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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Zabana holds Hurricane at bay

Sun 23rd Jun 2013, 15:36

Zabana and Robbie Colgan beat Hurrican Ridge Zabana and Robbie Colgan beat Hurrican Ridge
© Photo Healy Racing

Zabana held the late lunge of Hurricane Ridge to claim the two-mile conditions hurdle at Gowran Park.

Robbie Colgan tracked front-runner Shabra Emperor throughout before moving on from that rival turning for home.

2/1 joint favourite Hurricane Ridge tried to throw down a challenge at the second last but was playing second fiddle as Colgan asked the eventual winner to assert before the final flight.

A slightly untidy jump at the last by Andrew Lynch's charge gave his rival a chance again on the run-in but the eventual winner was always holding on as he posted a three-parts-of-a-length victory.

The 3/1 winner was following up on his maiden hurdle success at Sligo last month.

“His jumping is nearly right. He just made one mistake today,” said Lynch.

“He's a nice horse, has plenty of boot and got his ground today.” Bensoon was the well-backed into 2/1 joint favourite, from 5/2 (3/1 in morning), but whipped around as the tapes went up and took no part.

(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.