{"id":487621,"date":"2026-06-07T14:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/487621\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:08:12","slug":"navan-racing-festival-early-bird-tickets-on-sale-now-handicap-navan-racecards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/487621\/","title":{"rendered":"Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap &#8211; Navan Racecards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260607nav134201.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5\/1<\/p>\n<p>Useful handicapper who had an in-and-out 2025, winning over C&amp;D and making the frame multiple times before finishing mid-field in a Dundalk Group 3 in October. Creditable sixth of 22 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to firm) on recent return and should go well again. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260607nav134202.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>10\/1<\/p>\n<p>Placed twice at listed level last season, but below best this year, eleventh of 22 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to firm) just over a fortnight ago. Handicapper eases his grip further but others more appealing.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260607nav134203.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>10\/3<\/p>\n<p>Added a third win to his tally in 14-runner handicap at the Curragh over 5f on heavy on reappearance in March and back on the up when fifth of 22 in similar event there (6f, good to firm) just over 2 weeks ago, suggesting his revised mark remains a workable one. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260607nav134204.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9\/2<\/p>\n<p>Useful gelding who&#8217;s without a success since the Temple Stakes at Haydock in 2024 for Clive Cox. Yet to fire this season (not the force of old) so returns to handicap company for the first time in ages.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260607nav134205.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9\/2<\/p>\n<p>Got off the mark for the season in 10-runner handicap at the Curragh (5f, heavy) 7 weeks ago, that at least on a par with anything else he&#8217;s ever achieved. 5 lb higher here and sure to continue to pay his way. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260607nav134206.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>11\/1<\/p>\n<p>Capitalised on a slipping mark with usual tongue strap removed when winning 12-runner handicap at Dundalk (5f) just under 2 weeks ago, that just about a career best. 4 lb higher here and every chance he can follow up if translating that form back to turf. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260607nav134207.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9\/2<\/p>\n<p>showed benefit of reappearance run to get off the mark in first-time cheekpieces in 13-runner maiden over C&amp;D (good to soft) just over 3 weeks ago. Headgear change for this handicap debut and he should hold his own. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5\/1 Useful handicapper who had an in-and-out 2025, winning over C&amp;D and making the frame multiple times before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-487621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}