Saturn back to winning ways at Navan The Jessica Harrington trained Saturn returned to winning ways when coming from last to first to take the Cusack Hotel Group Family Fun Day July 13th Handicap at Navan. A dual winner last term, the grey had his season cut short following a below par run at the Curragh in June. Subsequently treated for colic, the five-year-old was on the easy list until making a return to action this afternoon. Held up in rear of the six strong field, Scott McCullagh looked on as stablemates Mo Ghille Mar and Bay Of Sanibel led the way. With the latter coming under pressure over two-furlongs out, McCullagh edged closer along with Colin Keane on market leader Poetic Sound. Heading Mo Ghille Mar at the furlong pole, Saturn and Poetic Sound settled down to battle it out inside the final furlong. Saturn just found that bit extra close home to prevail by a neck. Assistant trainer Kate Harrington said: "He does stay well. "I feel a bit emotional getting him back because he was all set to go to the Ebor and he had a little bit of a setback, and we were lucky to keep him. It is a testament to the vets at Anglesey Lodge that he is here, they worked tirelessly with him. "He had won the 'win and you're in Ebor race' (at Curragh) last year and he was going for that, and it was just unfortunate we had a turn of events. Fair play to his owner/breeders, they have been patient and he has got back to winning ways. "He was only ready to start today. We didn't have him fully wound up because we said it would probably be the end of April or middle of May before we get him out. Then we saw the dry spell last week and we put him on the box to the Curragh at the end of last week. "Scott said he took two big blows and he is going to improve no end. "He's big and strong and is still a full horse. I think we are only starting to see the best of him. He was a very, very playful young horse and today, professional-wise, he was a different horse. "I'd imagine he will end up in one of the staying races at Royal Ascot. I hope we have a very exciting season with him." Additional reporting by Michael Graham.
