Stanhope still delivering in Navan Stanhope grabbed his third Navan success when obliging at 20/1 in the Safer Gambling Handicap over an extended five furlongs. Mikey Sheehy's mount made sustained progress to hit the front over a furlong out. It is still a fair climb to the winning post from there, but he kept toughing it out. Teddy Boy (9/1) cut into the lead in the closing stages but got as close as a neck at the line under Sheehy's brother, Danny Sheehy. He had won this race twice before in 2019 and 2020 and was fourth in last year's renewal. Tammany Hall's yellow colours were noted storming home down the outer for third, beaten a neck and half a length at 13/2. Wee Pablo also finished to good effect for fourth at 12/1 from 18s. Trainer John McConnell said of the eight-year-old gelding: “He’s a real old stalwart. I was a little bit worried that we had the wrong side of the draw (in stall 8), but Mikey did a good job to get him as far over as he could. “He’s got down to a mark (51) that he can win off at his age. He’s won two for them this year and has run well a lot of times from bad draws. “He likes it here and he likes that trip. He probably doesn’t get 50 yards more than that. “We’ll have to have a chat about whether we take him into next year and this has probably justified giving him a go.” Additional reporting by Alan Magee
