← Horse Racing · Navan · Sat 28 Feb

Flyingbolt Novice Chase (Grade 3).

Navan · Saturday, 28 Feb · 19:35 · 2m · Class 1 · TURF

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Status

15:35

Off time

Runners

Heavy

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

JACOB'S LADDER (IRE

🥈 Second

PORT JOULAIN (FR

🥉 Third

LOVELY HURLING (IRE

Market prediction · 5 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Jacob's Ladder

1.62

8/13

02 · 🥈 2nd

Lovely Hurling

4

3/1

03 · 🥉 3rd

Port Joulain

4.50

7/2

04 · —

Intense Approach

51

50/1

05 · —

Choccabloc

151

150/1

Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
4th	1	—	Choccabloc (G) [T] Fairly useful hurdler/chaser. 22/1, pulled up in handicap chase at this course (24f, heavy) 20 days ago. Stiff task at this level.	F2P4PP	Brian Hayes	A McNamara	8	70.3 kg	151 150/1
5th	2	—	Intense Approach (G) Useful hurdler with good strike rate. Took well to fences with a big-field maiden success on 22.5f Galway reappearance in August but disappointed at Cheltenham in October. Unseated first in Musselburgh handicap since.	—	Darragh O'Keeffe	J C McConnell	7	70.3 kg	51 50/1
1st	3	—	Jacob's Ladder (G) FAV [P] Highly promising type. Really smart effort when justifying strong market support in 14-runner handicap chase (2/1) at Leopardstown (17f, soft) 26 days ago, keeping on well. Hard to beat back in a novice.	312114	Jack Kennedy	G Elliott	7	70.3 kg	1.62 8/13
2nd	4	—	Lovely Hurling (G) Useful hurdler. Similar form when runner-up in maiden chases at Navan and Leopardstown this winter. Open to further progress in this sphere.	112-222	Mark Walsh	Colm Murphy	7	70.3 kg	4 3/1
3rd	5	—	Port Joulain (G) Bombed out on Punchestown chase debut/reappearance in December but totally different proposition when seeing off 7 rivals in a Fairyhouse maiden (17f, soft) 5 weeks later. Top stable has won 3 of the last 4 runnings of this.	310-713	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	7	70.3 kg	4.50 7/2

Betting forecast: Jacob's Ladder (8/13), Lovely Hurling (3/1), Port Joulain (7/2), Intense Approach (50/1), Choccabloc (150/1)