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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Lyons & Keane double up with Hale Bopp

Sun 15th May 2022, 18:27

Hale Bopp beats Longbourn Hale Bopp beats Longbourn
© Photo Healy Racing

Hale Bopp (4/1) took the concluding Tote-sponsored handicap for four-year-olds and upwards to complete doubles for Ger Lyons and Colin Keane after their earlier win with Lust

Topweight Longbourn made a bold bid from the front but the winner, who gave chase to the leader from early in the straight, wore him down in the final furlong to win by two and a quarter lengths. Coins Cross kept on without threatening to finish another length and a quarter back in third.

It was a second win for the Belardo gelding who built on an encouraging comeback run at Leopardstown.

“He's a nice horse to have around the place,” said Lyons.

“There is a big one in him and he could hit it or miss it depending on the luck on the day, he's that type of horse.

“He's rock solid and I think he'll get a mile-and-two. He's learning, he was very immature.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
4/1
Tote €6.60 €2.30
2nd
2.25L
12/1
€4.30
3rd
1.25L
6/1
€1.60
4th
0.5L
11/1
bf
nk
7/2Fav
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.