Friday was a poor day for my selections, at Gowran Park Dinny Lacey was up with the leaders but after a mistake at the 3rd he weakened and he was pulled up before 3 out while at Dundalk Pure Nature was 5th. The 10/3 shot never really made any headway and was last entering the final furlong he picked up a place in the closing stages but had to watch the 11/4 chance Grandmaster Flash win the race.
Saturday sees 8 races at Navan where the standout contest comes at 3.55 when just 5 begin the Webster Cup Chase. Daly Tiger is a smart chaser who has 2 wins from 4 runs this season his latest came at Fairyhouse in January by 5 lengths. He was last seen at Naas 13 days ago where he was second in the Newlands Chase and he should go well here. Castlegrace Paddy won this race a year ago and returned to win here in November. He was a 16 length second to Bachasson in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park 11 days ago but he is still the main challenger here. Any Second Now needs to bounce back after being pulled up just before the third last at Gowran Park in January, he goes significantly down in trip here and has something to prove. The other two in the field are both coming back after long breaks,Moon Over Germany was 12th at Listowel when last seen 169 days ago he makes the switch to chasing here and has a chance while Ornua was a well-beaten 4th in the Fortria Chase on this course 125 days ago he should bounce back but it's a tough task.
Big race prediction: 3: Daly Tiger.
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