Experience helps Experience

He won the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot back in 2007 and from his first crop Excellent Art is getting winners, his daughter Experience justifying odds-on favouritism in style in the opener at Navan under Billy Lee.

Lee rode the Tipperary runner-up with maximum confidence and his faith in the juvenile was well-placed as she quickened up to put the outcome beyond doubt in a matter of strides. The 1/2 shot stayed on well to beat the promising first-timer Lightening Pearl

David Wachman trains Experience, who runs in the Derrick Smith colours and a representative of the Longfield Stud handler said: "She's a nice filly and learned a lot from her first run. She won well and will go for a stakes race next."