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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Enemy relishes step up in trip

Fri 20th Jan 2023, 19:20

Arch Enemy and Conor Stone-Walsh beat Gracesolution Arch Enemy and Conor Stone-Walsh beat Gracesolution
© Photo Healy Racing

Arch Enemy saw out the mile-and-a-half trip well when claiming the first division of the 47-65 handicap at Dundalk.

Conor Stone-Walsh settled mid-division on the grey filly, who had finished third over a mile here last week.

She came to challenge over a furlong from home and got the better of Gracesolution in a tight finish to record a head victory.

The 5/1 winner was recording her third career victory and her second since joining trainer Patrick Magee.

The winning trainer was leading up and Stone-Walsh said afterwards: "I thought the trip was going to suit her today. She stayed on lovely over a mile the last day.

"I thought she would be in her comfort zone today and she was - she travelled around lovely, picked up well and won with plenty in hand with her ears pricked at the line.

"She's a good, hardy filly and tries hard, but just doesn't do a lot when she gets to the front."

(Quotes by Michael Graham)

1st
5/1
Tote €8.50 €1.90
2nd
hd
11/4Fav
€1.70
3rd
0.5L
14/1
€1.80
4th
2.75L
6/1
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.