14:45 Navan

Saturday 22 March 2025

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Navan Members Mares Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 4m 12.7s

Fratas⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: M Mulvany| OR: 120| C| D

15/2

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced winner over hurdles. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle run. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 1P-

Qualimita^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 118| BF

11/4

8/11, respectable second of 15 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Solid claims.

Form: 3-24232

Amanha^h,t⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 117

17/2

Winner in hurdle at Roscommon in August. Creditable eleventh of 19 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (18f, good to soft, 40/1) 48 days ago.

Form: 173440

Fairyland Opera^t⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: L Fowler| OR: 112

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.7f, good to soft, 9/1) 42 days ago, running on. Shortlist material.

Form: 8-0382

Miss Dishy³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 112| D

50/1

Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in October. Third of 6 in novice hurdle at Lingfield (16f, soft, 7/1) 30 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 153183

Kimy²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: D E Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 111

6/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in September. 6/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 27 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before last. Others more persuasive.

Form: 31P72P

Killinure Lass¹¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 107

33/1

Brought down in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21f, heavy, 20/1) 116 days ago. Down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 402FUB

Burvea^h¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Jake Coen⁽³⁾| T: D Broad| OR: 105

14/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. 10/1, respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 15 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle outing. Others more persuasive.

Form: 5532-14

Pachmena^t¹²³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: S Fitzgerald| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 104

22/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft, 7/1) 123 days ago. Trainer going well. Worthy of respect.

Form: 350/464

Bynx¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: R A Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hassett| OR: 102

25/1

22/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16.1f, heavy) 14 days ago, held when hampered next. Needs to improve.

Form: 0P64PP

Catchabird^h⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: Sarah Connell| OR: 98

12/1

Very good fifth of 14 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 5 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 00/07-45

Kinturk Maggie^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Mike O'Connor| T: T Gibney| OR: 95

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighteenth of 20 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 27 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress.

Form: 000

Love Like This⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: J P Ryan| OR: 91

9/1

Creditable second of 15 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Thurles (22.2f, good) 7 days ago. Back down in trip and should make her presence felt.

Form: 003432

Non-Runners

Cleopatra's Needle¹²⁵

Weight: 10-0| Age: 7

T: H Rogers J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Qualimita (11/4), Fairyland Opera (4/1), Kimy (6/1), Fratas (15/2), Amanha (17/2), Love Like This (9/1), Catchabird (12/1), Burvea (14/1), Cleopatra's Needle (20/1), Pachmena (22/1), Bynx (25/1), Killinure Lass (33/1), Kinturk Maggie (50/1), Miss Dishy (50/1)

Having upped her game a notch when just touched off on her handicap debut at Naas last month, FAIRYLAND OPERA looks the way to go. She may have most to fear form Love Like This, who is 0-15 over hurdles but she's been knocking on the door of late. Qualimita is also accorded respect, while Kinturk Maggie is one to keep an eye on in the betting.