Costello slips the field in Fairyhouse bumper Carrig Padraig (12/1) slipped the field at halfway and kept going well in the straight to win the Deeside Agri Services Supporting Louth GAA (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race at Fairyhouse. Fifth at Listowel on his previous start, Laura Costello's mount wouldn't settle and she elected to let him stride on racing up towards Ballyhack.  The winner opened up a big advantage running downhill from there but, because he was racing freely, the chasing pack seemed in no hurry to close the deficit.  The winning rider judged things much better than her fellow riders and kept plenty for the final quarter-mile and Carrig Padraig, owned and bred by Joseph Fitzgerald, was untroubled to come home nine lengths clear of odds-on favourite Minella Jury. “He had good enough form and deserved to be bang there,” said Killeagh Co Cork-based trainer Martin Fitzgerald. “He took a bit of a hold there going away from the stands and Laura let him bowl on as once he’s galloping within himself, he’ll stay galloping. “She gave him a very good ride, she let him roll on and she knew what she was doing. “That’s two out of two now, she’s had two rides for me and two winners. It’s fantastic. “He ran a couple of decent races with my own son Danny on him as well. “He’ll go over hurdles now. I think two-and-a-half miles will be more his thing than two miles. “It was great to get that. He had a bit of race fitness coming into today and that stood to him. “I work him around Liam Burke’s gallop and I think that’s one of the best gallops in the country. You’d get a very good blow into a horse there.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson
