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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Acanella wins Snow Fairy at 16/1 for Lyons & Keane

Fri 27th Aug 2021, 17:46

Acanella and Colin Keane (pink cap) win from Champers Elysees
Acanella and Colin Keane (pink cap) win from Champers Elysees
© Photo Healy Racing

Acanella sprang a 16/1 surprise when winning the Group 3 Snow Fairy Fillies Stakes in the hands of Colin Keane.

Having chased the leaders, the daughter of Dansil quickened up well to lead a furlong out and saw out her race well to hold last year’s Matron Stakes winner Champers Elysees by three quarters of a length, with the same margin back to Oodnadatta in third.

A debut winner at Leopardstown in April, Acanella had been unplaced in three previous tries in stakes company.

Shane Lyons, assistant to winning trainer Ger Lyons, said: “We’re delighted and she’s done what we were hoping for all year. She’s a big filly that is only filling into her frame and will be even better next year.

“She did everything right for the first time today. She broke well, she travelled well for Colin and, while she’s not ground dependent, she loved that ground.

“She’ll get a bit further if she has to and next year is going to be fun for her.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
16/1
Tote €28.20 €7.30
2nd
0.75L
10/3
€2.00
3rd
0.75L
9/2
€2.20
4th
0.5L
11/4Fav
About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.