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Marnane and McAteer plunder Dundalk treble via Golddream

Luke McAteer and David Marnane celebrate their treblesLuke McAteer and David Marnane celebrate their trebles
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Golddream (22/1) put the seal on a sparkling 236/1 treble for David Marnane and Luke McAteer when holding on in the BAR 1 Betting Grand National Extra Maiden at Dundalk.

He raced in mid-division and took closer order two furlongs down. McAteer made good headway on the stands' side to lead inside the final furlong.

The pair weren't home, though, as well-backed Grand Premiere (9/2 - 11/4 favourite) strongly challenged them in the closing stages, however, Golddream edged the photo by a short head. Kalir (20/1) was another length and a-half back in third.

Marnane said: "Typical of ours, they usually do (step forward on second run).

"We were delighted with him, he was only a couple of lengths behind Jamestown (fourth-placed stablemate) who ran really well the other day (runner-up in Gowran Park).

"It seemed like a strong race today.

"He's a lovely horse and could be a real good horse. Fingers crossed he is as good as the other Grey Gatsby, Tokenomics."

Marnane and McAteer were also successful on the card with Jered Maddox (11/4) and Allsortz (7/4).

1st
22/1
Tote €30.70 €5.00
2nd
shd
11/4Fav
€1.40
3rd
1.5L
20/1
€3.20
4th
2.5L
3/1
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.