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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dancer makes all to open account

Mon 31st May 2021, 19:31

Prairie Dancer at the business endPrairie Dancer at the business end
© Photo Healy Racing

Prairie Dancer benefitted from a positive ride from Shane Crosse when opening his account in the Ivan Connaughton Auctioneers Maiden at Roscommon.

Crosse bounced out in front on the Territories gelding in the mile-and-a-quarter event and he had a willing partner in the closing stages.

The 5/1 shot, sporting blinkers for the first time, kept on well inside the final furlong to post a length-and-a-half win over Captain Attridge

The Joseph O'Brien-trained Prairie Dancer had chased home Hell Bent on his seasonal debut at Sligo earlier in the month.

Assistant Brendan Powell said:- “He deserved to win as he had been knocking on the door, running well, and I think the blinkers helped.

“Shane said he was always just going enough in front and any time something came to him he kept picking up.

“He'll probably end up staying further but he's quick enough for that mile-and-a-quarter and good ground suits.

“He's done it nicely and hopefully can go on from here.”

1st
5/1
Tote €4.80 €1.60
2nd
1.5L
20/1
€5.80
3rd
hd
80/1
€8.40
4th
1.25L
5/1
bf
0.5L
9/4Fav
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.