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Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Mutasarref begins life with Lyons in good style

Wed 6th Apr 2022, 17:56

Mutasarref puts daylight on his rivalsMutasarref puts daylight on his rivals
© Photo Healy Racing

Mutasarref rewarded plenty of support to decisively land the Leopardstown Handicap over seven furlongs.

This was his first start for Ger Lyons having won his maiden for Dermot Weld when last seen at Listowel in September. He made his handicap debut today.

The 13/8 favourite was swinging away for Colin Keane close to the pace as the race hotted up two furlongs out.

The pair came to claim Wee Pablo approaching the final furlong and soon had the race in the bag.

Mutasarref began to assert inside the one pole and readily galloped home by two and a half lengths. Timourid (40/1) got up for second from morning-price-gamble Midnight Fire (6/1) who won this race last year. Knocknakilla (7/1) gave his backers a place return in fourth.

Lyons said: “That was grand and he did what he's been doing at home. We liked him and Eleanora (Kennedy, owner) flew in for the day so it's nice to win with him when she's here.

“He's a nice horse and I thought he was well handicapped to win that. There is maybe another day in him as long as the handicapper doesn't go bananas. He's a fun horse to have.

“Colin said he's not the horse he rode last year, he's twice the size.”

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

1st
13/8Fav
Tote €2.86 €1.10
2nd
2.5L
40/1
€6.27
3rd
0.5L
6/1
€1.98
4th
nk
7/1
€2.20
About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.