Unanswered looked well beat turning into the straight but responded to Ben Coen's strong drive to take the concluding Racing Again May 24th Handicap at Gowran Park.

The Tony Martin trained gelding had come from a long ways off the pace to win at Limerick last time but even his strongest supporters must have felt the task was beyond him on this occasion. Coen was hard at work well before the turn in and all looked lost.

To the credit of both horse and rider, they never gave up and at the furlong pole it became evident that the impossible may just be possible.

On this evidence, the horse may be suited to an even stiffer test of stamina and it would be no surprise to see him step up further in trip.

Tony Martin, “He’s just a stayer. They went a right good gallop and the race fell apart at the furlong pole. They were all stopping and he kept going.

“It was two furlongs further today and they went a gallop.

“Ben gave him a good ride.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee