Czabo makes it a happy silver anniversary for Lee with Group 3 win

A return to Naas after an absence of 25 years was a time-tunnel experience for jockey Graham Lee, who landed the first Pattern race of the Irish season, the Group 3 Park Express Stakes, on the Mick Channon-trained Czabo.

On January 25, 1992, Lee had his first ride in a race when he partnered Dosh for Noel Meade in a maiden hurdle, and after Czabo's half-length win in the mile fillies' event he recalled: "Before coming here today I remembered that first ride on Dosh, who finished down the field behind another horse of Noel's, Novello Allegro.

"I hadn't ridden here since and it's hard to believe that was so long ago. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then."