Lyons can have the last laugh with promising juvenile

Ger Lyons and Colin Keane looks to have a horse to follow in It's All A Joke

Ger Lyons: trains It's All A JokeCredit: Caroline Norris

Trainer: Michael Halford
6^th, mile two-year-old maiden, Dundalk, October 3

This colt ran a race typical of so many Halford newcomers in this Dundalk maiden, and there looks plenty more to come.

He was not the quickest away from the gates, started to make some headway before running out of racing room around a furlong out, and in the end he was not quite able to regain his momentum close home.

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Published on 11 October 2017inFeatures

Last updated 19:41, 11 October 2017

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