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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Hoban pops the question and Delaney answers

Sat 9th Oct 2021, 17:55

Ask Delaney's trainer Austin Leahy with Conor Hoban 
Ask Delaney's trainer Austin Leahy with Conor Hoban
© Photo Healy Racing

Ask Delaney (12s into 10/1 before the off) ran out a wide-margin winner of the Treo Eile, Retraining Ireland's Racehorses Handicap.

Conor Hoban bided his time on the 5-year-old grey, whose only previous success had come at Tipperary last term, before asking for more after the turn into the home straight.

Picking up well to lead over a furlong out, Ask Delaney stretched right away to beat Born Invincible by six and a half lengths.

Winning trainer Austin Leahy, based in Kilmallock, said: “He was going so well at home, I couldn't see him getting beaten! We had a bit of a worry with the ground but he obviously likes it.

"We were riding him half-handy but today he (Hoban) changed tactics and took his time. Hopefully he'll run again before the end of the season."

Quotes from Thomas Weekes

1st
10/1
Tote €15.40 €3.52
2nd
6.5L
6/1
€2.09
3rd
1.5L
16/1
€3.74
4th
2.5L
18/1
€4.07
bf
2.25L
11/2Fav
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.