13:50 Navan

Monday 20 March 2023

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Navan Racecourse Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 4m 16.60s

Abu Hazem¹⁰⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann

250/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. 100/1, twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 109 days ago.

Form: 00

Bleu D'enfer^t⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D A Jacob| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 111

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 9/2, fifth of 7 in novice hurdle at Newcastle (20.3f, soft) 72 days ago. Back down in trip. Yard having good spell.

Form: 0-P5255

Fameaftertheglory^t,v1²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 121| D

9/4

Fairly useful hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. 9/4, creditable second of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Visor on first time and he should be in the mix.

Form: 38U732

Kippers Company^v1¹¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: M Kelly

250/1

Last of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (6f, 150/1). Makes hurdles debut. Visored for 1st time.

Form: 9

Kitsilano³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: I J Power| T: J J Murphy

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 28/1, seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 32 days ago.

Form: 15-3107

Loaded By Lunch

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: A McCann

200/1

Mahler gelding. Brother to fairly useful chaser Mahlermade. Dam lightly raced on Flat.

Form:

Mister Bo⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| D

11/1

Seventh of 8 in novice hurdle (6/1) at Gowran (20.4f, heavy) 53 days ago. Down in trip. Capable of better at some stage foir leading yard.

Form: 1-67

O'hallorans Castle^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

50/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good to soft, 40/1) on hurdles bow 23 days ago. Yard in good form.

Form: 0-6

One Big Bang⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Paul Tobin

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 12/1, fifth of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 9 days ago.

Form: FC-1375

Ossifer Hops³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

50/1

Fourth of 15 in novice hurdle (100/1) at this C&D (good to soft) on hurdles bow 36 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 5P274

Run For Harry^t1⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: Mrs G Callaghan

40/1

Fourth of 9 in bumper at this course (15.8f, soft, 14/1) 58 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 34

Shanroe Act⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: K Thornton

250/1

Eleventh of 18 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Gowran (16f, heavy) 9 days ago.

Form: 000

Smooth Player³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

7/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 20/1, very good fourth of 23 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Should have more to offer for top stable.

Form: 14-4P4

Thecompanysergeant²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: D Hogan| D

7/4

Promising individual. 2 wins from 5 runs this season. 9/2, second of 21 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 22 days ago, sticking to task. Open to progress and this dual-bumper winner has plenty more to offer.

Form: 4/31132

Walter Grey²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: F G Hand

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 5/1, creditable fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 2/08-54

Kap D'attente^t1⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

40/1

16/5, pulled up in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.8f, heavy) on NH debut 78 days ago, dropping away quickly 3 out. Down in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time and that should help her.

Form: 1-P

Mollys Glory⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: M C Grassick| OR: 108| D

11/2

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 18/1, below form eleventh of 22 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (17.7f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Capable of bouncing back and getting involved.

Form: 5-24220

Non-Runners

Shesdoenwell¹⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: T Gibney J: E Walsh

Forecasts

Thecompanysergeant (7/4), Fameaftertheglory (9/4), Mollys Glory (11/2), Smooth Player (7/1), Mister Bo (11/1), Bleu D'enfer (16/1), Walter Grey (16/1), One Big Bang (33/1), Kitsilano (33/1), Run For Harry (40/1), Kap D'attente (40/1), Ossifer Hops (50/1), O'hallorans Castle (50/1), Shesdoenwell (50/1), Loaded By Lunch (200/1), Abu Hazem (250/1), Kippers Company (250/1), Shanroe Act (250/1)

THECOMPANYSERGEANT was pretty useful in bumpers and on the back of an excellent runner-up effort on hurdles debut 3 weeks ago, he looks the answer. Fameaftertheglory and Mollys Glory look to be the chief threats.