Navan (IRE)
14:40
William Hill Boyne Hurdle
Navan (IRE) Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 Distance: 2m5f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €6.60 Place: €2.20 €1.40 €4 Exacta: €27.09 Trifecta: €180.60
Non-Runners: Dreal Deal (injured loading)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Blazing Khal (IRE) N/A Good C Byrnes 162 lbs 5/1 Won Travelled strongly - held up in rear - headway 3 out - joined leader going best before last - led when ridden and stayed on after last - won going away(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)
2nd 8 Meet And Greet (IRE) 9 G AVG Oliver McKiernan 157 lbs 100/30 3 Prominent - joined leaders when nudged along 3 out - soon led narrowly - ridden when joined before last - headed and kept on well but held after last - no match for winner(op 7/2)
3rd 4 Beacon Edge (IRE) 11 G AVG Noel Meade 157 lbs 14/1 3.5 Prominent on outer - joined leaders on near side of group before 3 out - ridden when outpaced after 2 out - kept on run-in - no match for first two(op 16/1)
4th 1 Sire Du Berlais (FR) N/A AVG Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 28/1 3.5 Prominent early - dropped to midfield after 6th - towards rear but in touch with leaders when pushed along before 3 out - kept on approaching last - went fourth when ridden after last - made no telling impression
5th 9 Saint Sam (FR) 8 G Good W P Mullins 157 lbs EvensF .75 Pulled hard - towards rear early - midfield after 2nd - mistake 4 out - nudged along when lost position after 3 out - soon switched right - bad mistake 2 out - kept on but no impression after last (jockey said gelding pulled too hard during this race)(op 5/4 tchd 10/11)
6th 5 Delta Work (FR) 11 G AVG Gordon Elliott 157 lbs 9/1 2.5 In rear - mistake on far side of group 8th - switched left after 4 out - not fluent 3 out - hit 2 out - soon pushed along - minor headway when shaken up after last - kept on(op 7/1 tchd 10/1)
7th 7 Grand Roi (FR) 6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 157 lbs 14/1 3 Midfield early - pressed leader on inner after 6th - joined leaders before 3 out - ridden after 3 out - outpaced when weakened after 2 out(op 18/1)
8th 3 Highland Charge (IRE) 9 G AVG Noel Meade 160 lbs 50/1 2.75 Soon led narrowly - joined before 3 out - headed when ridden after 3 out - weakened 2 out(tchd 40/1)