Review navan 27th Aug

< Tinder sprung a major surprise in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Navan.

Jessie Harrington's youngster had been comprehensively beaten on each of her four previous outings so it was no surprise that she was sent off at 33-1.< Hunaina who hit the crossbar twice leading into this, quickened to the front inside the final quarter-mile and appeared set for a deserved success, but Tinder ate into her lead in the dying strides and got up by a short head.< Impart overcame trouble in running to land the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

Pat Smullen had to sit and suffer for over a furlong as he had a wall of horses in front of him, but he switched the 3-1 shot at the furlong pole and finished strongly to account for odds-on favourite Oakledge by a length and a half.

Smullen and trainer Dermot Weld followed up when Magnolia Rose (2-1) toyed with her opponents in the Follow Navan On Twitter Maiden.

Favourite Ex Patriot took the lead off Treasure Chest three furlongs out but found less than expected and was headed again, but Smullen was sitting with a double handful and slipped between the pair to score by a bloodless three and a quarter lengths.

A treble for Weld and Smullen was completed when 9-2 favourite Dalton Highway took the Navan Members Handicap.< Open House made a sparkling start to his career in the Racing Again September 3rd Maiden.

Jim Bolger's colt got the better of tearaway leader Schubert well over a furlong out and ran on well to see off Heartful by a length and three-quarters.< Shanghai Beauty gave an admirable performance in the www.navanracecourse.ie Handicap under top weight but was pegged back in the shadows of the post by Bluesbreaker (16-1), while Sports Barrow (16-1) benefited from Declan McDonogh's positive tactics in the Like Navan On Facebook Handicap.