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Guineas trial for Blaze after Dundalk win

 Arizona Blaze and David Egan Arizona Blaze and David Egan
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It proved plain sailing for Arizona Blaze on his return to action in the six furlong conditions race at Dundalk this evening.

The AMO Racing-owned colt had last been seen at Del Mar in November, finishing second to Magnum Force in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.

He went to post a 4/9 shot in the three-year-old event and bounced out in front under David Egan.

The Adrian Murray-trained colt had his rivals at work early in the straight and asserted when asked for an effort over a furlong from home to post a cosy four-and-a-half length win over Songhai

Murray said: "We’re very happy, sure he did what we expected him to do.

"It looks the case (trained on) and there is plenty more to come.

"We will probably run over seven (furlongs) the next day in a Guineas Trial just to see. We have it in the back of our minds anyway.

"You'd have to be thinking of that (running in Guineas if he stays seven).

"He's a very fast horse. If he doesn't stay, he will win lots of sprints."

(Quotes 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.