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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Lady McCabe off the mark over fences

Fri 1st Apr 2022, 19:13

Lady McCabe and Darragh O'Keeffe  Lady McCabe and Darragh O'Keeffe
© Photo Healy Racing

The first division of the Ire Wel Pallets Ltd Handicap Steeplechase was won by Lady McCabe (5/1) who fairly skated in under Darragh O’Keeffe.

The daughter of Yeats, a hurdles winner at Gowran a couple of years ago, was in the front rank from flagfall and left her rivals for dead on the run to the second-last fence. She scored by eleven lengths from Krisquin with Trickey Trix another five and a half lengths away in third.

Trained in Killeagh, Co Cork by Martin Fitzgerald, who also owns her, the ten-year-old mare was well supported off course this morning having been available at 16/1 overnight.

It was a 58th winner of the season for O’Keeffe who is third in the jockeys' standings.

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.