Navan (IRE)
16:30
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap Chase Final ()
Navan (IRE) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 Distance: 2m7½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €5 Place: €1.90 €5.10 €2.70 Exacta: €75 Tricast: €470.34 Trifecta: €876.70
Non-Runners: Jasmin De Cotte (unsuitable ground), Western Fold (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 9 Canal End (IRE) 7 G AVG Peter Fahey 152 lbs 4/1F Won Towards rear - mistake 5th - midfield 9th - headway after 4 out - outpaced 3 out - rallied from 2 out - led last - kept on well and won going away(op 5/1 tchd 7/2)
2nd 16 Cheerful Chap (IRE) 8 G AVG P J Rothwell 135 lbs 14/1 4.5 Led - headed but prominent just after 1st - challenging 3 out - led 2 out - headed last - soon no chance with winner(op 18/1)
3rd 11 Prince Palace (FR) 6 G Poor P A Fahy 145 lbs 17/2 0.3 Towards rear - headway after 4 out - in touch with leaders 3 out - left in third 2 out - keeping on when jockey dropped rein and drifted left run-in - no extra inside final 110yds(op 7/1 tchd 9/1)
4th 6 Verdant Place (IRE) 6 G AVG Patrick T Foley 154 lbs 7/1 5 Midfield - towards rear 5th - dropped to last and ridden 11th - stayed on from 3 out - went fourth towards finish - not pace to challenge(op 6/1)
5th 7 Big Stage (IRE) 7 G Poor Gordon Elliott 152 lbs 10/1 1.25 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway and prominent after 4 out - not fluent but left in second 2 out - lost two places approaching last - weakening when lost fourth towards finish(op 16/1)
6th 3 Mousey Brown (IRE) 8 M AVG Dermot A McLoughlin 163 lbs 16/1 5 Towards rear - midfield after 5th - not fluent 10th - in touch with leaders after 4 out - went fourth after 3 out - not fluent then slightly hampered 2 out - soon weakened (vet said mare lost a left fore shoe in running and struck into her left fore fetlock)(tchd 22/1)
7th 5 Banjaxed (GB) 7 G AVG Mrs Lorna Fowler 155 lbs 10/1 21 In touch with leaders - weakened 3 out(op 12/1)
8th 4 Black Bamboo (IRE) 8 G Poor John Joseph Murphy 157 lbs 9/1 0.3 In touch with leaders - lost position when not fluent 4 out - soon struggling - weakened before 2 out (vet reported gelding to be post race normal)(op 6/1)
9th 14 Buachaillbocht (GB) 6 G AVG T M Walsh 147 lbs 40/1 20 In rear - slow jump 2nd - struggling when bad mistake 3 out - tailed off(op 50/1 tchd 33/1)
10th 12 Zurich (FR) 5 G Good Henry De Bromhead 150 lbs 11/1 18 In rear - headway after 12th - in touch with leaders 4 out - lost position when not fluent 3 out - soon weakened quickly - tailed off(op 9/1 tchd 17/2)
99th 13 Global Export (IRE) 6 G Poor Gavin Cromwell 141 lbs 14/1 - In rear - fell 11th(op 18/1)
99th 10 Hillsdale (IRE) 6 G AVG J P Dempsey 149 lbs 10/1 - Took keen hold - midfield early - good jump and led just after 1st - clear after 8th - reduced lead after 5 out - faced challenge 3 out - headed but pressed leader when fell 2 out(op 9/1 tchd 7/1)
99th 8 Bleu d'Enfer (FR) 6 G Poor S R B Crawford 152 lbs 11/1 - Prominent - mistake 3rd - lost position after 4 out - outpaced 3 out - weakened quickly before 2 out - pulled up before last(op 14/1)
99th 2 Chigorin (IRE) 7 G AVG Henry De Bromhead 164 lbs 14/1 - In touch with leaders - lost position 5 out - struggling 4 out - soon pulled up(op 11/1 tchd 16/1)