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Navan (IRE)
16:50
Navan Members Veterans Handicap Chase
Navan (IRE) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 Distance: 3m Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €19.10 Place: €5.10 €5.30 €1.40 Exacta: €593.90 Tricast: €1808.42
Non-Runners: Milan Native (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 12 Kalli's Quest (IRE) 10 M AVG
Terence O'Brien 133 lbs 11/1 Won Prominent - disputing second 5th - went second 6th - joined leader after 4 out - led narrowly going okay before 2 out - ridden when briefly headed run-in - rallied and led again towards finish - gamely (trainer's rep said that application of first time cheekpieces coupled with the step up in trip to 3m had helped to bring about the apparent improvement in form)
2nd 2 Definite Plan (IRE) 9 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 162 lbs 40/1 0.3 Prominent early - dropped to midfield when jumped slightly right and reminders 6th - towards rear when pushed along and headway after 4 out - switched right to challenge 2 out - ridden and briefly led run-in - held towards finish
3rd 9 Sir Bob (IRE) 12 G AVG
Robert Tyner 148 lbs 100/30F 1.25 Midfield early - towards rear 7th - mistake 5 out - headway when pushed along after 4 out - ridden when not fluent 3 out - went third before 2 out - kept on well towards finish - no match for first two
4th 6 Charlie Stout (IRE) 11 G Poor
Shane Nolan 141 lbs 9/1 7 Didn't jump with fluency - raced in last and detached early - mistake 4th - minor headway 9th - pushed along after 3 out - keeping on towards near side when ridden 2 out - switched left and went modest fourth approaching last - never near to challenge(op 17/2)
5th 13 Diegos Way (IRE) 9 G AVG
Cian Collins 133 lbs 17/2 .75 Midfield early - prominent in chasing group when mistake and lost ground 10th - ridden before 3 out - no extra after 2 out
6th 7 Forza Milan (IRE) 11 G Poor
J A Nash 143 lbs 25/1 4 Soon towards rear of midfield - pecked on landing 2nd - headway and in touch with leaders before 4 out - soon pushed along - ridden and no impression after 3 out - not fluent 2 out - kept on(tchd 22/1)
7th 11 Fiveaftermidnight (IRE) 11 M Poor
P J Rothwell 143 lbs 15/2 10 Towards rear early - headway into midfield after 9th - in touch with leaders when badly hampered by faller and dropped to rear after 4 out - not recover (jockey said mare was hampered by the faller)(op 9/1)
8th 3 The Echo Boy (IRE) 12 G AVG
Dermot A McLoughlin 151 lbs 11/2 15 Soon raced in second - led before 2nd - mistake 3rd - not fluent 5 out - joined after 4 out - jumped slightly right 3 out - ridden when headed and weakened before 2 out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)
9th 4 R'Evelyn Pleasure (IRE) 11 G AVG
Sean O O'Brien 148 lbs 9/1 3.25 Soon towards rear of midfield - slow jump 1st - headway after 5 out - pressed leaders when pushed along towards near side before 3 out - outpaced when ridden and weakened after 3 out - no impression when not fluent 2 out
99th 5 Midnight Maestro (GB) N/A Poor
E Bolger 143 lbs 18/1 - Midfield early - towards rear when jumped right and reminders 7th - dropped to last 9th - soon pushed along and became detached - tailed off when pulled up before 5 out - burst blood vessel (vet said gelding had burst a blood vessel)(op 16/1)
99th 10 Difficult Decision (IRE) 9 G AVG
Oliver McKiernan 145 lbs 4/1 - Led - headed and raced in second before 2nd - disputing second 5th - lost position 6th - midfield when slow jump 8th - weakened 9th - soon dropped to last and pulled up - burst blood vessel (vet said gelding had blood at the nostrils post-race)
99th 8 Glenloe (IRE) 11 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 148 lbs 14/1 - Midfield - mistake 1st - headway 10th - pressed leaders going okay when slipped up after 4 out - looked to go wrong (jockey said gelding suffered an injury)