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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

New York City easily lands the odds

Tue 29th Mar 2022, 14:38

New York City stretches clearNew York City stretches clear
© Photo Healy Racing

The 2/9 favourite New York City was a very easy winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

Ryan Moore ’s mount was a little sluggish from stalls but was soon prominent and led two furlongs out. The Invincible Spirit colt, runner-up a couple of times last term, lengthened well up the hill to beat newcomers Gobi Star and Lady Kabeir by seven lengths and half a length.

"He's a beautiful, big, strong horse and he was entitled to win like that,” said the winning rider.

"It's a nice day to win his race and hopefully he can go on from here.

"It's good ground and he's quite a straightforward horse - I wouldn't say the ground is massively important. He was running on soft ground towards the end of the year and maybe that wasn't ideal for him."

The Aidan O’Brien-trained winner, rated 101, was getting off the mark at the sixth attempt.

Quotes from Michael Graham

1st
2/9Fav
Tote €1.23 €1.02
2nd
7L
28/1
€3.00
3rd
0.5L
25/1
€2.70
4th
1L
15/2
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.