19:10
Navan Racing Festival 14th & 15th November Handicap
1m, Flat, 3yo+, 15 runners
Winning time 1m 42.18s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Colin Keane
G M Lyons
Held up in the pack early - crept into contention wide 2f out - driven into 6th a furlong out - hit front close home and stayed on strongly to win
Chris Hayes
D K Weld
Settled midpack early - urged into straight and 7th with 2f left - improved to 5th and driven a furlong out - moved up into second close home but couldn't threaten winner
Gary Carroll
G M Lyons
Sat behind pace - 7th at halfway - driven into front spot 2f out - overtaken 100 yards from home and unable to fight back
Andrew Slattery
Andrew Slattery
Sat just behind the front group - 5th at halfway - moved through before 2f out - into 2nd and pushed along a furlong from home - stayed on but couldn't quicken in the closing stages - finished 4th
Rory Cleary
Ms Sheila Lavery
Held up towards the back - shifted through the pack approaching final 2f - driven into contention with 1f left before finishing strongly
Sam Coen (5)
Adrian McGuinness
Sat just behind pace early - 4th at halfway before improving to 2nd with 2f left - eased back to 4th inside the last furlong under pressure - unable to threaten and finished 6th
Wayne Lordan
Mrs Denise Foster
Settled midfield early - driven from the top of the straight but unable to make gains and down in 11th with a furlong left - finished off nicely to finish 7th beaten 3.5 lengths
Reese Holohan (7)
R P Cody
Settled in the pack - urged into contention around 5th two out - driven approaching final furlong but made no headway and could not find more
Paddy Harnett (3)
W McCreery
Towards the back of the pack - niggled into contention from 2f out - stayed on inside the final furlong but always held in 9th
Terry Casey (7)
E D Delany
Sat close to the front group early - third at halfway - dropped to 6th and driven two out - unable to find more late and finished 10th
Adam Caffrey
Adrian McGuinness
Sat close to the pace early - 6th at halfway - pushed along and faded 2f out then held to the line finishing 11th
W J Lee
K J Condon
Held up towards the back - crept into contention on the rail approaching 2f out - driven but unable to close final furlong - finished 12th
Ben Coen
Ciaran Murphy
Held up at the back throughout - driven approaching the straight but made no headway - well held finishing 13th
Leigh Roche
Paul W Flynn
Set the pace early - lost the advantage 2f out and slipped back to 7th - held no more in reserve late and finished well held
Robbie Colgan
Matthew J Smith
Sat close to the pace early - up in second at halfway - pushed along and slipped back to 8th with 2f left then held no more in reserve
Non-runners: Colpe Cross, Morehampton, Hygge, Spodo Komodo, Felix Somary, Expound
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.