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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Bolger's charge a Clear Cut winner

Sat 26th Mar 2016, 14:19

Clear Cut and Kevin Manning Clear Cut and Kevin Manning
© Photo Healy Racing

Clear Cut powered away in the closing stages to run out a convincing winner of the opening Mallow Maiden at Cork this afternoon. A Likely Story took them along in the seven-furlong contest and looked to be travelling best turning for home.

Kevin Manning was rowing along on 6/5 favourite Clear Cut but the son of Acclamation kept to his task well.

The Jim Bolger-trained gelding claimed the front-runner a furlong-and-a-half from home and went on to record a five-and-a-half length victory. Newcomer Warp Factor stayed on for second.

The winner had been narrowly denied twice as a juvenile and was second on his return to action at Dundalk earlier in the month.

"His form was there but I was worried about the ground. He did handle it though and will stay further,” said Bolger.

(Quotes by Thomas Weekes)

1st
6/5Fav
Tote €1.90 €1.02
2nd
5.5L
16/1
€3.60
3rd
1.75L
11/8
€1.20
4th
4.75L
50/1
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.