15:23 Navan

Saturday 5 March 2022

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Gibney's Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:24 | Winning time: 6m 5.5s

Golas Tiep⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: C A McBratney| OR: 96

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 50/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Punchestown (24.2f, heavy) 47 days ago. Doesn't make much appeal.

Form: 2-576P

Good Man Turk^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith

22/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy, 250/1) 16 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 00

Hermann Clermont¹⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

11/5

Modest chaser. 35/10, third of 8 in claiming chase at Auteuil 150 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Hugo Merienne. Worth a market check.

Form: 6P2P-33

Our Ted^t³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: S R B Crawford

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, last of 12 in bumper (33/1) at Down Royal (16.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 39 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. Hard to fancy.

Form: 40

Pat's Pick³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

4/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Third of 5 in novice hurdle at Kelso (22.7f, good to soft, 3/1) 30 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 43/25-43

Stormy Glenn⁹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr P McNeilly⁽⁷⁾| T: R McNeilly

33/1

Eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle (250/1) at this course (20f, good to soft) 91 days ago. Makes no appeal.

Form: 00/697-0

Away Down Under⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 17 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Thurles (15.5f, good to soft) 41 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: P0

Lady Rita¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons

6/4

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/2, brought down in novice hurdle at Punchestown 10 days ago. Shaped well at Fairyhouse on penultimate outing and promises to be suited by this trip. Solid claims.

Form: F53U

Miss Polly Shelby^p²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: R Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: R McNally

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, heavy) 20 days ago. Up against it.

Form: P8P0

Non-Runners

Malton Groove¹¹⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Forecasts

Lady Rita (6/4), Hermann Clermont (11/5), Malton Groove (10/3), Pat's Pick (4/1), Golas Tiep (6/1), Good Man Turk (22/1), Stormy Glenn (33/1), Our Ted (40/1), Miss Polly Shelby (80/1), Away Down Under (250/1)

MALTON GROOVE was a bit underwhelming on debut last year but he's been given some time since and his breeding/connections are enough to think he can do much better with the benefit of experience. He's fancied to improve past Lady Rita and Pat's Pick, who set the standard on what has been achieved so far.