News The Broghie Man makes it a Navan first for Gerald Mosse

The Broghie Man makes it a Navan first for Gerald Mosse

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The Broghie Man hung on grimly to spring a surprise in the Listed Committed Stakes at Navan.

Top French jockey Gerald Mosse - having his first ride at the track - was at his strongest to get the Adrian Keatley-trained three-year-old home by a short head from the closing Speak In Colours.

Brick By Brick made the running until a furlong from home in the five-and-a-half-furlong affair, where The Broghie Man (10-1) made his decisive move to lift the prize. The two protagonists drew five lengths clear of Fleet Review in third.

Different League, a Royal Ascot winner last year when trained in France by Matthieu Palussiere, never got into a challenging position on his first start for Aidan O'Brien, despite being sent off the the 5-4 favourite, and trailed in fifth.

Keatley said of his winner: "It's good to get that job done and hopefully we'll head to Naas next for the Lacken (on May 20). There is nothing really for him over five, so we'll go to Naas next and see what happens.

"Gerald was over last weekend riding work for the owner of London Icon (Simon Kwok) who is good friends with him in Hong Kong. It's good to get him as he has a wealth of knowledge and we are lucky to have him when we can.

"Hopefully if he can step up again then long term it might be the Commonwealth Cup (at Royal Ascot), but he'll have to go Group Three next and see where we go from there. He loves that ground and that will have to be in his favour as well."