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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Lyons at double with Nero Tulip

Fri 1st Oct 2021, 18:53

Nero Tulip comes home clearNero Tulip comes home clear
© Photo Healy Racing

Nero Tulip stamped his authority on the seven furlong apprentice nursery to give Ger Lyons a double at Dundalk.

The 7/4 favourite moved smoothly in third behind Papa K and Mr Globalist racing towards halfway. He was soon second entering the straight as Mr Globalist found life tougher.

The Night Of Thunder colt tanked past Papa K a furlong and a half down and skipped home by three and a quarter lengths.

Papa K had no answers in second at 17/2 but was three parts of a length in front of Chaos Control (7/1).

Assistant trainer Shane Lyons said: “That was very impressive. Sam (Ewing) gave him a great ride, a confident ride, and rode him like the best horse in the race as we thought he was.

“He's improving with every run and getting sharper.

“He's in the Birdcatcher (at Naas), we ran here worried that it might come up very soft there and he mightn't like it but Sam's confident he'll go with a cut in the ground so that will probably be his next start.”

Lyons also won the Listed Legacy Stakes with Geocentric

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
7/4Fav
Tote €2.80 €1.10
2nd
3.25L
17/2
€2.40
3rd
0.75L
7/1
€1.50
4th
2.75L
14/1
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.