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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Take Me To Church looks tasty for Davison

Wed 1st Nov 2023, 15:27

Take Me To Church (green)
Take Me To Church (green)
© Photo Healy Racing

The 11/10 favourite Take Me To Church won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden in the hands of Ronan Whelan.

Runner-up on soft ground at Naas on his previous outing, the Churchill colt got to the front after a furlong and found plenty off the bridle in the straight to beat Anvika by three parts of a length.

Trainer Jack Davison, who also saddled third home Bergamasco said of his winner who is owned by David Byrne & Partners: "I'd say he is more of a turf horse now, being honest, than an all-weather horse but it is nice to see he can handle that sort of surface. Going forward, it gives us more options.

"He's still a touch babyish. He's genuine but being by Churchill you wouldn't expect him to be an early-season type. He has just been learning a lot as he has been going on.

"The last day at Naas he came forward a lot for the application of headgear (cheekpieces) - it is just to help him to figure it out quicker. We had to make the running today, so the cheekpieces were no harm.

"He's very genuine, you can see when Ronan went for him he dropped his head to the ground and tried really hard."

Quotes from Michael Graham

1st
11/10Fav
Tote €2.10 €1.10
2nd
0.75L
8/1
€2.10
3rd
1L
22/1
€5.00
4th
0.5L
33/1
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.