Marinero and Bryan Cooper© Photo Healy Racing
The Tony Martin trained Marinero completed a double at Fairyhouse today for owner Michael O'Leary (Gigginstown House Stud) and retained jockey Bryan Cooper, when causing a minor upset to win the Happy 80th Birthday Peter Donnelly Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) at 10/1.
The winner, clear third pick in the market, outbattled Long Dog (11/8 second favourite) on the run-in, for a half length win with a further three and a quarter lengths beck to 11/10 favourite Fine Article
Martin later stated “he won his bumper well here and he jumped well today which was great. He wears the hood as he was a little bit free as a young horse but he has coped on now.”
Cooper and Gigginstown had earlier combined to win the first division of the same race with Sub Lieutenant
By Thomas Weekes, quotes from Alan Magee
