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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Lordan Rules on France

Wed 4th Sep 2013, 16:58

Ruler Of France (nearest) grabs Lady UltraRuler Of France (nearest) grabs Lady Ultra
© Photo Healy Racing

Ruler Of France made a successful debut in handicap company when landing the nursery at Gowran Park this afternoon.

Wayne Lordan bounced his mount out in front in the seven-furlong contest but was headed after a furlong-and-a-half by the wide-running 20/1 shot Lady Ultra

The new front-runner had her rivals on the stretch down the straight but Lordan got a good tune from Ruler Of France inside the final furlong to peg back that rival and record a half-length win.

The winner was sent off 10/3 joint-favourite having been as short as 9/4 this morning. He opened 11/4 on track.

The other market leader Ubiquitous Mantle was two-and-a-quarter lengths back in third.

The David Wachman-trained winner, carrying John Magnier's colours, had been narrowly denied on his first two runs and was fourth on his return from a short break at Killarney last month.

“He ran really well in Killarney and he just came up against one of Aidan O'Brien's nice horses,” said Lordan afterwards.

“The visor today helped him travel better as he's very lazy. He had to battle hard and he done that.”

(Additional reporting by Donal Murphy)

1st
10/3JFav
Tote €3.70 €1.70
2nd
0.5L
20/1
€10.20
3rd
2.25L
10/3JFav
4th
0.75L
13/2
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.