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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Kingston & Mulligan land Leopardstown finale

Sun 20th Oct 2024, 18:38

PimstrelPimstrel
© Photo Healy Racing

After a Cavan-trained winner of the sixth, it was a victory for Co Louth in the concluding seven-furlong handicap at Leopardstown as Pimstrel (5/1) followed up her Bellewstown success to score for Drogheda trainer George Kingston.

Rory Mulligan 's mount missed a beat at the start but soon tracked the leaders and came through between horses to lead over a furlong out before being ridden out to beat Speckled Meadow by a length-and-a-half.

Kingston, who owns the eight-year-old mare himself, said: “She's in great form. That's her last run of the year, she loves the heavy ground and is not for the all-weather.

“I'm absolutely delighted to win that. It's been a good day, we had a filly (Sceptred Isle) finish third in the big handicap ridden by that young man as well. He's a topper.

“He's very sensible, he always has a plan in his head, thinks about things himself and comes up with his own ideas.

“I'm over the moon, it's been a great day.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
5/1
Tote €6.40 €2.00
2nd
1.5L
10/3JFav
€1.80
3rd
0.5L
5/1
€1.90
4th
2.25L
4/1
bf
nk
10/3JFav
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.