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Surfer leads home a Bolger one-two

Mon 5th Aug 2019, 18:49

 CUBAN SURFER and Gavin Ryan win for trainer Jim Bolger. CUBAN SURFER and Gavin Ryan win for trainer Jim Bolger.
© Photo Healy Racing

There was a one-two for trainer Jim Bolger in the Naas Racecourse Apprentice Handicap as Cuban Surfer (3s into 9/4 fav on track) led home stablemate National Identity (9/1), with Earl Of Bunnacurry (12/1) filling third spot.

Gavin Ryan was on board the victorious Teofilo filly, and she lengthened away inside the final furlong to score by four lengths.

She had won a nursery on soft ground at Galway last year, and would have appreciated the little ease in the ground here after a few showers had arrived earlier in the afternoon.

The winning trainer Jim Bolger said: "She could run again later this week (at Leopardstown on Thursday). The second horse also ran nicely.

"The jockey is in demand."

Additional reporting by Alan Magee