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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Beara best in Beginners

Fri 22nd Aug 2014, 19:15

Presenting Beara (nearest) and The Mooch take off at a fence togetherPresenting Beara (nearest) and The Mooch take off at a fence together
© Photo Healy Racing

Presenting Beara got his jumping in order to open his account over fences in the FRS Recruitment Beginners Chase at Kilbeggan.

Robbie Power was to the fore throughout on the Colm Murphy-trained gelding and he kept on strongly in the closing stages.

2/1 favourite Abolitionist gave chase from the last but never looked like pegging back his rival, going down by four-and-three-quarter lengths.

“It's good to get that out of the way and we'll see what the handicapper does with him now,” said Murphy afterwards.

“He gets three miles really well but he been over-jumping a few fences and jumping his way out of races.

“He looked a certainty here if he reproduced his Fairyhouse run but it was a matter of reproducing that.

“He made a bad mistake here last time which cost him the race and also made a bad mistake down in Wexford.”

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.