Sunday 11 February · Navan, Eire
15:15 Gibney's Handicap Hurdle (80-102)
- Distance
- 2m 6f 0y
- Going
- Heavy (Soft in Places)
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 10686
- Runners
- 15
Race preview
Zeeband makes a quick reappearance after beating all bar Dancing Jeremy at Fairyhouse on Wednesday and should go close if none the worse for those exertions. However, this will be the Flat-bred gelding's third run on testing ground in just over two weeks and GRACE FARADAY gets slight preference. She made a creditable start in handicaps when upped to 2m5f at the Limerick Christmas meeting and the form of that race has been working out with the runner-up going one better and the third also running well next time. Padraigs Boy held every chance when falling on his handicap debut at Cork last time, while Aodhan May won a 3m1f handicap chase at Wexford last spring and probably ran better than her finishing position would suggest at Fairyhouse last month. Stockdale and Clear The Clouds are others to consider.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aodhan May | P1P-P05 | Philip Byrnes | C Byrnes | 10 8 | 16-1 | |
| 2 | Full Noise | 0-1P7P4 | Danny Mullins | Miss K Brown | 12 0 | 9-1 | |
| 3 | Clear The Clouds | 05-4536 | Conor Stone-Walsh | G P Cromwell | 11 9 | 4-1 | |
| 4 | Padraigs Boy | 00/83-BF | J J Slevin | Ms Alice Curran | 11 0 | 9-1 | |
| 5 | Stockdale | 5565/82 | Shane Fitzgerald | Patrick Turley | 11 4 | 5-1 | |
| 6 | Zeeband | 8-75032 | J G Gilligan | P J Gilligan | 11 13 | 4-1 | |
| 7 | Dragon's Pass | 421780 | Jake Coen | Mrs D Foster | 12 0 | 20-1 | |
| 8 | Grace Faraday | 445-874 | J P O'Sullivan | A McCann | 11 5 | 11-2 | |
| 9 | Welsh Saint | 5P-6000 | A P Heskin | C A McBratney | 12 0 | 66-1 | |
| 10 | Final Endeavour | 860/7-P9 | C G O'Dwyer | H Rogers | 10 8 | 125-1 | |
| - | Tilloughna | 89-240P | Darragh O'Keeffe | D Budds | 11 10 | 14-1 | |
| - | Aghmorough Bridge | 3-43019 | Simon Torrens | William P Murphy | 11 8 | 28-1 | |
| - | Benkei | 4-832F0 | Sean Flanagan | H Rogers | 11 7 | 50-1 | |
| - | Fromheretoeternity | P270-00 | Kevin Sexton | D Queally | 11 0 | 50-1 | |
| - | Wanchu Bach | 683P0/0 | Donagh Meyler | P Roche | 10 10 | 16-1 |