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Nusret gives Joseph O'Brien a Curragh double

Nusret and Mikey Sheehy (green) come to beat Over The Rainbow (blue and orange)Nusret and Mikey Sheehy (green) come to beat Over The Rainbow (blue and orange)
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Nusret gained a deserved victory when claiming the mile-and-a-half maiden at the Curragh, giving Joseph O'Brien a double on the card.

The Golden Horn colt had been placed on his previous four outings, including a couple of narrow defeats.

Mikey Sheehy gave his mount a confident ride this afternoon as he cruised up to challenge over a furlong from home.

The 9/4 shot was asked to pick up inside the final furlong and went on in the closing stages to post a length-and-three-quarters victory over 8/11 favourite Over The Rainbow

“He had been running consistently well and we've been learning about him,” said O'Brien.

“The race set up lovely for him and Mikey gave him a lovely confident ride.

“We could look at one of those nice handicaps on Champions Weekend. There is a mile-and-five race in Leopardstown but he might be better in a handicap off his rating.”

The winner is owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede and O'Brien confirmed he could go hurdling at some stage:-

“There is a good chance he probably will. He has plenty of size and could be a nice horse for that job as well.”

O'Brien had also claimed the opening two-year-old maiden with Vernet

1st
9/4
Tote €3.85 €1.10
2nd
1.75L
8/11Fav
€1.10
3rd
1.75L
22/1
€3.41
4th
nk
25/1
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.