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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Road To Home a birthday gift for Alan O'Sullivan

Mon 3rd Jun 2024, 18:47

Road To Home Road To Home
© Photo Healy Racing

Road To Home (11/1) had failed to complete in both point-to-point starts in the spring but made a winning debut under Rules in the Bryan MacMahon (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race.

Ridden by birthday boy Alan O'Sullivan for his father Eugene, the Gamut gelding tracked the pace before coming through to lead turning into the straight and stayed on well to defeat odds-on fvourite Mazyad by two and three quarter lengths.

The winning trainer commented: "He is a lovely horse and should have won in Kildorrery first-time-out but fell. He is owned by Alfie Lawless and his wife Anne from Galway and I was sent the horse to point to point and sell, so what will happen now I don't know.

"Alan said that that would be as good as he'd like the ground but I'd be tempted to go for a winners' bumper.

"We like this horse a lot and while someone will end up with him, I'd love to keep him."

He added: "It is great for Alan who is 21 today and he recently got his Western Championship in the point-to-points (sharing the title with Derek O'Connor)."

Quotes from Thomas Weekes

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.