14:40 Navan

Sunday 12 February 2023

All13:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:40

William Hill Boyne Hurdle (Grade 2)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 5m 27.05s

1^st

Blazing Khal

711-8

5/1

T: C ByrnesJ: Philip Byrnes

Towards rear, good headway into 3rd 2 out, soon pushed along and disputed lead, ridden and led after last, stayed on well inside final furlong op 4/1 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Meet And Greet

711-3

10/3

T: O McKiernanJ: Phillip Enright

Tracked leaders, improved to dispute lead 3 out, soon ridden and strongly pressed, headed after last, kept on same pace in 2nd run-in op 7/2

3^rd

3 ½

Beacon Edge

911-3

14/1

T: N MeadeJ: B J Cooper

Prominent, improved to dispute lead entering straight, ridden after 3 out, headed after 2 out, 3rd at last, kept on one pace op 16/1

4^th

3 ½

Sire Du Berlais

1111-12

28/1

T: G ElliottJ: J S McGarvey

Pushed along at start, raced prominently, ridden entering straight, dropped to 7th 3 out, moderate 7th next, headway into 4th at last, kept on one pace

5^th

Saint Sam

611-3

1/1f

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Tracked leaders, dropped to rear of mid-division at 4th, slight mistake 4 out, pushed along 3 out, under pressure in 6th when bad mistake 2 out, no impression op 5/4 tchd 10/11

6^th

2 ½

Delta Work

1011-3

9/1

T: G ElliottJ: Rachael Blackmore

Held up in last, pushed along after 4 out, ridden in last 2 out, some modest late progress op 7/1 tchd 10/1

7^th

Grand Roi

711-3

14/1

T: G ElliottJ: Jordan Gainford

Rear of mid-division, improved to track leaders at 4th, 3rd at halfway, ridden in 4th 3 out, 5th next, weakened op 18/1

8^th

2 ¾

Highland Charge

811-6

50/1

T: N MeadeJ: Sean Flanagan

Led, joined entering straight, ridden and headed 3 out, dropped to 4th 2 out, weakened tchd 40/1

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Non-Runners

Dreal Deal³⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 8

T: R McNally J: D F O'Regan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€6.60Pl:€2.20, €1.40, €4.00EX:€25.80Trifecta:€172.00SF:€23.39

Forecasts

Saint Sam (1/1), Meet And Greet (10/3), Blazing Khal (5/1), Delta Work (9/1), Beacon Edge (14/1), Grand Roi (14/1), Sire Du Berlais (28/1), Dreal Deal (33/1), Highland Charge (50/1)

SAINT SAM remains with unfinished business over hurdles and is fancied to follow up his Punchestown victory 43 days ago. Meet And Greet is a danger and Delta Work should give another good account.

SAINT SAM (FR)
MEET AND GREET (IRE)
DELTA WORK (FR)

Previous Winners

2022

Thedevilscoachman

Weight: 11-6 |Age: 6

J: Mark Walsh | T: N Meade

4/1

Prize Money

1st: €21,901.002nd: €7,300.003rd: €3,650.004th: €1,825.005th: €1,095.006th: €730.00