ON a day of tight finishes at Navan last Saturday, Speedacus took the feature event when edging the verdict in the €30,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery for Kieran Cotter.

The five-furlong contest produced a cracking conclusion with seven of the eight runners spread across the track going to the furlong marker. Speedacus had always been prominent on the near side, under Declan McDonogh, and found plenty in the closing stages to secure a neck victory over Jarvis for owner W. T. Whittle.