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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Clemmie off the mark in style in Group 3

Sun 2nd Jul 2017, 16:15

Clemmie and Ryan Moore win the Grangecon Stud Stakes Clemmie and Ryan Moore win the Grangecon Stud Stakes
© Photo Healy Racing

Aidan O'Brien raised the possibility of an exciting clash between unbeaten Royal Ascot winner September and Clemmie after the later opened her account in impressive fashion in the Grangecon Stud Stakes at the Curragh.

Clemmie, a full-sister to dual Guineas winner Churchill, was seventh in the Albany Stakes on her second career outing at Royal Ascot having been a promising third on her debut in a maiden here.

Ryan Moore tracked stable-mate Butterscotch in today's Group 3 contest over the straight six before asking her to stretch going to the furlong pole.

The 6/4 favourite swept to the lead inside the final furlong, going away in the closing stages to record a comprehensive two-and-three-quarter length success.

“She's lovely. We're going to give her a little bit of time now and then maybe step up to the seven in the Debutante,” said O'Brien.

“You'd be delighted with that. She's coming together lovely, slowly slowly. You'd imagine being by Galileo she'll step up to seven and she'll probably even get a mile.

“It was lovely bit of ground for her and the race worked out lovely.

“It's five or six weeks to the Debutante (August 20th), which is a Group 2 fillies race. That's what we'll have a look at with her and we're looking at the same race for September.”

When asked if the two could clash O'Brien answered:- “They have to learn and we'll all learn together!”

Boylesports cut Clemmie from 16/1 into 10/1 for next year's 1,000 Guineas.

1st
6/4Fav
Tote €2.30 €1.02
2nd
2.75L
3/1
€1.50
3rd
0.75L
25/1
€4.60
4th
1L
4/1
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.