Close call! Four heads separate the first six home in extraordinary finish to sprint

Four heads were all that separated the first six home in the 5f handicap at Navan. Yes, you read it right. A head, a head, a head, a head and a dead-heat were the distances in the eight-runner sprint, which will surely go down as one of the closest finishes in the history of Irish racing. 

Indeed, Dontspoilasale, who finished seventh, was only beaten by a length and three-quarters. 

It was Inishmot Prince who came out on top in the blanket finish. All nine of his previous victories had been on the all-weather at Dundalk, but he belatedly broke his duck on turf at the 18th attempt as James Ryan came with a late rattle on the 9-1 shot to get up in the final stride. 

Winning trainer Tom McCourt said: "I would have been disappointed if he got beaten because of the form he was in at home. Since Bellewstown, he really came on very well. He is 21lb lower on grass than he is on all-weather, but he needed every yard of it!"

Just three-quarters of a length separated the first six homeCredit: Patrick McCann

Roche double up

Leigh Roche helped himself to a 62-1 double on the card.

Sidiza swooped late to land the 1m2f maiden under a well-judged ride after the top two in the market appeared to go too quick, while the jockey was back in the winner's enclosure 35 minutes later when Plunkett Street held on bravely to deny 4-6 favourite Keilah by a neck for trainer Michael O'Meara.

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