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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Dime A Dozen cheers up the 'Shark'

Sun 18th Aug 2019, 18:19

Dime A Dozen (near side) and Tom Hamilton beat Lady Moon (far side).Dime A Dozen (near side) and Tom Hamilton beat Lady Moon (far side).
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Doubtless disappointed with the turn of events in Croke Park, 'Shark’ Hanlon had a nice ending to the afternoon when his very consistent Dime a Dozen (5/2) made all and toughed it out well to win the last event of the August festival, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares’ INH Flat Race.

Tom Hamilton’s mount, a daughter of Jeremy, has only been out of the first two once in five runs in point-to-points and another five in bumpers, and even that time she finished third.

She likes to get on with things, and although the newcomer Lady Moon (11/2) challenged inside the final furlong, the winner was not for passing and scored by three quarters of a length. The 6/5 favourite Skyace only a head behind Dime a Dozen when they were placed at Galway, was a further eight lengths back in third on this occasion.

The winning rider Tom Hamilton remarked afterwards: "She is a lovely mare and is very tough and hardy. She won two point to points and has been knocking on the door in bumpers and deserved to win that.

"She is a lovely mare going forward and whatever she does now, she will be ten times better for a fence or hurdle later on as she is so good to jump.

"Shark is up in Dublin for the hurling match."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

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.