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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Maiden winner Ha Ha Ha has a serious pedigree

Sat 4th Jun 2022, 17:48

Ha Ha Ha (green and red) beats Tawny Coster (right) Ha Ha Ha (green and red) beats Tawny Coster (right)
© Photo Healy Racing

Just as Desert Crown was moving sweetly into contention in the Derby at Epsom, 2/1 joint-favourite Ha Ha Ha was passing the post in front at Listowel in the one-mile fillies' maden.

Shane Foley sat second on the daughter of Dark Angel as Tawny Coster made the running. Jessica Harrington's filly challenged the front-runner after turning for home and got past her a furlong out. Tawny Coster battled away on the rail but Ha Ha Ha got the better of her by half a length. Butterfly Island three lengths further back, was best of the rest.

The winning trainer's daughter Kate said: “It’s lovely to get a winning bracket with her. She’s a beautifully bred filly, a half-sister to Jack Naylor (runner-up in the 2015 Irish Oaks).

“She’s a filly that is really only starting to fill her frame. She was very small last year and has grown into a lovely big filly.

“She got away with that ground today and as she stops growing, I don’t think she will be ground dependent.

“We’ll probably try to get some black type with her now.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

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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.