Denise Foster savours finest hour at Navan

Lily’s Rainbow, enterprisingly ridden by Billy Lee, gave local trainer Denise Foster the biggest success of her career when landing the listed heritage Stakes (transferred from Cork), on a day of surprises, in very testing ground, in Navan yesterday.

Soon in front, the 16/1 shot dictated the pace under Billy Lee and, racing downhill towards the two-furlong marker, the four-year-old filly had most of her rivals in trouble.

Brendan Brackan spear-headed the chasing group but Lily’s Rainbow ran on strongly up the hill to triumph by three and a quarter lengths.