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Tynan and Kitty 'a good team'

Kitty Bear (red) Kitty Bear (red)
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Orla Tynan won on Kitty Bear for the third time this year in the 0-60 handicap over seven and a half furlongs at Roscommon.

The 10/3 joint-favourite raced in mid-division down the hill from stalls and fly-leapt when running short of room after a couple of furlongs, going on to stumble shortly afterwards.

Given time to find her feet, Charles Kerwin's four-year-old was brought to the outside two furlongs out and picked up very smartly to storm to the front over a furlong out. The other joint-favourite, Brains had travelled well to lead under two furlongs out but had no answer to the winner's burst and there were two and three-quarter lengths between them at the line. 

Winning trainer Andy Slattery said “She got no run in Gowran the last day. In those 0-60 handicaps, when things go your way, you have a chance. 

“That’s three she’s won now. I bought her for two grand so we’ve had a bit of fun out of her.

“She probably should have won more, she was hitting the front too soon in Dundalk.

“I had to tell her to hold her up a little bit and take her time, she was idling in front and probably got beat a couple of times she shouldn’t have.

“She’s in the 70s now so she’s going to find it a bit tougher. We’re running her every week and we’ll keep running her until she tells us to stop.

“Orla gets on well with her, they are a good team.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson 

1st
10/3JFav
Tote €5.00 €1.70
2nd
2.75L
10/3JFav
€1.70
3rd
5L
4/1
€1.40
4th
0.75L
10/1
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.