A torrential burst of rain lasting more than twenty minutes saw last night's card at Navan brought to a premature halt after the fourth race.
The downpour left several areas of standing water on the track, and after consultation with senior trainers and jockeys, the stewards were left with no option but to abandon.
In the Tally Ho Stud Maiden, the final event to be run, Ilios made all and splashed his way throught the puddles to open his account on his first outing for new trainer Brian Nolan.
Formerly trained by Declan Gillespie for Lady O'Reilly, the Grand Lodge gelding just had enough in reserve to contain the staying-on Rowan Flower by a rapidly-diminishing neck.
Punters got it right in the EBF Fillies Maiden, run at the height of the deluge, where Tipperary bumper winner Leos Shuil (4/1-9/4) predictably handled the desperate ground better than her flat-bred rivals.
The Good Thyne mare made all under Fran Berry and drew clear inside the last to defeat uneasy favourite Lily Beth ((4/5-15/8) by seven lengths.
Trainer John Kiely may send his charge for another flat race, with Galway a possible target, but added : 'She's from a real jumping family and her future really lies over hurdles and fences.'
Earlier, Annamoe Boy stepped up on his promising recent debut at the Curragh when holding the late thrust of gambled-on favourite Jemmy John in the Lynn Lodge EBF Median Auction Maiden.
The Presidium colt went to the front inside the final furlong and stayed on well to deny the runner-up, backed from 5/2 to 7/4, by a length.
In The Gods swooped late under Tom Queally for a comfortable succes in the opening LM FM Radio Handicap, with favourite Samawi (5/2-3/1-5/2) running on well to be a never-nearer second.
