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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Teddy is the boy at 25/1

Sun 15th Oct 2023, 17:48

Jockey Tom Kiely Marshall with owner/trainer Donal Kinsella and his wife Joan
Jockey Tom Kiely Marshall with owner/trainer Donal Kinsella and his wife Joan
© Photo Healy Racing

Last of ten on his return to action in September, Teddy O'Neill sprang a 25/1 surprise in the Tote Never Beaten By SP Apprentice Handicap to provide owner/trainer Donal Kinsella and jockey Tom Kiely Marshall with their first winners of the season.

Having raced close to the pace, the four-year-old went past front-runner La Dame Blanche over a furlong out and went away to account for that rival by three lengths.

“He’d been off a good while and had some health issues like a lot of people are having with rapeseed," said Kinsella

“He was fifth last year in a Curragh maiden and third at Galway last year so we knew the ground was right and the kid was right.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

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.