13:55 Navan Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)

Race preview

DAMALISQUE ran a cracker after a lengthy layoff when beating all bar the odds-on Mt Leinster at the Curragh last October, and confirmed that promise when switched to hurdles at Naas the following month. The Eddie Harty-trained gelding again filled the runner-up spot when narrowly going down to Barnaviddaun in the valuable Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle and a 5lb rise for that effort still leaves him on a competitive mark. Uisce Solas was a soundly beaten sixth in that Naas event but now reopposes on worse terms after bolting up since at the same venue. Agusta Gold won a Grade 3 mares' chase at Fairyhouse last time and should be thereabouts off her current hurdle rating, while Silver Sheen and Wolf Prince are also of interest. The latter was a useful juvenile hurdler and could well progress over this extra half-mile.