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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Raheenwood springs 20/1 shock

Fri 10th May 2013, 19:53

Raheenwood (in second) and Personal Shopper come close at the lastRaheenwood (in second) and Personal Shopper come close at the last
© Photo Healy Racing

Raheenwood stayed on strongly up the hill to cause a shock in the handicap chase at Downpatrick.

Stamina won the day for the Milan gelding as he powered home on the run-in in the 2m7f contest.

Sean McDermott settled the 20/1 shot behind leaders before taking closer order three from home.

The Colin Kidd-trained eight-year-old gave chase to Personal Shopper before the second last and landed on the tail of that rival over the last.

He stayed on better on the run-in, going on in the closing stages for a six-length success.

It was a first start in handicap company over fences for the winner, who had been well beaten in a beginners chase at Wexford last month.

“He'll just go for something similar again,” said Kidd, who was leading the horse up himself.

(Additional reporting by Michael Graham)

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.