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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Happy Jacky registers sixth hurdling win

Fri 5th Jul 2024, 20:41

Happy Jacky  Happy Jacky
© Photo Healy Racing

Happy Jacky (10/3) got the better of fellow ten-year-old Beacon Edge to win the RBC Brewin Dolphin Hurdle in the hands of Peter Smithers.

Paddy Ryan's homebred led from the second and made the rest to beat his contemporary by four and half lengths.

A four-time winner for Ray Hackett, this was his second success in three starts for Mark Fahey after a handicap victory at Kilbeggan last month

The son of Milan didn’t come back into the winners’ enclosure and Smithers explained, “He gets a bit overheated and Mark is down with him in the stable yard getting plenty of water on him but he’s fine.

"When he gets his own way in front he’s a good horse.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

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.