Pat Smullen and Dermot Weld proved the combination to follow at Navan as the Rosewell House team combined for a fantastic treble on the card.< Sense Of Purpose was the first to go in as she justified skinny odds of 6-5 in the Kilcarn Stud EBF Fillies Maiden, while Ransomed Bride (8-1) showed a good attitude to narrowly land the Meath Handicap.

The hat-trick was completed in the Newgrange Race as 6-4 chance Galileo's Choice edged out odds-on shot Chief Lone Eagle by three quarters of a length.

Weld's son Kris said: "Sense Of Purpose did it nicely enough in the end and we could consider the Eyrefield Stakes for her.

"Ransomed Bride is a big honest filly and she could go back to Dundalk where she won her maiden.

"Galileo's Choice is an improving horse and we might try and get a bit of black-type with him."

Jockey Tim Carroll, brother to crack apprentice Gary, secured his first victory under rules when guiding Noel Meade's smart hurdler Donnas Palm (7-4) to victory in the October Maiden.

Meade said: "He rides well and is a genuinely good kid.

"We were pretty confident as the horse had been working well with the horse that won on Sunday (Go Native).

"It's possible he could go to Punchestown for a race for last season's novices."

Dick Brabazon's Kristal Xenia (9-2) got off the mark at the second time of asking in the Kells Maiden.

"She'll be a right all-weather filly. She likes nice ground and we were lucky the rain didn't really get into the ground here," said Brabazon.

Joseph O'Brien enhanced his growing reputation when guiding 11-2 favourite Dotada to success in the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap, while the Ger Lyons-trained Bogie sprung a 25-1 surprise in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

O'Brien's father Aidan and Ballydoyle stable jockey Johnny Murtagh hit the mark in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden courtesy of the well-backed Crismon Sky (6-4).

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