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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Second double in four days for Sam Ewing

Mon 26th Oct 2020, 17:14

Advanced Virgo and Sam Ewing (white, blue spots) win from Cerberus (white cap) and Future Proof (left)Advanced Virgo and Sam Ewing (white, blue spots) win from Cerberus (white cap) and Future Proof (left)
© Photo Healy Racing

The We Are In This Together Handicap saw 16-year-old Sam Ewing complete a quick 152/1 double as Advanced Virgo stayed on best to thwart the 11/8 favourite Cerberus by a length. Future Proof (4/1) had travelled well to hit the front entering the straight but could find no extra in the final furlong and finished a further length and a quarter back in third.

Ewing, successful on Excuzio Joe (8/1) in the preceding contest, hasn’t looked back since riding his first winner in August and this was his 13th winner of the campaign, coming on the back of his brace at Dundalk on Friday evening.

A dual winner on the level in Britain, the successful Niarchos-bred 5-year-old won over hurdles at Navan last year and had been placed on his last two starts on the Flat at Limerick and Killarney.

Winning trainer Charles Byrnes, who acquired him for just £4,000 in 2018, said: "He’s (Sam Ewing) a lovely rider and the horse has been consistent.

“It’s a big plus going on that ground and we’ll see, we might run him in another Flat race.”

Additional reporting by Eamonn Murphy

1st
16/1
Tote €22.20 €3.70
2nd
1L
11/8Fav
€1.02
3rd
1.25L
4/1
€1.90
4th
nk
25/1
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.