Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Navan Novice Hurdle (Grade 2)

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 5m 37.60s

Doctor Steinberg⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

3/1

Useful bumper scorer who made a winning start in this sphere in 8-runner novice (5/2) at Galway (21.4f, soft) 41 days ago, kept up to work. Has more to offer for top yard. A likely player.

Form: 3/2-151

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Kovanis³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| D

7/2

Debut bumper winner who built on hurdling debut promise to readily bag 12-runner novice hurdle (9/2) at Clonmel (19.6f, soft) 30 days ago. Trainer going well. Likely to improve further.

Form: 116-31

Port Authority²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

1/1

£200,000 purchase after making a winning point debut in March and he easily landed a 2m Naas maiden hurdle (heavy) on Rules debut 27 days ago, drawing right away from the last flight. Sure to improve, especially now up in trip. The form pick.

Form: 1-1

Thedeviluno²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

13/2

Showed fairly useful bumper form without winning but got off the mark at the first time of asking over hurdles in 20-runner novice (9/1) at Gowran (16.1f, heavy) 28 days ago. Back up in trip. Well in the mix.

Form: 622-21

Non-Runners

Classical Creek¹⁹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Sam Ewing

Daydream Nation⁶³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: William Harvey J: Ben Harvey

Forecasts

Port Authority (1/1), Classical Creek (9/4), Doctor Steinberg (3/1), Kovanis (7/2), Thedeviluno (13/2), Daydream Nation (25/1)

None of these can be ruled out in this Grade 2 but PORT AUTHORITY rates the pick on the form of his emphatic Naas victory so edges the vote from Galway victor Doctor Steinberg. Classical Creek and Kovanis, stablemates of the selection, also command plenty of respect in this fascinating contest.