Icy Reply, near side, jumps the last upsides Urtheoneiwant© Photo Healy Racing
A pair of four-year-old fillies fought out the finish to the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Hurdle, with Ice Reply's stamina winning the day at Navan.
Mark Enright had to niggle the 15-8 favourite on a couple of occasions, whereas Urtheoneiwant bowled along within herself at the head of affairs.
She quickened clear halfway down the home straight, but the market leader had got to her by the time they jumped the last and finished stronger to triumph by three-quarters of a length.< Jarob (12-1) showed his appreciation for reverting to timber with an eight-length victory in the Racing Again Saturday 27th September Handicap Hurdle.
Andrew Lynch's seven-year-old struggled over fences at the Galway Festival but was successful in this sphere at Bellewstown the time before and regained the winning thread at the chief expense of Tico < Tandem (1-2) was a costly failure at Ballybrit but Dermot Weld's classy Flat performer made it second-time lucky over obstacles without having to come off the bridle in the navanracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle.< Brand Ambassador defied a 732-day lay-off to strike in the Navan Welcomes Owners Today Maiden Hurdle.
Gordon Elliott's 12-1 chance eased to the front approaching the last in the hands of Barry Geraghty and didn't have to work too hard to dispose of Burning Issues by six and a half lengths.< On My Own (8-1) and Festival Opera had the Kells Handicap Hurdle between them at the final flight but the latter made a bad blunder, handing the initiative to Philip Fenton's 10-year-old, who supplemented last month's Killarney success by three-quarters of a length.< Coldstonesober (8-1) is maintaining a really solid level of consistency and wasn't for catching in the Follow Navan On Facebook Handicap Hurdle, while Swansea Mile and Little Haarth (12-1) went toe to toe all the way down the straight in the Follow Navan Racecourse On Twitter INH Flat Race, with the latter just getting the nod.
