18+ | Commercial Content | T&Cs apply | Wagering and T&Cs apply | Play Responsibly | Advertising Disclosure
icon
Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dawn breaks maiden on seasonal return

Sun 24th Mar 2019, 14:25

Western Dawn and Kevin Manning Western Dawn and Kevin Manning
© Photo Healy Racing

Western Dawn showed significant improvement on his seasonal return when springing a 20/1 surprise in the Kildare Post & Kildare Now Maiden at Naas.

Kevin Manning had the Dawn Approach colt prominent on the far side in the six-furlong contest before asking him to hit the front a furlong-and-a-half from home.

Jim Bolger 's charge kept on gamely inside the final furlong to record a length-and-a-half victory. Castletownshend under Ruby Walsh, came to challenge at the furlong pole but couldn't match the winner in the closing stages and eventually lost the runner-up spot close home to Sonaiyla

The winner had made one start last season when finishing eleventh of sixteen in a seven-furlong maiden here in September.

Bolger said:- “He was a bit green the first time and has progressed over the winter. He’ll stay further and shouldn’t have any problem getting a mile.

“I’d say he’s fairly versatile ground wise, and better ground wouldn’t hurt.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
20/1
Tote €21.10 €4.30
2nd
1.5L
5/1
€1.80
3rd
nk
10/1
€2.90
4th
1.5L
9/4Fav
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.