14:10 Navan

Saturday 22 March 2025

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Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 9.70s

Asisaid^p²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D Hogan

50/1

Fair Flat winner. 80/1, fifth of 12 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) on NH debut 26 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 5

Brave Brigadier^t1⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

4/1

Twice-raced maiden. 16/1, second of 21 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.9f, heavy) 69 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. One to consider.

Form: 22

Enge Hazard⁷⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: A McNamara

22/1

Fairly useful form on Flat in Scandinavia. Shaped well on hurdle debut over 2 years ago.

Form: 4/

Ernest Loring⁷⁰²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh| T: W J Austin

200/1

Modest maiden on Flat. Down the field in novice/maiden hurdle for John Larkin in 2022/23. Off another 23 months.

Form: 67/

First Sub⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: W J O'Doherty

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in bumper (125/1) at Limerick (16.2f, good to soft) on NH debut 9 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Gatehouse Boy⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D Robinson| T: P J Rothwell

300/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, twelfth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, good) on hurdles bow 7 days ago.

Form: 00

God Help Me⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S R B Crawford

25/1

Well-backed 10/3, seventh of 9 in bumper at Leopardstown (20f, good) 85 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Interesting to see if the money comes again.

Form: 2-7

Jukebox Johnny⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead

8/1

Brother to fairly useful hurdler Tune In A Box (19f-3m winner). Runner-up sole start in points (Jan 12).

Form: 2

Krak⁵⁵

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

1/1

10/3, third of 14 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.7f, heavy) 55 days ago, took keen hold with head bowed low. Has made a promising start and seems sure to be winning races.

Form: 33

Le Grand Peinture²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: L Fowler

9/1

First run since leaving M. J. Tynan when fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft, 66/1) 20 days ago.

Form: P0/36-04

Prove Yourself¹⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

8/1

Fourth of 6 in bumper at Clonmel (16.8f, good, 6/4) 170 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Mark Fahey. Stable in good form.

Form: 32-24

Reinado¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: Colm Murphy

66/1

80/1, eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 19 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 488

Smooth Gale³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt

150/1

Down the field in 2 Flat maidens 22 months apart.

Form:

Woodford Warrior¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P T Foley

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, seventh of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.5f, soft) 13 days ago.

Form: 797

Zoffman²⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade

7/1

Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Sheishybrid (17f/2¼m winner, by Mastercraftsman). Useful handicapper on Flat (stays 1¾m), back to best when runner-up final start in 2024. Must be of interest.

Form:

Zuzukel^h⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Daniel King| T: A J Martin

50/1

Hooded for 1st time, eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, good, 80/1) 5 days ago, having hopeless task from position.

Form: 6F-08

Eurielle²⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Broderick

300/1

Fair Flat maiden making GB/IRE jumps debut. Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving W. McCreery.

Form:

I'll Treat Ya¹¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: P Byrne

300/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, eighth of 9 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, good) on NH debut 114 days ago.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

Grey Pharoh²⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Danny Gilligan

Peaceinthevalley⁴²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Krak (1/1), Grey Pharoh (5/2), Brave Brigadier (4/1), Zoffman (7/1), Jukebox Johnny (8/1), Prove Yourself (8/1), Peaceinthevalley (8/1), Le Grand Peinture (9/1), Enge Hazard (22/1), God Help Me (25/1), Zuzukel (50/1), Asisaid (50/1), Woodford Warrior (66/1), Reinado (66/1), Smooth Gale (150/1), First Sub (200/1), Ernest Loring (200/1), Gatehouse Boy (300/1), I'll Treat Ya (300/1), Eurielle (300/1)

A couple of promising ones here in GREY PHAROH and Krak and they could be the way to go, with Gordon Elliott's charge fancied to come out on top. Useful Flat handicapper Zoffman, who is related to successful hurdlers, must also be respected starting out in this sphere.