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Mark Nunan
Bucaneer's Spirit looks cheap at the price now
Bucaneer's Spirit
© Photo Healy Racing
Bucaneer's Spirit (4/1 fav) was an emphatic winner of the one-mile handicap under Ronan Whelan.
Picked up out of a claimer at Dundalk last month, the son of Invincible Spirit was held up in touch on the inner before being manoeuvred out for racing room after passing the slip rail with two furlongs to race.
Once in the clear, he picked up well to lead a furlong out and went away to account for Elegant Madame by three-and-three-quarter lengths.
Trainer Jack Davison said: "He looks like he has been a great claim really as he finished second for me first-time-out at Tipperary last week and there was plenty to build on from that. From what I had seen at home, I thought he'd improve from it.
"I actually saw him going down to the start at Dundalk and he immediately caught the eye, as he looked like a horse who shouldn't be running in a claimer. He had a good action, was a very big horse and flew home for second having had little luck in-running from stall 14. I thought he was value for E5,000.
"His owner Staton Flurry is from Arkansas, is a prominent owner in America and this is his first foray into European racing so I'm delighted to train a winner for him."
Quotes from Tom Weekes