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

Mark Nunan

Swiss Ace makes it a dozen winners for his dam

Fri 19th Jun 2020, 14:20

Swiss Ace and Wayne Lordan (right) are clear of the third home HaigneySwiss Ace and Wayne Lordan (right) are clear of the third home Haigney
© Photo Healy Racing

A remarkable twelfth winner for his dam Swiss Lake, the Kingman colt Swiss Ace was very professional when making a winning debut in the 2-y-o Colts’ And Geldings’ Maiden under Wayne Lordan for Aidan O’Brien.

Despite a market drift from 8/11 overnight to an SP of 2/1, the Ballydoyle juvenile was always travelling like a winner and readily defeated 6/5 favourite Tar Heel (ran green on his second start and met trouble in running) by two and a half lengths. The jockeys elected to come centre to stands’ side on the yielding ground, and Haigney (50/1) (difficult to load) did well in the circumstances to finish third having raced on the far side.

The winner was bought by MV Magnier for £400,000 at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales.

"He is a nice colt, said winning jockey Wayne Lordan.

“He was professional and showed plenty of pace. He skipped on that beautiful ground so he is a colt to look forward to.

"He is open to plenty of improvement and he'd get further as well."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

1st
2/1
Tote €2.40 €1.02
2nd
2.5L
6/5Fav
€1.02
3rd
0.5L
50/1
€4.90
4th
1.75L
9/2
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.