Tribal Beat marches to his own tune in Naas

Godolphin's Tribal Beat put in an impressive display at Naas when romping home by five lengths in the juvenile maiden for colts and geldings.

The 5/1 shot travelled powerfully on the shoulder of Precious Gold before he was pushed along by Kevin Manning to lead narrowly two and a half furlongs out.

He was ridden to assert outside the furlong marker and galloped away for a comfortable success. Short Stacked kept on nicely for second at 8/1, backed in from 14s on opening show. He was a 20/1 chance in the morning.

Precious Gold was a further two lengths down in third at 33/1.

Kevin Manning said: "He had a very good run here the last day and I thought he would improve for it. I wasn't overly concerned stepping back to six, he has plenty of pace.

"It was disappointing he got beat the first day but maybe in hindsight he was a bit raw and a bit weak. He's developed into a fine horse. He has done well today and I'm very, very pleased with him.

"When I asked him to quicken at the two pole it was all over in a matter of strides. He got seven and got it well here the last day. He's not short of pace and never was."

Jim Bolger added: "That's what we were expecting on day one but it has taken a while to get it. I'm not sure if he will run again this year as I didn't look beyond today but I'd say he'll get a mile.

"The ground doesn't really matter to him. He just got it all together today."

Tribal Beat got off the mark today at the fourth attempt. On debut he was a beaten favourite in fourth behind State Of Emergency at the Curragh.

Additional reporting by Alan Magee