Noel Meade's The Fist Of God gave his Naas rivals hell by winning the Go Racing In Kildare Race under an inspirational Mick Kinane.
Sent off at odds of 4-1, the Sadler's Wells gelding showed reservoirs of courage to defeat Theocritus by a head.
Kinane, who cajoled his partner to victory despite dropping his whip some way from home, reacted sharply from a bright start in stall four and set a breakneck gallop the outset.
Despite coming under intense presure from the runner-up, The Fist Of God was not for passing and galloped on strongly for a noteworthy triumph.
Gandolfini shed his maiden tag at the 22nd attempt in the Fishery Lane Handicap at Naas.
Harry Rogers' charge travelled well throughout under Pat Shanahan towards the outside of the field, and moved up to challenge the leaders a furlong out.
Just as he began to assert, Tornadodancer came out of the pack to throw down a strong challenge and although he was reeling in the leader all the time, Gandolfini still had half a length to spare at the line.
Droumeragh showed marked improvement from his debut when running out a comfortable winner of the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Auction Maiden.
The David Wachman-trained juvenile had finished eighth on his first racecourse visit at Navan but clearly better was expected on this occasion as he was sent off the 7-2 second-favourite.
Never far off the pace under Wayne Lordan, the son of Royal Applause put the race to bed when quickening away a furlong out and he only had to be kept up to his work to beat Roshina by a length and a quarter.
Wachman will now step the colt up in class, with the Anglesey Stakes at the Curragh a likely port of call.
The County Tipperary handler was also on the scoresheet 30 minutes later when The Emperor Nero won the Thoroughbred County Maiden, while Meade's Miss Fancy Pants stepped off the reserves' bench to win the Naas Summer Evenings Handicap.
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