Expect Tokenomics' stock to rise at Dundalk

A course and distance winner, off 75, in July of last year, Marnane’s charge, a three-time winner over today’s trip, seven furlongs, has triumphed just once this season, scoring in Cork, off 90, back in May.

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 - 06:24

John Ryan

Tokenomics should continue David Marnane’s successful season by defying top-weight in the Bar One Casino Handicap in Dundalk tonight.

The Bansha-based trainer struck most recently with the impressive Aviatrice at this venue on Tuesday. And Tokenomics, a progressive son of The Grey Gatsby, should take plenty of beating here as he bids for a fifth victory.

He went on to contest both the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot and the Irish Cambridgeshire, in which he finished seventh, beaten less than two lengths, behind Jagged Edge.

And, last time, he ran another cracker when runner-up, beaten three-quarters of a length, behind Engines On in a valuable 0-100 Curragh handicap.

Admittedly, Tokenomics must race off a career-high mark of 95 here. But he’s progressive and reliable and looks another likely winner for Marnane and stable-jockey Luke McAteer against more exposed rivals.

Ado McGuinness is always a force at Dundalk. And his stable stalwart Star Harbour has been found a good opportunity to return to winning ways (his last win was in September of last year) in the Michael And Esther Cooney Memorial Handicap.

A battle-hardened seven-year-old, Star Harbour has won seven times, but has failed to win on the polytrack.

He has, however, produced a number of rock-solid efforts on the artificial surface, notably a third to tribal Star in this year’s ‘Red God’ and, most recently, when beaten a short-head by Zillow over a mile and a half last Friday, for which he went up 2lb.

Star Harbour must shoulder 10-4, less Sam Coen’s 7lb. claim, but should be very tough to beat.

And the other one to note on tonight’s card is Danny Murphy’s Ballintogher, less exposed than most of his rivals in the concluding Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden and coming into the race on the back of a narrow defeat to Chester Nimitz in Navan last week and aided by first-time cheekpieces.