Death heads Navan Novice entries Death Duty spearheads a team of three Gordon Elliott entries in the Navan Novice Hurdle on Sunday. Having won the Grade Three "Monksfield" Novice Hurdle to make it two from two over timber, the five-year-old will be stepping up to Grade Two company if taking his chance this weekend. Elliott has also put in impressive Naas winner Baltazar D'Allier and Labaik, who blotted his copybook when refusing to race in the Royal Bond. Willie Mullins has claimed this prize in recent years with the likes of Briar Hill and Bellshill, and can this time call upon Invitation Only, who is unbeaten in one point-to-point, two bumpers and a maiden hurdle at Gowran Park. Henry de Bromhead has Balzac Turgot and Monalee engaged, with the list completed by the Mouse Morris pair of Vinalhaven and Wishmoor and the Noel Meade-trained duo Moulin A Vent and Bel Ami De Sivola.
