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Elliott pair on course for Kerry National

Three Card Brag Three Card Brag
© Healy Racing Photos

Gordon Elliott is set to be doubly represented in the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel next Wednesday.

The Cullentra handler has just two entries in the €200,000 feature event, last year's runner-up Three Card Brag and Galway Plate fourth Nowwhatdoyouthink.

Elliott won the race twice in 2016 and 2017 with Lisa O'Neill in the saddle for both victories on Wrath Of Titans and Potters Point.

O'Neill is now assistant trainer and she said at Downpatrick on Friday:-

"There's the possibility that the two of them will show up there.

"It's a fantastic race and they both have massive chances in it. Two exciting chances, so fingers crossed

"Nowwhatdoyouthink should be able to build on that run on the Galway Plate.

“He is unexposed in handicap company, and we have no doubt that he is going to take a good step forward from it as well.

"Three Card Brag handled it well last year and probably just bumped into one on the day. You'd be hoping he will show up in the same form.

“If he can run the same race that he ran last year, he has a big, big chance."

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.