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Market drifter bolts up for Byrnes & Bustin

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Market drifter On Your Way (14/1) came from well off the pace to land John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

Friendless in morning betting as well as in the show before the off, the Getaway gelding was having his first start since winning at Limerick in January.

Dropped out in rear by Anthony Bustin, the seven-year-old appeared on the scene in the home straight and was full of running between the final two flights. Taking over before the last, he went away to win readily by eight and a half lengths.

Alan O'Sullivan, successful earlier on Hitthehayson in the race commemorating his late brother Michael, had to settle for second place on this occasion aboard his uncle Eugene's Themanintheanorak  

Winning trainer Charles Byrnes said: "He’s a very difficult ride and it’s very hard to settle him. He jumped him out stone last. 

“Anthony rides him at home every day and knows him well. 

“Heavy ground is the secret to him. 

“He had a run over fences at Cork last season so we can go that route with him as well.”

Additional reporting by 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.