in 2019, fell last time in October 2020.

Form: P3/F

Look Dont Touch¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: D A McLoughlin

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 10 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 66/1) on NH debut 14 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Hard to fancy.

Form: 8

Robinstown^t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Mrs D Foster

11/1

Once-raced maiden. 9/1 and tongue strap on, seventh of 19 in novice hurdle at this course (15.8f, heavy) on NH debut 20 days ago.

Form: 55-5427

Sparkling Stars⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: K J Brouder| T: E McCarthy

10/3

Modest hurdler. 22/1, third of 15 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 8 days ago, staying on well. Needs to do more.

Form: 0-03

Yenillik¹⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: H Rogers

66/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Visored for 1st time, twelfth of 13 in maiden (22/1) at Dundalk (10.7f). First run for yard after leaving W. McCreery.

Form:

Butterflyvespiere⁹⁸

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

7/2

Promising individual. Fourth of 19 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy, 66/1) on NH debut 98 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 4

Must Be Obeyed¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 16 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Punchestown (20f, heavy) on NH debut 12 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 8

Running Skeard¹³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: S G Walsh| OR: 83

40/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 15 hurdle runs. 15/2, respectable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 130 days ago. Plenty to find.

Form: P-08345

Non-Runners

Johnffrenchesforge⁸⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: A A Howard J: Simon Torrens

Forecasts

Hallowed Star (9/4), Sparkling Stars (10/3), Gandy Man (10/3), Butterflyvespiere (7/2), Robinstown (11/1), Largy Trix (20/1), First Touch (22/1), Keep 'em Lit (25/1), Johnffrenchesforge (33/1), Running Skeard (40/1), Must Be Obeyed (66/1), Yenillik (66/1), Journey West (150/1), Look Dont Touch (200/1), Boston Brahmin (400/1)

Bumper-winner HALLOWED STAR found improvement when second at Downpatrick last time, bumping into a useful prospect, so he should be able to go one better in this slightly weaker affair. Gandy Man looks the chief danger ahead of Butterflyvespiere.