Andy Holding is back with one tip for today's action at Navan.
14:10 Navan
The experiment to try INOTHEWAYURTHINKIN (best price 3/1) over 2m4f in the Lawlors Of Naas last time didn’t quite work out as well as connections would have anticipated beforehand but, with the decision to bring Gavin Cromwell’s gelding back to the minimum trip seen as a wise one based on his two previous efforts, he’s fancied to take advantage of a drop in grade.
The fact that he was a well-backed second favourite up against the very smart Flat recruit, Lots Of Joy, on his debut at Cork suggested he must be fairly useful, and so it proved, as he exhibited a sharp turn of foot after the last to beat the 4/11 chance fair and square.
Up against two previous winners in the shape of Imagine and Spanish Harlem at Gowran next time, the son of Walk In The Park once again showed a fine attitude to maintain his unbeaten record and considering the gallop set that day wouldn’t have been anywhere to his advantage, his performance deserved marking up.
Pitched into Grade 1 company for the first time 35 day ago, the five-year-old travelled up well to the leaders on the turn for home, but once he went beyond the two-mile point, his stamina began to ebb away and in the end, he could only run on at the one pace in the closing stages.
Despite being vanquished at the Co Kildare venue, the numbers from the race still indicated he’d run up to a pretty high standard and even though today’s contest looks way better than its listed status suggests, he’s still expected to put up a bold bid to regain the winning theme for his in-form stable.
