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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Flare bounces back at Ballybrit

Wed 10th Sep 2014, 17:20

Flaxen Flare beats PlinthFlaxen Flare beats Plinth
© Photo Healy Racing

Flaxen Flare bounced back from a heavy fall at Cork just ten days ago when claiming the Galway City & Salthill Charity Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon.

Barry Geraghty bided his time on the Gordon Elliott-trained gelding in the two-and-a-half mile contest as he settled last of the four runners.

He took closer order before the second last and was produced to challenge at the final flight.

The Windsor Knot gelding got the better of fellow 6/4 joint-favourite Plinth on the run-in to record a two-length success.

The runner-up had been the chief beneficiary when Flaxen Flare crashed out on his last outing.

Davy Condon suffered a bad injury from the winner in Cork, fracturing three vertebrae, and he was in the thoughts of Elliott afterwards:-

“He's Davy's ride and it's unfortunate that he's going to be out for a while.

“It's hard to if he would have won the last day. I wasn't worried about the trip and I'm glad to see him back to winning ways.

“He might stay over hurdles this season. He has schooled over fences and could go chasing next year.”

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

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.