Tribal Beat leaves his rivals in his wake at Naas© Photo Healy Racing
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
