Indiana Jones raids Navan prize

Indiana Jones made the leap to Grade Three glory as he claimed the PS Supplies Doors & Floors Flyingbolt Novice Chase at Navan.

Mouse Morris' charge had taken nine attempts to get off the mark over fences, failing to complete on three occasion in the 2021-22 season.

However, he struck gold at Punchestown last month and supplemented that 10-length verdict with a game success over Ha D’Or in the hands of Darragh O’Keeffe.

Ha D’Or, one of two runners for Willie Mullins along with third-placed Flame Bearer, relinquished the lead to Indiana Jones at the last fence, with both producing less than fluent leaps. But it was Indiana Jones who recovered best of the pair to win by two lengths at odds of 15-2.

Morris said: "He's a huge horse. I’m not sure where he goes now, the race at Thurles (Grade Three Pierce Molony Memorial Novice Chase, 18 March) would be an option and is probably more than likely where he’ll go.

"He took some purlers of falls last season and Puppy (Robbie Power) did a great job with him, he went up to his for a while. The girls in the yard also did a lot of ground work at home with him.

"It’s an unbelievable family (Indiana Jones is a half-brother to Mighty Potter and French Dynamite) and there are still two young ones running around.

"It was hard to work out Mullins’ horses today as they ran so bad the last day. I thought if they might not be on song, we might have a squeak.

"I know we had a bit to find on ratings, but a graded race is a graded race and it was a nice pot."

The feature Grade 3 PS Supplies Doors & Floors Flyingbolt Novice Chase goes to Indiana Jones, with the seven-year-old forging ahead from Ha D'or to score under the guidance of Darragh O'Keeffe for trainer Mouse Morris