Class can prevail in Navan sprint as top-weight looks the one to beat

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Gottardo
2.40 Navan
2pts win

Gospies Daughter is better around Navan than anywhere else, while Dash D'Or has some solid course form too, but Gottardo could prove a cut above them in the www.navanracecourse.ie Handicap (2.40).

This looks the weakest sprint Gottardo has contested for some time, hence he has top-weight, and Fozzy Stack has decided shrewdly to recall 10lb claimer Mike O'Connor, who has guided him to his sole success at Dundalk in April.

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David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor

Published on 23 October 2018inHorse racing tips

Last updated 13:20, 23 October 2018

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