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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Keane gets good Response from First

Fri 2nd Nov 2018, 19:22

First Response (noseband) claims Stranagone First Response (noseband) claims Stranagone
© Photo Healy Racing

First Response stuck to his guns well to peg back Stranagone close home in the mile maiden at Dundalk tonight.

The front-runner looked to have his rivals in trouble early in the straight but Colin Keane got a good tune from the 9/10 favourite inside the final furlong.

Ger Lyons' charge stayed on strongly to gain the day in the closing stages for a half length success.

The winner had been second at Gowran on his previous start in mid-August and was making just his third career outing today.

Shane Lyons said:- “It was a very good ride from Colin, a very confident ride.

“He's a fine big horse but he's still green. He acted a little antsy in the stalls and was slow away but Colin didn't want to gun him.

“They went a nice true gallop and the second horse did well and didn't stop. He gave him a lovely lead into the straight and our horse was very honest. He ran right to the line, hands and heels.

“He'll be a lovely horse to grow up over the winter, he has to grow into himself.”

It was a double on the card for Keane following on from the opening race victory of Nevereversaynever

1st
9/10Fav
Tote €1.60 €1.02
2nd
0.5L
12/1
€3.10
3rd
2.75L
11/2
€2.20
4th
1.75L
10/3
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.