Clown swoops late on to sink Unsinkable

I’ll Be Your Clown swooped late under a determined Chris Hayes to deny favourite Unsinkable in the €100,000 Irish Stallion Farms Nasrullah Handicap in Navan last night.

Colin Keane sent the runner-up for glory with more than two furlongs to race and, still four lengths clear approaching the furlong-pole, the grey looked an assured winner. But he began to tire inside the final furlong as the pack closed.

And I’ll Be Your Clown, under strong pressure, got up in the dying strides to triumph by a head with Shalaman a close third.