Red Sabor (11-4) showed tremendous resolution to come out best in a tight finish to the www.navanracecourse.ie Race.
Andy Slattery's three-year-old was the lowest rated of the four runners and having made the running, looked in trouble when tackled by Mur Hiba
Lack of a recent run may have told for the market leader as Red Sabor stuck to his guns, and Declan McDonogh got him back ahead just before the post to prevail by a short head.< I Am Power (4-1) made an impressive beginning to his career with victory in the Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden.
Michael O'Callaghan's Power colt took a little while to hit top gear but once he did, he mowed down Sankari Royale to triumph by a deceptively cosy three-quarters of a length.
Willie Byrne got a great tune out of Mainicin to claim top honours in the Emerald Facility Services Event Cleaning Apprentice Handicap.
Having put the pace to the race, the Jim Bolger-trained 6-1 chance looked a sitting duck for much of the straight, only to respond to all of Byrne's urgings and she denied Room To Roam by half a length.
With an official rating of just 54, He's Complete hardly jumped off the page ahead of the Lynn Lodge Stud Maiden but he left behind his previous form in no uncertain terms.
Fozzy Stack's 16-1 chance swept by front-running favourite Mirror Man and passed the post with two and a half lengths in hand.
There was drama in the final furlong of the Barbecue Evening Claiming Race when long-time leader Future Frontier parted company with Andrew Breslin, but he was probably beaten at the time as Buffalo Blues (100-30) came home half a length ahead of Discovery Lad < Polly Douglas (9-1) hat-trick mission failed at Naas last weekend but she resumed winning ways in the Navan Members Handicap, while Pat Smullen followed up his success on I Am Power when Political Policy (9-1) took the Come Racing 2nd September Handicap.
