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Marcach gets his head in front for deserved win

An Marcach and Rachael Blackmore An Marcach and Rachael Blackmore
© Photo Healy Racing

An Marcach gained a deserved success in the Fethard Handicap Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

Des Donovan 's charge had been placed on his last four outings and opened his account on his 18th career outing today.

Rachael Blackmore had the Milan gelding handy throughout and moved up to dispute going to the second last fence in the two-and-a-half mile contest.

The 7/2 shot grabbed a narrow lead before the final fence and stayed on well in the closing stages to post a length-and-three-quarters victory over Rock On Barney

Donovan said:- “We’ve been waiting a long time for that one and he’ll get a bit further.

“Rachael said he wasn’t in love with the ground and on looser ground he’d gallop away through it.

“He’s owned and bred by Tom Egan so he’ll be happy with that. We’ll see what the ground is like before we decide what to do next.

“He’s just learning the job and will be a better horse next year up in trip.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
7/2
Tote €4.50 €1.80
2nd
1.75L
10/1
€2.40
3rd
shd
13/2
€2.00
4th
6L
11/4Fav
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.