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Articles By Mark Nunan

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.
Sun 15th Aug 2021
Wojood and Shane Mulcahy

Wojood stays on best under Shane Mulcahy

2.35PM

Pride Of Pimlico and Rory Cleary

Pride Of Pimlico scores for Duke & Cleary

2.03PM

Absolute Ruler and Gavin Ryan beat the grey Amortentia

Absolute Ruler impresses on debut under Ryan

1.23PM

John Ryan's That's Lifebuoy is fancied at Tramore

Market movers

12.13PM

Thu 12th Aug 2021
Line Out (left) stays on well under Maxine O'Sullivan

Line Out another locally-trained winner at Tramore

9.31PM

Bring The Bacon and Darragh O'Keeffe

Cromwell and O'Keeffe double up with gambled-on British import

9.18PM

Oneiroi and Ronan Whelan hold Silent Performance

Changes of tactics pays off for Oneiroi

8.55PM

Interpretation and Ryan Moore win from Fernando Vichi

Interpretation makes all in the Vinnie Roe

8.24PM

Craic Eile and Shane Fitzgerald

Craic Eile wins for Budds & Fitzgerald

7.56PM

I Siyou Baby and Mikey Sheehy( red and white) strike the front

Hat-trick up for I Siyou Baby

7.31PM

The grey Pat Coyne (Darragh O'Keeffe) leads over the last from Bloodstone

Consistent Pat Coyne gets deserved turn over fences

7.00PM

Downthecellar and Paul Townend jump past Alice Avril

O'Grady's chaser maintains winning sequence

6.32PM

Tut Tut and Shane Foley (green) win from Gabbys Girl

Tut Tut off the mark for Harrington & Foley

6.15PM

Limiti Di Greccio and Billy Lee win from Kerkiyra

Limit Di Greccio makes winning start for Twomey

5.11PM

Wed 11th Aug 2021
Phoenix Cowboy and Colin Keane race clear of Palace Rock

Keane doubles up on progressive Phoenix Cowboy

9.06PM

Shona Mea and Shane Foley

Third career win for Harrington's Shona Mea

8.42PM

Stormy Jenn and Colin Keane win from Plunkett

16/1 winner for champion jockey on Cluskey's filly

8.09PM

Nebo stays on strongly for Leigh Roche

288/1 brace for Roche as Nebo makes all

7.49PM

Rerouting and Leigh Roche (near side) get up on the line

O'Callaghan's juvenile goes in on debut at 33/1

7.28PM

Solene Lilyette (Andrew Slattery) beats Astadash

Solene Lilyette wins Gowran feature for the Slatterys

6.47PM

Perfect Power (yellow) winning the Norfolk Stakes

Prix Morny the target for Fahey's Norfolk winner

5.53PM

Kush and Mark Gallagher hold Goodnight Kiss

Kush makes all at 80/1 under Mark Gallagher

5.36PM

The grey Howling Wolf (Rory Cleary) hits the front close home

Cleary gets a winning tune from Howling Wolf

5.12PM

Sat 7th Aug 2021
Flemencello and Patrick Mullins

Odds-on Flemencello makes all in the bumper

9.03PM

Definite Soldier and Jack Foley clear the last

Veteran Soldier battles well for fifth career win

8.49PM

Spades Are Trumps and Mark Walsh

Spades Are Trumps another for in-form Cromwell

8.06PM

Fame And Joy and Sean O'Keeffe

Fame And Joy hacks up for Harrington & O'Keeffe

7.43PM

Darkened and Denis Hogan (near side) challenge at the last

Darkened gains first hurdles win for trainer/rider Hogan

7.16PM

Azallya and Colin Keane

Keane completes double on Weld's Azallya

6.31PM

La Petite Coco and Billy Lee

Twomey filly very impressive in Cork feature

5.43PM

Sicario is home in front under Phillip Enright

Sicario off the mark over hurdles for McNiff & Enright

5.13PM

Affable and Joey Sheridan

Second double in two days for in-form Condon

4.16PM

Snapraeterea and Declan McDonogh are well clear

Snapraeterea makes all to land second Listed success

3.41PM

Pretty Smart and Dylan Browne McMonagle go clear of Roxette

Pat Martin and red-hot apprentice a Pretty Smart combination

2.54PM

Drombeg Banner and Niall McCullagh win from Orinoco River (left)

Condon's busy weekend off to a flying start

2.03PM

Dream Conti has been well backed for the handicap chase (7.45) at Kilbeggan

Market movers

12.59PM

Thu 5th Aug 2021
Tecumseh Sherman and Shane Fitzgerald

Martin impressed with in-form claimer Shane Fitzgerald

8.49PM

John Adams and Toni Quail

First track winner for Downpatrick amateur Toni Quail

7.44PM

Sun 1st Aug 2021
Judicial

Judicial lays down the law again at Chester

6.23PM

Bell Ex One and Ben Coen (near side) just deny Fallen Forest

Coen gets a good tune out of Bell Ex One

6.17PM

Insane Bolt and Mikey Sheehy (noseband) hits the front

Insane Bolt wins on third start for Peter Fahey

5.41PM

Micro Manage and Colin Keane

Micro Manage a tenth winner of the festival for Mullins

5.00PM

Kirkland Lady is in command under Dylan Browne McMonagle

Kirkland Lady improves for change of tactics

4.37PM

Current Option is in front under Cian MacRedmond

Current Option repeats last year's win in dramatic 'Ahonoora'

4.07PM

Queen Mary winner Quick Suzy

Cromwell's Quick Suzy set for Phoenix Stakes

3.11PM

The grey Imposing Supreme strikes the front

Imposing Supreme doubles up for Gibney

3.08PM

Malayan asserts under Colin Keane

Weld & Keane strike again with Malayan

2.42PM

Church Mountain and Joey Sheridan (left) stay on strongly

Church Mountain off the mark for Hogan & Sheridan

2.03PM

Thu 29th Jul 2021
Mr Saxobeat and Noel McParlan (second from left) head for home

Mr Saxobeat gives Gibney his second winner of the week

8.53PM

Macgiloney and Denis Hogan jump the last

Hogan wins a thriller on Macgiloney

8.33PM

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