Naas next up for Mallowney Mallowney will be kept to domestic competition for the rest of this season after his respectable second-placed finish in Sunday's Flyingbolt Novice Chase at Navan. Trainer Tim Doyle is planning a return to Naas, scene of three of the six-year-old gelding's four career victories to date, before the big spring meetings arrive. Mallowney went head-to-head with Bright New Dawn in the Grade Two event before weakening on the run-in, but it was an improvement on his previous run in the Arkle at Leopardstown, where he fell at the second-last. "I thought he ran a good race - he was just outstayed," said Doyle. "He was a bit keen and the ground was very testing, he'd prefer it better. "I hope to go to Naas for a Listed race in three weeks' time and if he stays in good form, then we can look at Fairyhouse and Punchestown."
