Quick double for Nolan with Saint

Gary Carson

Published at Nov 4, 2026, 14:25

Walking Saint and Eoin Staples
© Healy Racing Photos

Paul Nolan bagged a quick brace at Wexford this afternoon when Walking Saint landed the Racing TV Maiden Hurdle.

Eoin Staple's mount swept to the front going to the second last in the two-miler and galloped on strongly in the closing stages.

The 10/3 shot was always doing enough in the closing stages to post a length-and-a-quarter win over 125/1 chance Burning Like Fire.

Walking Saint was dropping into an ‘unplaced' event today having shown promise in two stronger maiden hurdles earlier in the year.

"I'd say she wants further. She hit the line reasonably well,” said Nolan.

“She had been disappointing from her first run obviously and then when she qualified for this we said 'if she doesn't go well in this we're going to be in big trouble.'

“The horses are going well at the moment and that's worth anything."

(Quotes by John O'Riordan)

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.

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