Blaze The Way

Blaze The Way did well to finish second in the valuable two and a half mile handicap hurdle at Navan on Saturday Prominent from early, he joined the front rank on the run around the home turn Jumping to the front over the second last flight, he battled on well to get the better of Thecompanysergeant on the far side, but he couldn't withstand the late lunge of Music Of Tara who came with her run down the outside to hit the front close home.

This was a race in which the hold-up horses came to the fore Seven of the first eight home raced in mid-division or worse early on Blaze The Way was the only horse who raced prominently who was involved in the finish, and he almost won Mag Mullins' horse is in a rich vein of form now Well beaten behind The Yellow Clay in the Grade 3 Monksfield Hurdle in November, he stepped forward from that next time when he stayed on well to win a three-mile-one-furlong handicap hurdle at Navan just before Christmas This was another step forward from that, over a distance that was probably shorter than ideal His pedigree is all stamina, he is from the family of Weird Al and Weapon's Amnesty, and he will be of interest wherever he goes next, ideally stepping back up in trip A 4lb hike was not harsh, it takes him up to a mark of 125, and that is a mark that could still under-estimate his ability Connections thought enough of him to give him an entry in the Albert Bartlett Hurdle.
Navan, 18^th January 2025