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Marnane has Royal Hunt Cup in mind for Tokenomics

Luke McAteerLuke McAteer
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Tokenomics ran on strongly to annex the Book Tickets Online At CorkRacecourse.ie Handicap on seasonal reappearance for David Marnane.

A wall of horses held chances racing to the final furlong and Tokenomics got a lovely seam between horses to loom large inside the final furlong.

He got to grips with Kings Time in the closing stages and went on by half a length at 4/1 from the easy-to-back 22/1 runner-up trained by Jessica Harrington. Serialise (14/1), a stablemate of Kings Time, finished third.

Marnane said: "He is lovely and we think he is a Royal Hunt Cup horse.

"The plan was to come here, then to the Curragh for a mile handicap on Guineas weekend and then the Hunt Cup. I really want to get him to the Hunt Cup, so we'll see. We won the race with Settle For Bay in the past and he is a very similar horse.

"We wanted to see what he was like on the ground today and the flat track, so has come through that well.

"This horse was selling (from the trainer's MRC International syndicate) but didn't pass the vetting so didn't make as much as anticipated. Niall (Molloy, owner) stepped in and bought him to keep him with us, so I'm delighted for him and his family, who have been huge supporters of ours."

McAteer gave a good shout to Tokenomics as an improver this year in his racing story in March - https://www.irishracing.com/blogs/Luke-McAteer/254728

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes

1st
4/1
Tote €5.00 €1.90
2nd
0.5L
22/1
€2.80
3rd
1.25L
14/1
€3.00
bf
2.25L
5/2Fav
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.