18+ | Commercial Content | T&Cs apply | Wagering and T&Cs apply | Play Responsibly | Advertising Disclosure
icon
Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Last to first for Lee on Tammany Hall

Thu 10th Sep 2020, 14:39

Tammany Hall and Billy Lee (pink) win from Tar Heel (centre)Tammany Hall and Billy Lee (pink) win from Tar Heel (centre)
© Photo Healy Racing

Tammany Hall (5/1) came from last and finished strongly to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery under a fine ride from Billy Lee.

Charles O’Brien’s No Nay Never chestnut missed the kick a little and was held up out the back. Lee pressed the button when meeting the rising ground and his mount picked up well for pressure to cut down 7/4 favourite Tar Heel and win by half a length.

A £38,000 yearling purchase at Tattersalls October Sale in Newmarket, Tammany Hall had been runner-up on his nursery debut over a furlong further at the Curragh last month.

After his 33rd winner of the season, Lee remarked: “He missed the kick with me and I had to ride a different race than I had planned.

“They went a good gallop and I was able to bide my time and ride him for a bit of luck, hoping he might run on for a place. To be fair to him when I got out of the dip and grabbed a hold of him he picked up well.

“I knew from the last day he'd keep going and he's done it well at the line. It's a nice pot to land. Hopefully, if conditions stay right, there might be another race in him before the year is out.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

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.