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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Hourigan charge Fires in finale

Sun 17th Mar 2019, 17:48

Fire Away Fire Away
© Photo Healy Racing

Fire Away went one better, after a narrow defeat last time, when taking the concluding bumper at Wexford this afternoon.

The Ger Hourigan had went down by half a length to Dinny Lacey in a tight finish at Punchestown last month.

He went to post a 10/1 shot this afternoon and tracked the leaders before kicking for home turning into the straight.

Richie Deegan kept his mount up to his work in the closing stages to record a three-parts-of-a-length win over Braeside

Hourigan said:- "He is a grand horse. I think the ground got him beaten at Punchestown and I can't really understand what happened to him at Limerick (when a well-beaten sixth).

“I thought he would do what he did today in Limerick. Like all of my horses he is for sale."

Deegan was hotfooting it to the south-east venue having partnered a winner at Ballyragget point-to-point in Kilkenny earlier in the day.

(Quotes by Donal Murphy)

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.