Going - Hurdle - Yielding to Soft Chase - Yielding, yielding to soft in places. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €2,071.02 Not Won. Carried forward to Naas on Monday 16th December. Placepot Pool - €33,845.04 Dividend - €307.60 Winning Units - 77.07. Days Aggregate - €180,111.81 Last Year €137,690.60
Progressive Brave Troop scores again for Byrnes and Smith
We're delighted. He settled much better today so he was able to ride him that bit closer and he picked up nicely. He jumped better today as well. He's jumping better and settling better and I think that's why he has improved. There might be something in Leopardstown for him. He might creep into the bottom of the two-miler there. Two miles on decent ground is important. He wouldn't want it any softer. It's dead enough there but he handled it fine.
Glen Kiln justifies strong support at Navan
He's a very nice horse, he's only five. He schooled last week over fences in Limerick junction and we were going to go for a beginners chase but the ground was nicer here, he wants soft ground. Two-and-a-half miles and the track, all the conditions were right for him. We love him, he's a horse for the future. He's from Sweet Kiln and Limestone Lad's family. We had great luck with them around this track years ago so it's great to be back here. We haven't had a winner in Navan for many years. We'll see what the handicapper does now. Fences is definitely his future and he jumped particularly well last week schooling.
Blaze The Way a strong stayer for Mags and Danny
I'm delighted with him. He won his bumper and was placed over hurdles. I think he's a stayer and the last day we kind of rode him the wrong way in a better race. I've liked him for a while and I wasn't surprised to see that. He probably has his level, I'm not sure, but I'm charmed to have a winner here today. We'll get him back home now and talk with the two boys (Brian and Tom Groarke). We won't go again quickly with him, there might be something at the Thyestes meeting for him. We'll see how he improves from here.
Midnight It Is scores with a bit in hand
Obviously he hadn't run for a long time but he runs well fresh. We've been waiting a long time for the ground for him. He's been ready for quite a while and we were anxious to get him out. He won well and we might have a look at the Dan Moore. Hopefully we're up to that grade.
Cromwell completes 20/1 double with Individualiste
He had to battle, I was definitely a little bit worried for a while. He got the jump at the last and he was gutsy enough. A Wave Of The Sea is a classy horse on his day. We'll see where we go from here. He travelled quite well there so we could potentially come back in trip a bit.
Verdant Place scores again for Foley and Torrens
It was brilliant to get it. Fair play to Simon, that's his third win on him now. He's probably not the most straight-forward horse in the world but Simon really knows him inside out. I don't tell him anything, away he goes. He was good today. His jumping probably still has to improve a little bit, he's not the slickest over them but you could ask no more. Three miles around Navan takes a bit of jumping. He's won over two-seven over hurdles and three miles is probably his trip. If the ground was softer you could drop him back a bit more but definitely on that ground he needs three miles. He won't be running over Christmas and we'll find something similar in the New Year.
Kalypso'chance another 'Future Champion' for Elliott
Patrick said he's a fair horse and we'll probably end up going to Leopardstown all being well. He quickened really well, it was a nice race & I was happy with him. I'd say he's a smart horse.
