15:30 Naas

Sunday 27 February 2022

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Naas Racecourse Business Club Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 3m 52.90s

1^st

Justicialism

410-13

11/2

T: B R HamiltonJ: Shane Fitzgerald (5)

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, 4th 3 out, pushed along when slight mistake 2 out, ridden in 3rd and no impression when left 2nd at last, briefly edged left run-in, kept on well, led close home op 6/1

2^nd

Calvados

411-5

7/2

T: J C McConnellJ: Mark McDonagh (7)

Disputed lead until led 2nd, soon went on and 8 lengths lead halfway, pushed along and reduced advantage when left 5 lengths clear at last, soon ridden, no extra and headed close home

3^rd

3 ½

Great Realisation

410-0

11/2

T: P J RothwellJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Held up in rear, not fluent 1st, pushed along in 5th after 3 out, not fluent 2 out, ridden in 4th and no impression when slightly hampered and left 3rd at last, kept on one pace op 5/1 tchd 6/1

4^th

Chacha Dancer

410-5

9/1

T: D HassettJ: Danny Mullins

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along in 3rd approaching 2 out, ridden in 5th and no impression when left 4th at last, kept on one pace op 8/1

5^th

Sand Drift

410-9

18/1

T: D HoganJ: S A Mulcahy (7)

Held up towards rear, ridden after 3 out, no impression in 6th entering straight, no extra from 2 out

6^th

Grand Revival

410-0

20/1

T: D HoganJ: D G Hogan

Held up in touch, 5th halfway, pushed along in 4th 3 out, soon ridden and no impression, no extra from 2 out op 25/1

7^th

Black Sirius

411-4

14/1

T: P A FahyJ: Richard Condon (7)

Disputed lead until mistake and headed 2nd, slight mistake next and not fluent jumping after, 3rd halfway, lost place 4 out and soon weakened, tailed off op 10/1

Also Ran

Magic Word

410-5

7/4f

T: A McCannJ: J M Moore

Tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, pushed along to close on leader after 2 out, 3 lengths behind in 2nd and keeping on when fell last op 2/1

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Non-Runners

Doctor Churchill²⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: L Page

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€6.50Pl:€1.10, €1.30, €2.00EX:€20.40Trifecta:€103.40Tricast:€111.44SF:€25.97

Forecasts

Magic Word (7/4), Doctor Churchill (9/4), Calvados (7/2), Justicialism (11/2), Great Realisation (11/2), Chacha Dancer (9/1), Black Sirius (14/1), Sand Drift (18/1), Grand Revival (20/1)

A competitive 4-y-o event with the narrow vote in favour of MAGIC WORD. She readily surpassed her previous exploits over hurdles when runner-up in a juvenile event at this venue 4 weeks ago and may well be up to backing up the improvement shown now handicapping. Doctor Churchill and Justicialism are a couple of others expected to feature.

MAGIC WORD (IRE)
DOCTOR CHURCHILL (IRE)
JUSTICIALISM (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021

Zoffanien

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 4

J: H Morgan | T: D Hogan

6/4

Prize Money

1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,499.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €300.00