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Exciting Dysart Dynamo doubles Punchestown celebrations for Eleanor Manning

Owner-breeder has had two winning siblings this winter

Eleanor Manning (right) and Dysart Dynamo after his emphatic Punchestown victory
Eleanor Manning (right) and Dysart Dynamo after his emphatic Punchestown victoryCredit: Patrick McCann

A delighted Eleanor Manning led Dysart Dynamo back into the winner's enclosure at Punchestown on Sunday to complete what has been quite a couple of months in the fortunes of the small owner-breeder.

Manning has raced the first two foals out of her Accordion mare Dysart Dancer and both have now become black-type performers at the County Kildare track.

In mid-November the first progeny, the now seven-year-old Shirocco mare Dysart Diamond, took the biggest prize among her five career victories when landing the Listed Grabel Mares Hurdle.


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Although disappointing at Leopardstown over Christmas, she is a 25-1 chance and a viable contender for the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Dysart Dynamo, who is by Westerner, could be a jumper in a different stratosphere judged by his following in the footsteps of former Willie Mullins luminaries Vautour, Douvan and Min in the Sky Bet Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle.

Dysart Diamond won the Grabel Mares Hurdle at Punchestown in November
Dysart Diamond won the Grabel Mares Hurdle at Punchestown in NovemberCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

The hot favourite appeared to have buckets left in the tank as he coasted 19 lengths clear under Paul Townend.

Manning also had Dysart Dancer in training with Mullins and she won her first four starts for the trainer in minor Flat races and novice hurdles, but was pulled up at Kilbeggan in one more outing in 2013 and did not race again.

Bred by Elizabeth Kiernan, Dysart Dancer was unsold when offered as a four-year-old at the 2009 Tattersalls Ireland August Sale. She has a fine old pedigree, being out of bumper winner Judys View. That mare was a sibling to the dam of David Gandolfo's outstanding chaser Gales Cavalier.

Patience is paying off for Manning, with Dysart Dynamo making his racecourse debut aged five last March and proving untouchable in four starts so far.

She also has a clutch of younger siblings, to either keep or sell for what would surely be a tidy sum now. The third foal is a five-year-old gelding by Flemensfirth named Dysart Dasher, who the owner has also registered in Mullins' care.

There is a three-year-old colt brother and a two-year-old by Walk In The Park. Manning replicated the most successful cover last year, when she went back to Westerner.

The Gold Cup staying star, who is about to start his 16th season at Castlehyde Stud and is remaining at a €5,000 fee, has had a good spell, with another Mullins star, Ferny Hollow, winning the Grade 1 Racing Post Novice Chase.


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Published on 16 January 2022inNews

Last updated 17:25, 16 January 2022

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