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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Kingston Kid scores for the O'Sullivans

Thu 9th Dec 2021, 16:30

Kingston Hill and Maxine O'Sullivan  Kingston Hill and Maxine O'Sullivan
© Photo Healy Racing

Kingston Kid (12/1) got up close home to land the John & Peter Queally Special Recognition Award Handicap Hurdle.

The four-year-old, runner-up on handicap debut at Limerick, raced in mid-division under Maxine O’Sullivan and improved into fourth place with two to jump before staying on well on the run-in to collar 10/11 favourite Lovely Moon by a head.

O’Sullivan, whose father Eugene trains the winner, said: “He’s a lovely little horse who has progressed greatly. I’m delighted for the lads (Kingston Hill Partnership) who own him and they are local to us at home.

"I was a bit worried down the back but I know he stays really well. I kept him wide for a bit of nicer ground and it suited him.”

Quotes from 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.