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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Hurricane Helen storms home under Carroll

Fri 16th Aug 2024, 20:38

The grey Hurricane Helen finishes best  The grey Hurricane Helen finishes best
© Photo Healy Racing

Hurricane Helen (10/1) came with a strong late run to claim the nine-furlong handicap under Gary Carroll.

The grey daughter of Gutaifan met with interference in mid-division early on and had to be switched out for racing room in the straight before storming home to collar Unterberg by a neck.

It was a seventh career win for the Derek Dunne-owned victor and, after a Dundalk victory in March, her second for trainer Chris Timmons who remarked: "It was a competitive race and she had to wait to get out, but luckily did so in time. There is a long straight here so she had time to get into top gear.

"In fairness she hasn't run a bad race for us and I ran her over the wrong distance the last day but Gary couldn't pull her up. She has been a winner in waiting for her last couple of runs.

"She is in at Leopardstown on Thursday but it is a much higher bracket and we'll see how she comes out of this."

Quotes from Tom Weekes

1st
10/1
Tote €11.00 €2.00
2nd
nk
20/1
€5.30
3rd
nk
13/2
€2.30
4th
0.75L
25/1
€7.00
bf
0.5L
3/1Fav
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.