16:00 Navan

Saturday 1 April 2017

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:1017:40

Navan Members Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 6m 32.80s

1^st

Seskinane

1111-3

16/1

T: B McMahonJ: M P Fogarty

Slightly slow 2nd, towards rear, closer in 7th from 6th, improved travelling smoothly from 3 out, led approaching last, eased clear run-in, comfortably

2^nd

Go Forty Go

811-6

25/1

T: Lady J GillespieJ: Mr S Cavanagh (7)

Led, slight mistake 3 out, headed approaching last, no extra, one pace

3^rd

1 ½

Oscar Knight

811-10

3/1f

T: T MullinsJ: J S McGarvey

Chased leaders, slight mistake 6th, closed travelling smoothly from 3 out, ridden approaching last where chasing winner when pecked slightly and no impression, one pace op 11/4

4^th

Toubaloo

911-3

20/1

T: A LeeJ: Robbie Colgan

Tracked leaders, soon 3rd, 4th from 9th, closed and slight mistake 3 out, no impression in 5th after 2 out, one pace op 16/1

5^th

2 ¾

Nobody Home

710-8

16/1

T: E CawleyJ: C D Timmons (5)

Towards rear, pushed along and progress 3 out, soon prominent, no extra and one pace approaching last

6^th

2 ¾

Swift

69-10

9/1

T: J W NicholsonJ: M A Enright

Held up towards rear and took keen hold, headway approaching straight, no impression 2 out, moderate 6th approaching last, kept on same pace op 12/1 tchd 8/1

7^th

Emma Beag

610-12

8/1

T: Miss E DoyleJ: B T O'Connell

Chased leaders, pushed along on outer into straight, slight mistake 3 out, no impression next op 7/1

8^th

5 ½

Optimised

510-7

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: C Brassil (5)

Prominent, soon 2nd, pushed along into straight, not fluent 3 out, lost place from before 2 out, no extra op 7/1

9^th

Archie Meade

1210-13

33/1

T: D HowardJ: A W Short (7)

Held up, 9th from 6th, no impression from 3 out, soon no extra

10^th

Perfect Man

611-2

7/2

T: P HurleyJ: Mr D Skehan (5)

Held up towards rear, pushed along straight and some progress, no impression from 3 out, soon no extra op 4/1

Also Ran

Pause And Ponder

810-7

9/1

T: R TynerJ: Phillip Enright

Held up, soon mid-division, no impression from 3 out, no extra and pulled up before last op 7/1

Monastic

510-1

11/1

T: G ElliottJ: Jack Kennedy

Soon tracked leaders in 4th, lost place from before 2 out where slight mistake, no extra and pulled up before last op 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€23.90Pl:€5.30, €6.90, €1.60EX:€230.20Trifecta:€1,511.50Tricast:€1,545.33SF:€364.69

Forecasts

Oscar Knight (3/1), Perfect Man (7/2), Optimised (5/1), Emma Beag (8/1), Swift (9/1), Pause And Ponder (9/1), Monastic (11/1), Seskinane (16/1), Nobody Home (16/1), Toubaloo (20/1), Go Forty Go (25/1), Archie Meade (33/1)

Perfect Man has been in fine form recently, winning two decent looking handicaps with more possibly to come given his age and profile, while Toubaloo has good form in the book and could have a say, especially if first time headgear does the trick. Preference though, is for OSCAR KNIGHT. This talented performer switches back to hurdles having put in some impressive performances over fences, including when beating subsequent dual-Grade 3 winner Ball D'Arc. He has to defy top weight here, but that could still be lenient given what he's achieved in chases.