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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

2/9 favourite Galvin sees off two rivals

Sat 22nd Aug 2020, 17:53

                                 Galvin Galvin
© Photo Healy Racing

2/9 favourite Galvin was left with just two rivals to beat in the Money Back On The BoyleSports App Novice Chase and he duly obliged with workmanlike length and a quarter victory over the front-running Waitandsee.

Keith Donoghue sat second on the market leader before hitting the front after the second-last. From there the Gold Well 6-year-old found enough to see off the much lower-rated but game runner-up.

This was a seventh win in 13 starts for Galvin, who was a fine second in the novices’ handicap chase at the Cheltenham Festival before being a leading fancy for the Galway Plate only to be ruled out of that engagement on vets’ advice.

Winning trainer Gordon Elliott remarked over the phone: "A better race with a stronger gallop would suit better.

"He will have no trouble stepping up in trip when the time comes and might get a Kerry National entry."

Additional reporting by 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.