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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Woods clinches Corinthian Challenge Series on Dalileo

Sat 26th Oct 2019, 20:21

Dalileo (green and white) seen finishing second at Dundalk in MarchDalileo (green and white) seen finishing second at Dundalk in March
© Photo Healy Racing

Owner Paddy Woods was successful on his own horse Dalileo in the final leg of the Corinthian Challenge Charity Race Series, with the 5/2 favourite coming home eleven lengths in front of Aussie Valentine and Stephen Thorne.

Woods had won on the same horse at Cork in September, so this second triumph clinched overall victory in the Series for the popular businessman, who rides out his own horses at Johnny Murtagh’s Curragh yard as often as possible.

The winning Galileo four-year-old won three races when trained by Mark Johnston, and had been placed at Listowel and Dundalk in between his two wins in the Corinthian Series, in which the participating riders raise money for the Irish Injured Jockeys’ Fund.

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.