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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Training winners is Cromwell's Bread And Butter

Wed 1st Jul 2020, 15:07

     Bread And Butter and Conor McNamara Bread And Butter and Conor McNamara
© Photo Healy Racing

Runner-up at Gowran two starts back, 7/2 favourite Bread And Butter was a ready winner of the MansionBet’s Beaten By A Head Handicap Hurdle.

Conor McNamara ’s mount was prominent all the way and went to the front before two out as longtime leader Bourbon Borderline began to tire.

The Westerner gelding was able to clear away from that point as Rebel Waltz came through after the last to get second place, five and a half lengths adrift of the winner.

Winning trainer Gavin Cromwell (after his double at Kilbeggan on Monday) said: "He had a little break in between runs and did well during it.

"He was flat to the boards at Downpatrick the last day and couldn't lie up but loved the bit of juice in the ground today.

"He's only a small little summer horse and hopefully the handicapper isn't too hard on him."

Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes

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.