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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Elliott fires in Navan treble with Conflated

Sat 5th Dec 2020, 14:23

Conflated tackles the final obstacleConflated tackles the final obstacle
© Photo Healy Racing

Conflated ran away with Navan's beginners' chase in a race where very few horses threatened. The Big Getaway (8/15 favourite) and Conflated dominated proceedings and were clear tackling the third last.

Conflated led narrowly over it and was going much the better as he took a few lengths out of The Big Getaway at the next.

The 9/2 shot (from as big as 9/1 this morning) was ridden clear by Jack Kennedy before the last and the pair strode right away to come in by 17 lengths. Opposites Attract stayed on in a remote second at 7/2 from The Big Getaway who got tired.

Gordon Elliott, saddling a treble, said: “He’s not a bad horse and ran well in a few graded races last year.

“He has to go left-handed. He ran well behind Asterion Forlonge at Punchestown when you look at how much ground he gave away by jumping left.

“Jack (Kennedy) said he jumped a lot straighter today.”

This gave Kennedy a double on the card as he was also on Elliott's Clondaw Secret The stable's Magic Tricks was ridden to win the opener by Mark Walsh.

Conflated had been placed in a pair of beginners' chases at Punchestown won by Darver Star and Asterion Forlonge respectively.

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.