Book Your Hospitality Now for Navan Racing Festival Maiden Odds, Tips, Best Betting Offers
Navan · Wednesday 2 September 2026 · Off 5:40 · 1m 20y · Going: Good · Purse: €9,000 · 3yo
British Gambler's Picks
Composite scoring across market position, Racing Post Rating, Topspeed, recent form and trainer 14-day strike rate. Tips, not guarantees — bet responsibly.
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Verdict, Market Read & Value Calls
The market makes Let's Smash It the clear favourite (implied 27.1% chance) at 11/8, trained by Robson De Aguiar. Chapel Lane is the chief market rival at 4/7.
★ Market shape · A tight race for one — Let's Smash It is well-clear at the head of the market.
★ Top pick · Top pick: Let's Smash It. Best price available at Bet365 — historically translates to roughly a one-in-three strike rate at favourite-level pricing.
★ Each-way value · Each-way value sits with Chapel Lane at 4/7. The price gives place hunters a margin of safety, particularly with bookies paying Extra Places in big-field handicaps.
★ Bigger-priced angle · The bigger-priced angle: Storzando at 50/1. Form figures of 6370 show place form within recent runs — at a double-digit price the each-way play covers downside risk if the favourites duel.
1m20y · Good going · Favourite's trainer is striking at 17% over the last 14 days.
Bar widths show each runner's de-overrounded market chance, based on best price. Bookmaker margins removed so the percentages total ~100%.
- Let's Smash It 27.1% 11/8
- Chapel Lane 16.1% 4/7
- Elusive Path 14.9% 10/3
- Emiza 12.9% 4/1
- Resurgence 11.7% 5/6
- Riyazanka 6.4% 9/1
- Xirivella 5.4% 11/1
- Testaverde 1.6% 40/1
- Storzando 1.3% 50/1
- Time Whisperer 0.8% 80/1
- Pattyandselma 0.6% 60/1
- Whatsin The Stars 0.4% 100/1
Field & Odds (14 runners)
Sorted by market position. Best price shown is the lowest decimal price across the leading UK horse racing bookmakers — tap any bookie pill to bet at that price.
| No. | Horse | J / T | Form | RPR | TS | Best Price | Top Bookies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (9) | Let's Smash It |
J: Donagh O'Connor T: Robson De Aguiar |
2-334 | 41/20 | |||
| 1 (11) | Chapel Lane NAP v |
J: W J Lee T: W McCreery |
3-6732 | 21/5 | |||
| 2 (5) | Elusive Path EW |
J: Colin Keane T: G M Lyons |
323 | 26/5 | |||
| 8 (7) | Emiza t |
J: Chris Hayes T: D K Weld |
52 | 39/5 | |||
| 4 (14) | Resurgence |
J: Keithen Kennedy(5) T: Mrs John Harrington |
24- | 7/1 | |||
| 10 (3) | Riyazanka |
J: Ben Coen T: J P Murtagh |
19/1 | ||||
| 14 (6) | Xirivella t |
J: Adam Caffrey T: Noel Meade |
63 | 33/1 | |||
| 6 (12) | Testaverde |
J: Seamie Heffernan T: John Joseph Murphy |
66/1 | ||||
| 5 (1) | Storzando |
J: Wesley Joyce(3) T: Michael Mulvany |
6370 | 289/1 | |||
| 7 (10) | Time Whisperer |
J: Luke McAteer T: Liam P Cusack |
78 | 289/1 | |||
| 9 (8) | Pattyandselma |
J: Rory Cleary T: Adrian McGuinness |
299/1 | ||||
| 12 (2) | Whatsin The Stars p |
J: Leigh Roche T: Paul W Flynn |
000 | 999/1 | |||
| NR (4) | Wooloongabba |
J: Siobhan Rutledge T: John C McConnell |
000 | 999/1 | |||
| 11 (13) | The Blonde Lady |
J: Robbie Colgan T: A J Martin |
0 | 999/1 |
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