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Tokenomics bags follow up win

 Tokenomics and Luke McAteer (farside) beat Shamsuddin Tokenomics and Luke McAteer (farside) beat Shamsuddin
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Tokenomics edged a good tussle with Shamsuddin to land the spoils in the Dublin To Bahrain Handicap at Leopardstown.

Luke McAteer held his mount up in the five-runner affair before coming to challenge the front-runner a furlong-and-a-half from home.

The David Marnane-trained gelding took a narrow lead passing the furlong pole but had to battle late on to hold the renewed challenge of Shamsuddin by a head.

Tokenomics, who returned a 9/2 shot, was following up on his win at Dundalk 13 days ago.

“He's a real nice horse and he's obviously going the right way,” said Marnane.

“He's improved all the way through and he loves a bit of decent ground.

“There is a £100,00 handicap in York for him and that's probably where he'll go. I think the track will suit him.

“We had a discussion about whether this trip would suit him or not. I'd say a strong run mile would be perfect for him as he has the turn of foot.

“The race certainly wasn't run to suit him but good horses will do that.”

When asked if he could be a horse for Dubai in time he added:- “He could be but technically we're selling him at the end of the year so he'll be sale after York.

“He would suit that perfectly as well though. He's creeping up but would obviously have to go up a bit.”

1st
9/2
Tote €5.50 €1.50
2nd
hd
11/10Fav
€1.20
3rd
2.5L
10/3
4th
0.5L
15/2
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.