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- McGuigan off the mark with shock winner Anjah
Mark Nunan
McGuigan off the mark with shock winner Anjah
Anjah won for trainer Declan McGuigan and his son, owner Kyle Browne McGuigan
© Photo Healy Racing
A 33-race maiden coming into the second split of the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap, Anjah finally made the breakthrough at odds of 33/1.
Another winner for in-form apprentice title contender Adam Caffrey, the seven-year-old made headway from mid-division to lead a furlong out and found enough to see off market leader Gardone by half-a-length.
It was also a first winner for Donegal trainer Declan McGuigan who said: "It's a long time coming, we've always been hitting the crossbar and it's good to get the monkey off our back.
“He runs well around here and we just haven't had the best luck, there was always one sitting in there to pip us on the line. He's been second and third.
“We only have half a dozen horses. This is special because he's owned by my son Kyle and it's a real family operation. We train in Letterkenny.
“We'll keep him going around here now and hopefully he might win again. We've a couple more for here as well.
“We like Dundalk, it's a good way to pass a Friday night. It's one of the closest places to us, it's two hours away. We have Sligo as well, which is an hour-and-a-half, and Down Royal is two hours.”
Quotes from Gary Carson