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Mark Nunan

Mark Nunan

Surfer leads home a Bolger one-two

Mon 5th Aug 2019, 18:49

 CUBAN SURFER and Gavin Ryan win for trainer Jim Bolger. CUBAN SURFER and Gavin Ryan win for trainer Jim Bolger.
© Photo Healy Racing

There was a one-two for trainer Jim Bolger in the Naas Racecourse Apprentice Handicap as Cuban Surfer (3s into 9/4 fav on track) led home stablemate National Identity (9/1), with Earl Of Bunnacurry (12/1) filling third spot.

Gavin Ryan was on board the victorious Teofilo filly, and she lengthened away inside the final furlong to score by four lengths.

She had won a nursery on soft ground at Galway last year, and would have appreciated the little ease in the ground here after a few showers had arrived earlier in the afternoon.

The winning trainer Jim Bolger said: "She could run again later this week (at Leopardstown on Thursday). The second horse also ran nicely.

"The jockey is in demand."

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

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.