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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Narmar yet another Listowel winner for Carroll

Sun 4th Jun 2023, 16:32

Narmar 
Narmar
© Photo Healy Racing

Gary Carroll completed a double on the day, and his fifth winner of the weekend at Listowel, when Narmar (15/8) won the five-runner colts and geldings maiden over a mile.

Narrowly beaten on his previous outing at Killarney, the Invincible Spirit colt was restrained by his rider before improving into second rounding the home turn. In front over a furlong out, he kept on well to account for Livio Milo by a length and a half.

Henry de Bromhead trains the winner for Anthony Smurfit.

Carroll commented: "It worked out well and Dermot Weld's horse (Livio Milo) ended up taking us along a good gallop and I got thrown out wide and Dylan (Brown McMonagle, on Sea Gardens slipped up the inner and because of that we got racing a bit early. We were trapping along and I was in top gear early in the race.

"Henry said he is a real galloper and a good pace really suited him. He wants all of the mile on nice ground when they go a gallop.

"He parked when he got to the front so cheekpieces might help him and is a horse who could look at a three-year-old-only Premier Handicap."

Quotes from Tom Weekes

1st
15/8
Tote €2.88 €1.20
2nd
1.5L
4/1
€2.40
3rd
1.25L
13/8Fav
4th
1.5L
14/1
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.