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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Kingfisher spreads his wings in opener

Wed 28th Aug 2013, 17:16

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Ballydoyle colt Kingfisher justified his short price when making all for an impressive victory in the opening two-year-old maiden at Killarney.

Joseph O'Brien bounced out in front on the son of Galileo and he was asked to go about his business with two furlongs to run.

The 8/13 favourite pulled clear of his field before the furlong marker and went on to record a cosy nine length success over newcomer Salute Of Approval

The winner had shaped with plenty of promise when fourth behind the highly regarded Free Eagle in a Leopardstown maiden first time up.

“He had a lovely first run at Leopardstown,” said Aidan O'Brien afterwards.

“He's a horse to look forward to. He's a beautiful horse and he likes good fast ground. Running here teaches them a lot and they learn a lot. He could be a Beresford horse.”

(Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes)

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.