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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Well-bred Burma lands finale for Lavery

Thu 7th Apr 2022, 19:53

Star Of Burma (inner) beats HammersmithStar Of Burma (inner) beats Hammersmith
© Photo Healy Racing

Star Of Burma wore down front-runner Hammersmith in the closing stages to land the finale at Gowran Park this evening.

Sheila Lavery 's charge was produced to challenge on the inner over a furlong out by Jack Cleary, in the mile-and-five contest.

The 11/1 shot got on top in the closing stages to prevail by half a length.

Star Of Burma, a daughter of Sea The Stars, was making just her fifth career outing and her second in handicap company.

Lavery said:- “She’s been a long time in the making. Jack said she loved that but I wasn’t sure if the ground might be a bit fast and I thought she’d need the run.

“I thought he gave her a really nice ride and she stayed the trip well. She’s a very well-bred filly.

“We’ll probably look for something similar.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

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.