Hat Alnasar defies rise in weights for all-the-way win

Hat Alnasar, raised 5lb. for a gutsy, recent win over a mile, made all under a determined Kevin Manning to land the featured titanbet.co.uk Handicap in Dundalk last night.

Dropping back to seven furlongs, the tough, Michael Halford-trained four-year-old toughed it out well in the final furlong to hold the late surge of Spilt The Atom by a head with Northern Surprise just a neck away in third.

“He keeps improving and I keep thinking the handicapper will catch up with him,” said a delighted Halford after the Moss Vale colt’s fifth win on the polytrack.