14:20 Navan

Saturday 18 December 2021

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NavanRacecourse.ie Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 5m 27.6s

Fancy Foundations³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| D

16/1

Useful chaser. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. 13/2, 26 lengths second of 4 to Vanillier in Florida Pearl Novices' Chase at Punchestown (22.6f, good to soft) 34 days ago.

Form: 13-11F2

Ciel De Neige²³

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

6/5

Promising individual. 6/5, career best when winning maiden at Thurles (18f, good to soft) on debut over fences 23 days ago, readily. Stable in good form. More to come and the one to beat.

Form: 2-90121

Bay Ambition⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: C P McNamara| T: G P Cromwell

16/1

Fairly useful chaser. Second of 11 in novice chase (25/1) at Galway (22.5f, heavy) on debut over fences 55 days ago, no match for winner. Likely to improve.

Form: F2215/2

Conquredalofeurope^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Motherway

125/1

Fairly useful hurdler but well held both starts over fences in recent weeks.

Form: 0930-00

Frontal Assault^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| C

5/1

Useful hurdler. 1¼ lengths third of 5 to Busselton in novice at Punchestown (19.7f, good to soft) on debut over fences 25 days ago, needing stiffer test. Open to improvement.

Form: 21018-3

Slige Dala^t⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien| D

28/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Similar form both starts over fences this autumn. More will be needed here.

Form: 4265-43

Velvet Elvis¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| D

9/2

Useful hurdler. Fourth of 18 in maiden over C&D (good to soft, 14/1) on debut over fences 14 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 21130-4

Busselton²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 137| D

4/1

Useful chaser. 3 wins from 6 runs this season. Had Frontal Assault behind in third when winning 5-runner novice chase at Punchestown (19.7f, good to soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 221311

Forecasts

Ciel De Neige (6/5), Busselton (4/1), Velvet Elvis (9/2), Frontal Assault (5/1), Fancy Foundations (16/1), Bay Ambition (16/1), Slige Dala (28/1), Conquredalofeurope (125/1)

CIEL DE NIEGE looked a smart recruit to chasing when winning reasily at Thurles last month and can make it 2-2 in his new discipline. Frontal Assault can turn around last month's Punchestown form with Busselton and provide the chief threat.