Jim Bolger's Queen Andromache showed a taking turn of foot to open her account in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Navan.
Eventual runner-up Ice Empress led but looked a sitting duck when a host of challengers loomed up around two furlongs out.< Atyaab appeared the main threat but her run flattened out close home and it was Kevin Manning aboard 12-1 shot Queen Andromache who flashed home late to register a two-length success and form the first leg of a double on the day for her trainer.
Bolger's odds-on favourite Carraiglawn (1-2) also made a big impression when getting off the mark in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.
He had found one too good in his first couple of starts this term but made no mistake under Manning, pulling five and a half lengths clear of Dance On By
Colm Donoghue had an equally simple task guiding Foot Perfect to victory in the Lynn Lodge Stud EBF Median Auction Maiden.
David Marnane's 14-1 shot, fourth first time out at Dundalk, was sent to the front two and a half furlongs from home and was kept up to her work to beat Deire Na Sli < See You Smile came with a withering run inside the distance to beat Silk Slippers in the Tom Malone Celebrates His 80th Birthday Handicap.
The Paul Deegan-trained filly took a while to pick up on her first outing for 218 days but was powering clear at the line and had more in hand than the three-quarter-length verdict suggests.
The Racing Again June 11th Handicap saw Charles Byrnes' Napa Starr (3-1) beat Central Moves by one and three-quarter lengths, while Ghetto Gospel (7-4), trained by Ger Lyons and ridden by Keagan Latham, landed some hefty bets when impressively completing a four-timer in the Tote Trifecta Rollover Handicap.
