< Aaraas gave the form of leading Coventry Stakes contender Power a timely boost with Royal Ascot coming up as she took the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Navan.
Sent off a 4-1 shot after showing promise when fifth behind Aidan O'Brien's colt on her Curragh debut last month, Kevin Prendergast's charge was always prominent under Declan McDonogh but looked well held a furlong out.
However, she wasn't done for and produced a terrific burst in the final 100 yards to snatch the prize from Perfect Godess by a short head on the line.
There was another desperately tight finish in the feature race of the day, the www.navangolfclub.ie Handicap, which went to Patrickswell
The grey took them along for most of the way on the rail, but looked beaten when The Reaper who had been racing on the other side of the track, swooped to lead well inside the final furlong.
Leigh Roche galvanised Patrickswell (16-1) for another effort, however, and Marcus Callaghan's seven-year-old responded to score by a short head.
No photo was required in the Navan Supporters Handicap, in which Padraig Beggy pulled the Pat Martin-trained Stones Peak (10-1) off the fence a furlong and a half down to sweep past the entire field on the outer and beat Mo Saoirse by a length and a quarter.
There was plenty of support for Noel Meade's three-year-old Cloudgazer in the Lynn Lodge Stud Maiden and he went off the 5-2 favourite on the back of his recent Curragh racecourse debut.
Colm O'Donoghue sent him to the front two furlongs out along with Aragorn Rouge and he forged ahead to score by a length.
The winner of the Live Music After Racing Apprentice Handicap could be called as they came down the straight as Jim Culloty's Cry For The Moon (11-2 favourite) was travelling sweetly, and he responded well when asked to go about his business by Shane Foley to score by two lengths.
