Ja'marr and Liam McAteer© Photo Healy Racing
Ja’marr followed up a victory here last month when the well backed 85/40 favourite was again successful over a mile in the Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Nursery Handicap.
Liam McAteer’s mount was prominent throughout and despite wandering about a bit after striking the front a furlong out, kept on well to hold the strong challenge of Bishopton by a neck. Vlhova couldn’t find any extra inside the final furlong a further two lengths back in third.
Winning trainer David Marnane said, "I'd say the first two home looked pretty nice horses. Our guy quickens up well and is still not the finished product by a long ways.
"We'll see where he lands, he is a really nice horse going forwards.
"We had a wide draw and we had a wide draw the last day, and we kind of sat in and he was just trapped a bit wide. We were going to do the same tonight and then we just thought there wasn't an awful lot of pace, so we said to Luke that if he felt there wasn't going to be pace, just to get over there and he did.
"He probably could have done with just a bit more company a little bit further down the straight. He was probably idling.
"He's a very, very good ride at home. He's a Zoustar and a great action on him, wants top of the ground.
"The first day was summer yielding ground and he ran well up the Curragh in that good maiden, and then he ran two more times in pretty poor ground. We kind of thought he would get away with it, but he didn't.
"When I saw him moving down to the start the last day, I knew we were on the right surface anyway.
"He could progress into something like a Britannia or something like that.
"We'll put him away now for the year and bring him back with one or two runs and see if he creeps up to the high 80s."
Quotes by Michael Graham
