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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Billboa completes hat-trick for Browne

Fri 15th Mar 2024, 17:02

Billboa and Declan McDonogh Billboa and Declan McDonogh
© Photo Healy Racing

Billboa completed his hat-trick at Dundalk with a narrow success over Inishmot Prince in the opener on the all-weather this afternoon. Maggie McGrath cut out the running in the five furlong contest but was joined by the well-backed 5/4 favourite going to the furlong marker, where there were a host of horses in with chances.

Willie Browne 's charge had a narrow lead inside the final furlong and was all out at the line to score by a head under Declan McDonogh.

Browne said afterwards: "He keeps getting better!

"He's kind of ground dependent. I tried him on turf before, but I was running him on soft ground and he wants good ground.

"We might look at something there in Newcastle (All Weather Finals Day), maybe there would be something there for him. He might not be highly rated enough."

When asked if it was the horse or trainer responsible for the improvement, he replied: "It must be the horse, it can't be the trainer as the trainer was 78 the other day!"

(Quotes by Michael Graham)

1st
5/4Fav
Tote €2.25 €1.10
2nd
hd
9/2
€1.70
3rd
1.25L
11/2
€2.20
4th
nk
14/1
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.