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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Newgirlintown completes double for Coakley

Sun 5th Jul 2020, 17:56

Newgirlintown and Ross Coakley (left) win from Cache Queen (blue and white) Newgirlintown and Ross Coakley (left) win from Cache Queen (blue and white)
© Photo Healy Racing

Newgirlintown (10/1) won the Baroneracing.com Handicap (Div II) to give jockey Ross Coakley a 48/1 double after his earlier success on Afterglow

The winning filly, out of a mare that won five times for Ger O’Leary back in 2010, had won at Chelmsford in February and led a furlong out here before finding enough to hold Cache Queen by half a length.

The 4/1 favourite Self Assessed finished seventh.

Adrian Joyce, assistant to winning trainer Ger O’Leary, said: “She’s got a lot stronger since she last ran and she did that well. She’s still a bit green when she hits the front but is a tough, honest filly and travelled well.

“Things are going brilliant. We’ve a good yard of horses, good staff and a good boss so it’s great.

“She’s in again at Gowran (on Wednesday) so we might have a look at that.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

1st
10/1
Tote €11.90 €3.20
2nd
0.5L
15/2
€3.10
3rd
1.5L
10/1
€4.10
4th
1.25L
9/2
bf
3.75L
4/1Fav
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.