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Edison gets up on line to deny Rocky

Thomas Edison (right) gets up to pip Little Rocky (left) with Taglietelle thirdThomas Edison (right) gets up to pip Little Rocky (left) with Taglietelle third
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Thomas Edison stormed home inside the final furlong to snatch victory on the line in the mile-and-a-half handicap at the Curragh.

Fran Berry, carrying the colours of JP McManus, was registering a quick double having partnered Booker to success for McManus' daughter Sue-Ann Foley in the previous race.

Little Rocky looked the likely winner when kicking on from front-runner Whatuthink early in the straight.

Thomas Edison and Taglietelle both took closer order from over a furlong out and stayed on well in the closing stages.

It was the Tony Martin-trained Thomas Edison who got his head in front at the death to deny Little Rocky by a nose with just a neck back to Taglietelle.

“He's been knocking on the door for quite a while,” said Martin afterwards.

“We'll see how he comes out of this and we'll find another handicap. It could be over hurdles or on the Flat.”

(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.