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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Restive makes experience count

Sun 9th Aug 2015, 14:39

Restive scores under Colin Keane Restive scores under Colin Keane
© Photo Healy Racing

Restive put his experience to good use when making all in the opening mile maiden at the Curragh this afternoon.

Ger Lyons' charge was making his third start in a field mostly made up of newcomers in the Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital EBF Maiden.

Colin Keane bounced out in front on the Rip Van Winkle colt, owned by Qatar Racing, and he was asked to go about his business two furlongs from home.

The well backed 4/1 shot (10/1 in morning) kept on well in the closing stages to score by a length from Stellar Mass who had given chase throughout. Mutadaffeq ran on eye-catchingly from the back in third.

The winner had kept on nicely to finish third on his last outing at Leopardstown.

Shane Lyons, the trainer's brother and assistant, said afterwards:- "You can't beat a run. Colin said he was still a bit green, and he'll be a lovely horse for next year. He bounced off the ground."

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
4/1
Tote €4.80 €1.50
2nd
1L
5/1
€2.80
3rd
hd
14/1
€4.30
4th
1.5L
5/2Fav
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.