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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Da Capo Glory bolts up on hurdling bow

Sat 12th Mar 2022, 14:53

Da Capo Glory with winning connectionsDa Capo Glory with winning connections
© Photo Healy Racing

No match for Facile Vega and company in a Grade 2 bumper at Leopardstown last month, Da Capo Glory (11/8 fav) was himself a facile winner of the second split of the Goresbridge Maiden Hurdle.

Having raced in second under Darragh Allen, the Fame And Glory gelding took over before the second-last and bounded clear to beat Caldwell Diamond by twenty-four lengths.

Allen had partnered the hurdling debutant to win a bumper at Galway last October.

Winning trainer Padraig Butler, based in Timoleague Co. Cork, said: "He ran well against Facile Vega in Leopardstown and it was obviously a drop in level today.

“He jumps very well and is a nicely bred horse. He’ll be a lovely horse over two miles or two and a half miles going forward.

“We might run him in a novice in about a month. I’ll discuss it with the (Red Strand) syndicate and make a plan.

“We have three horses at the moment and Fons Vivus won a bumper at Mallow in January. We’ll probably get her out again in a few weeks.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

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.