July 13 / 15.25 Navan

15.25

Good

Navan Adventure Centre Apprentice Handicap

  • Prize money: £6338.84
  • 1m 2f 40y
  • 5 runners
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Navan Adventure Centre Apprentice Handicap

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly sunny

Form: 21-121

Last run: 9 days

W: 10st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Had been in excellent form on the AW and continued in the same vein when winning a 1m Bellewstown handicap on return to turf earlier nine days ago; hiked up 7lb and moves up in trip and grade but can't be discounted in current form.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

14th

3

(6)

18th Aug 2026

Good

1m 4f 48y

20:15 Roscommon

Daonethatgotaway

10st 0lb

J: Reese Holohan

T: Mark Fahey

Both previous turf wins have come over 1m but landed a 1m4f handicap at Dundalk in February; eased 4lb for midfield finish at Galway last time and worth checking in the market.

18/1

9th

10

(18)

1st Aug 2026

Yielding To Soft

1m 3f 180y

18:05 Galway

Daonethatgotaway

9st 8lb

J: Reese Holohan

T: Mark Fahey

Both turf wins came over 1m but proved stamina for 1m4f when scoring at Dundalk in February; nice prep run for this at Navan over 1m2f and the step back up to this trip is a plus but he's got a tricky draw to overcome.

16/1

OUR TIP

100/30

Form: 26-552

Last run: 24 days

W: 9st 12lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
3yo is 0-6 but went close to gaining first win when not quite seeing out 1m5f in a Leopardstown maiden last month; now makes handicap debut off a mark of 80; ran well over 1m here on second start last year and gets the weight for age allowance; interesting back in trip.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5

(3)

24th Jul 2025

Soft

1m 4f 180y

19:57 Leopardstown

Red King

9st 4lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: A Oliver

Was beaten a half length by Happy Pharoah in a C&D maiden; since ran creditably in a 1m2f handicap at Navan off this mark, albeit still beaten 3.25l; tongue-tie and cheekpieces replace the blinkers worn last twice; needs more; handles soft.

7/1

2

(5)

13th Jul 2025

Good

1m 2f 40y

15:25 Navan

Red King

9st 12lb

J: Jack Kearney

T: A Oliver

3yo is 0-6 but went close to gaining first win when not quite seeing out 1m5f in a Leopardstown maiden last month; now makes handicap debut off a mark of 80; ran well over 1m here on second start last year and gets the weight for age allowance; interesting back in trip.

100/30

2nd

9

(6)

19th Jun 2025

Yielding

1m 4f 180y

20:00 Leopardstown

Red King

9st 8lb

J: Chris Hayes

T: A Oliver

Best of his five runs when second over 1m at two; needs to find extra after runs this season at Cork and Naas; first-time blinkers.

8/1

Form: -32502

Last run: 18 days

W: 9st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 70

Form & Verdict
Dual-purpose gelding produced his best run of this season when a 4l second of 13 at Naas last month (10.5f, good); remains 9lb above his last win though and the first-time cheekpieces need to eke out more.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

7

15th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 4

19:30 Aintree

Theophilos

11st 7lb

J: Tom Midgley

T: Paul Midgley

Fair on the Flat when based in Ireland but unplaced all five hurdling starts there; made low-key stable debut (on the Flat) last month and has quite a bit more to prove than some of these.

33/1

8th

8

(6)

2nd Apr 2026

Standard

1m 3f 23y

Class 5

20:18 Southwell (AW)

Theophilos

9st 1lb

J: Barry McHugh

T: Paul Midgley

Ex-Irish 7yo who brings a long losing spell to this debut for new yard, as it's three years since his sole win; finished second in a Dundalk claimer (1m4f) when last seen.

9/1

4

(17)

29th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

17:40 Dundalk (AW)

Theophilos

9st 13lb

J: Jack Kearney

T: Gerard Keane

Losing run goes back to a turf success in April 2023; below form when sixth in a claimer at Roscommon in August; better when taking the same place at this venue 12 days ago.

10/1

Form: 20-892

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 6lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Narrowly denied at Down Royal last month (10.5f, good); raised 3lb for that but should go well again if turned out quickly (declared to run 5.15 Dundalk on Saturday).
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

1

(4)

15th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 2f 150y

17:10 Dundalk (AW)

Dancing Steve

10st 2lb

J: James Ryan

T: Adrian McGuinness

Two-time turf winner below best on grass so far this year and extended AW record to 0-8 when soundly beaten over 1m4f here last month; others arrive in better form.

12/1

Form: 5-0510

Last run: 38 days

W: 9st 4lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Won a 0-60 off 5lb lower over at Bellewstown (1m4f, good) in April and followed up in a Tipperary maiden hurdle in May; failed to fire back on the Flat at Leopardstown last month; others make more appeal.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

7th

7

26th Aug 2026

Good

2m 4f 110y

15:51 Bellewstown

Eastern Wind

10st 10lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: T G McCourt

Two of her five Flat wins have come at this track; won a Tipperary maiden hurdle last year and not a bad Downpatrick handicap run last month; decent Sligo Flat run since; needs more on these terms.

10/1

2nd

5

(9)

5th Aug 2026

Good

1m 5f 56y

20:30 Sligo

Eastern Wind

9st 10lb

J: Sadhbh Tormey

T: T G McCourt

Five Flat wins; good second of 19 over this trip at Leopardstown in May, but has struggled since; goes on any ground.

16/1

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Red King

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Theophilos

POSTDATA:

Red King

The Irish Sun:

Red King