14:47 Navan

Wednesday 22 October 2025

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Christmas Parties At Navan Racecourse 6th & 14th December Handicap (0-60)

Off time: 14:48 | Winning time: 1m 14.62s

(1)

Velvet Skies⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Ben Coen| T: M Mulvany| OR: 60| D

7/2

Creditable third of 11 in handicap (11/2) at Dundalk (7f) 5 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 805703

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(15)

Only Spoofing¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Sam Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 58| C

14/1

Course winner. 13/2, below form sixth of 17 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago, left poorly placed.

Form: 977236

(19)

Sister Lily^b1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: James Ryan| T: R P Burns| OR: 58

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable eighth of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Down Royal (7.1f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 0-458

(6)

Distillate^t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 57| D

12/1

Latest win at Laytown in September. Below form eighth of 16 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, soft, 12/1) 6 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Can make presence felt back at 6f for McGuinness.

Form: 431048

(18)

Art Of Unity^v²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: Aidan Melia| OR: 54| C

14/1

Course winner. First run since leaving Maurice Ahern when won 12-runner handicap (14/1) at Bellewstown (5f, heavy) 20 days ago by head from Steel Magnolia. Should remain competitive off 5 lb higher.

Form: 410-601

(12)

Run Forrest Run^p,t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Adam Grant⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 54| D

17/2

10/1, below form tenth of 17 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 896070

(10)

Alnofoor^t1¹⁵⁰⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Colin Keane| T: C O'Connell| OR: 51

28/1

Fair maiden for Natalia Lupini in 2021. Huge absence to overcome but Colin Keane has been booked. Wears a first-time tongue tie. Check the betting.

Form: 86469/

(9)

Gegenpressing^t⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: E & P Harty| OR: 51| D

14/1

Latest win at Sligo under Chris Hayes in May. 25/1, below form twelfth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good) 53 days ago, unsuited by way race developed. Now 2 lb below the mark he defied at Sligo. Might be worth chancing.

Form: 0-71900

(8)

Kayamite^t⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Milo Malone⁽¹⁰⁾| T: C Timmons| OR: 51

80/1

80/1, eighteenth of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good) 53 days ago.

Form: 757-870

(2)

Steel Magnolia⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 50

5/1

13/2, bit below form sixth of 16 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, soft) 6 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 828626

(7)

Gimmieminnie^h,t⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Aleesha McArdle⁽¹⁰⁾| T: M Rice| OR: 45

18/1

8/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (5f) 8 days ago. Others are more persuasive

Form: 095020

(17)

American In Paris^t,v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: P W Flynn| OR: 44| D

11/1

Below form eighth of 17 in handicap (7/1) at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago but is now lower than when scoring at Naas in July.

Form: 980348

(4)

Iva Batt⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: R K Watson| OR: 44| D

40/1

Twenty nine runs since last win in 2022. 66/1, last of 16 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, soft) 6 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 40400-0

(11)

Stanhope¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 8-11| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 41| CD

33/1

3-time C&D winner. Fifteenth of 17 in handicap (18/1) at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 2-24000

(14)

Whatswrongnow⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: Batt Burke| OR: 41

17/2

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap (6/1) at Dundalk (5f) 8 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 906046

(13)

Browned Off^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Robert Whearty| T: P W Flynn| OR: 40

14/1

Blinkered for 1st time, creditable fourth of 17 in handicap (28/1) at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago, having run of race.

Form: 206004

(16)

Eruption^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Nathan Crosse| T: J C McConnell| OR: 40| D

50/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2024. 40/1, fourteenth of 17 in handicap at this C&D (soft) 14 days ago. Well treated but not obviously in the form to capitalise.

Form: 089860

(5)

Happy Henry^h⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Megan Telford-Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: W McCreery| OR: 40

10/1

Bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (5f, 20/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 769658

(3)

Shoebox King^b²²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Julian Pietropaolo⁽⁷⁾| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 40| C

20/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. 9/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Cork (6f, good to soft) 22 days ago.

Form: 405-807

Non-Runners

(20)

La La Lucrative⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: M J Smith J: J Cleary

Forecasts

Velvet Skies (7/2), Steel Magnolia (5/1), Whatswrongnow (17/2), Run Forrest Run (17/2), Happy Henry (10/1), American In Paris (11/1), Distillate (12/1), Gegenpressing (14/1), Only Spoofing (14/1), Browned Off (14/1), Art Of Unity (14/1), La La Lucrative (16/1), Gimmieminnie (18/1), Shoebox King (20/1), Alnofoor (28/1), Stanhope (33/1), Sister Lily (33/1), Iva Batt (40/1), Eruption (50/1), Kayamite (80/1)

GEGENPRESSING has dropped to 2 lb below that mark he defied at Sligo under Chris Hayes in May and the same rider is back on board for the first time since. Distillate should be suited by the return to 6f and is second choice ahead of Velvet Skies and Art of Unity.