16:00 Navan

Saturday 22 January 2022

All12:0012:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:2516:00

Slane (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 4m 10.50s

Don Chalant³⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

5/2

Once-raced maiden. Third of 12 in bumper (7/2) at Tipperary (19.5f, soft) on NH debut. Off 10 months. First run for yard after leaving Aiden Fitzgerald. Stable having good spell.

Form: 3-

Fiston De Becon^t1⁶⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: R Tyner

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1, excellent seventh of 17 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy). Off 22 months. Switches from hurdles to bumpers. Trainer going well. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 0757/

Francis Marion²⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy

25/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, fourth of 16 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 8 months. Needs to improve.

Form: 4-

Free Handshake²⁹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

40/1

Once-raced maiden. 4/1, eleventh of 17 in bumper at Cork (19f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 9 months.

Form: 20-

Hartur D'arc⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: T Gibney

7/2

€12,000 3-y-o, £125,000 4-y-o, Diamond Boy gelding. Dam (h109), placed in bumpers/over hurdles in France. Easily won sole start in points (Oct 23).

Form: 1

Jet Street²³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: D M O'Brien

100/1

Jet Away gelding. Half-brother to 4 point winners. Dam unraced. Unplaced sole start in points (Dec 30).

Form: 0

Joyeux Machin^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: P Nolan

13/8

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, second of 16 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, soft, 18/1) on NH debut 27 days ago, no match for winner.

Form: F2

Nonbinding³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

15/2

Twice-raced maiden. Second of 14 in bumper at Naas (15.8f, soft, 7/2) 37 days ago, running on.

Form: 0-2

Secret Artist⁷⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 11 in bumper at Naas (15.9f, soft, 5/1) on NH debut, unable to sustain effort. Off over 2 years.

Form: 5/

Sizing Mauritius²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: Mrs J Harrington

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 14/1, fourteenth of 16 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on NH debut 27 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0

Tag Man²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

12/1

Once-raced maiden. 11/1, third of 6 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on NH debut 25 days ago. Open to improvement, so likely to be thereabouts.

Form: 2/3

Butty O Brien⁴³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P C Bannon⁽⁷⁾| T: P Magee

150/1

Mustameet mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/chaser Canaly and useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser Eightybarackstreet. Last of 6 finishers on completed start in points.

Form: U6-

Carrigeen Konini^h³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss E A Lalor⁽⁵⁾| T: R H Lalor

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 33/1 and hooded for 1st time, eighth of 11 in bumper at Thurles (16f, good to soft) 34 days ago.

Form: 9-8

Indy System³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr F Maguire| T: M C Grassick

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, twelfth of 14 in bumper at Naas (15.8f, soft) 37 days ago.

Form: 46/0

Kernan Star^h1,t¹⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: N G Hynds

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1 and tongue strap on, ninth of 10 in bumper at Killarney (17f, good) on NH debut. Off 6 months. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 9

Forecasts

Joyeux Machin (13/8), Don Chalant (5/2), Hartur D'arc (7/2), Nonbinding (15/2), Tag Man (12/1), Fiston De Becon (14/1), Francis Marion (25/1), Free Handshake (40/1), Secret Artist (50/1), Sizing Mauritius (50/1), Jet Street (100/1), Indy System (125/1), Butty O Brien (150/1), Kernan Star (150/1), Carrigeen Konini (150/1)

JOYEUX MACHIN found only Facile Vega too good at Leopardstown on debut and was comfortably clear of the others, so he's worth a chance to go on better with the benefit of experience. Don Chalant looks a formidable danger having joined Willie Mullins and Tag Man is another one likely to step forward from his initial effort.