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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Navigation Stakes (Listed)
Listed, Class 1, 1m3f, Flat, 3yo, 8 runners
Winning time 2m 34.51s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Chris Hayes
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
Up with the front pair early - 4th at halfway - 3rd 2f out and urged on - 4th again over 1f out and shaken up - surged to hit front final 100 yards and held on strongly to win
W. J. Lee
David Marnane
in the pack early - 5th at halfway - urged on over 2f out and soon driven - 3rd 1f out - challenged for the front over 100 yards out - outpaced by winner near the finish to take 2nd
Adam Caffrey
Noel Meade
sat just behind the pace - 2nd at halfway - shaken up entering straight then urged 2f out - stayed on strongly inside final furlong - finished 3rd without reaching the front pair
G. F. Carroll
Joseph G Murphy
Made the running - under urging over 2f out and soon driven hard - overtaken over 100 yards out - found nothing more and finished 4th
Ben Coen
J. P. Murtagh
Held up at back of field - nudged on turning in then made no dent 2f out - finished strongly inside final furlong to take 5th
W. M. Lordan
Aidan O'Brien
Settled at the back early - made ground wide to sit third 4f out - dropped away on turning in under urging - soon detached and making no dent over 1f out - ran on late inside the final 150 yards to finish 6th
Seamie Heffernan
M D O'Callaghan
Sat in the pack and 6th at halfway - drifted left under urging 2f out - plodded on without threatening inside the last furlong to finish 7th
Gavin Ryan
Aidan O'Brien
prominent early and 3rd at halfway - niggled at turning in then 5th and urged 2f out - faded inside final furlong to finish 8th
Non-runners: Magnum Cor, Mr Vettori, Millhone
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.