It is a busy day in Navan as we have 4 in the opening race a maiden hurdle over the minimum distance. BECTIVE THUNDER needs to improve to go well here and will have Carl Millar claiming 5lbs. HONESTLY POLICY looks a smart horse who could go well with Sam Ewing booked to ride. ST CUTHBERTS CAVE will need to improve and has Danny has been booked to ride. Finally we have FORTUNES TOLD who is making her racecourse debut under Kevin Sexton.
On the hunt for black type we have MAGIC BOUM. It has cut up to a nice small field so she has a chance of going well here under Sam Ewing.
The next race is a favourite of the yard, we have the Boyne hurdle where leading the pack we have Grade 1 winner FARREN GLORY. He returns to hurdles having run over fences this season and will be partnered by Sam Ewing. MAXXUM often goes well in big handicaps and his form suggests he should be up to this level and will be ridden by Danny Gilligan. RIVIERE D’ETEL makes a return to hurdling as her jumping hasn’t been quite what it was in the past, she will be ridden by Jordan Gainford.
Two go forward for the handicap hurdle where we have NATHAN WELLS and COFFEYS FORGE. Nathan will have first time blinkers to try pick up his form and will be ridden by Sam Ewing. Coffeys Forge ran a cracker on yard debut and will be reunited with Danny Gilligan for this.
We send forward three runners for the 5 runner Grade 2 Novice chase. BETTER DAYS AHEAD looks a class horse and this could be a field where he could get a bit of confidence under Sam Ewing. Likewise STELLA STORY needs to improve his jumping but will get plenty of chances here under Danny. Finally THREE CARD BRAG has his sights set on the Grand National so a good clear round of jumping is what we will be hoping for and fingers crossed he can finish in the frame under Jordan.
GRINGO D’AUBRELLE goes in the handicap chase. He has first time cheekpieces and hopefully they can do the job for him with Sam booked to ride. WINE AN DINE looks to be improving all the time so hopefully he can soon get that all important 1 by his name under Danny.
Rounding it all up we have two in the bumper. COYOTE SPIRIT ran a very good race the last day before being snapped up by connections. Josh Williamson has been booked to ride and claims. RETURNING OFFICER has a nice pedigree and will be hoping to get things off to a winning start under Harry Swan.
We also have two over in Exeter with the first being TIMMY TUESDAY in the opener. He managed to read the play card the last day by scoring on a Tuesday on his last voyage across the sea. This will be a step up in class for him and hopefully he can take it in his stride as he seems on an upward curve, Sean has been booked to ride.
We’re running out of time to qualify horses for the Pertemps and we send forward HARSH for a crack at it. This looks made for him but this will be a competitive race where we have Sean Bowen booked to ride.
