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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

O'Donnell's star Extends winning run

Sun 6th Oct 2024, 16:48

Extensio 
Extensio
© Photo Healy Racing

The pride and joy of the O'Donnell family, Extensio (9/2) completed a hat-trick of wins and made it two from two over flights when landing the Racing TV Handicap Hurdle.

Successful on his last two Flat starts including a valuable handicap at the Ebor meeting at York in August, the seven-year-old had won a maiden hurdle at Roscommon last summer. Here, under Brian Hayes, he led two out and went away to beat The Niffler by a length-and-three-quarters.

The 3/1 favourite Vischio refused to race.

Pat O'Donnell, who trains the son of Xtension for his wife Una, said: “He was the smallest horse in the race with the biggest weight and Brian gave him a lovely, patient ride.

“Darragh O’Keeffe schooled him for me on the Curragh last week but unfortunately with Rachael out, he couldn’t ride him. I was delighted to get a more than able substitute.

“He’s going on his holidays in the morning, and it will be nice to mix it with him next year. The Galway Hurdle maybe — it’s nice to dream about these things.”

Quotes from Alan Magee

1st
9/2
Tote €6.00 €1.50
2nd
1.75L
18/1
€4.80
3rd
nose
11/2
€1.90
4th
0.5L
9/2
bf
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.