Gortnaclea Castle gains deserved success Gortnaclea Castle was an impressive winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race for trainer Mark Oliver Quigley and jockey Adam Ryan, who has enjoyed a positive start to the new season in Ireland. The jockey elected to keep on the outside throughout and, when asked to extend by Adam Ryan, she obliged and showed a good attitude to assert away from her rivals and win by 4 3/4 lengths, which was a deserved success after some nice second-place efforts in bumpers. Speaking after the race, Quigley said: “She’s a very good filly. They have been good horses that have beat her,” said Quigley. “In Clonmel when she finished fifth she was in season the next morning. The last day she backed it up and today she put it all to bed. She digs deep. “Hopefully now she’ll go on to bigger and better things. “We’ll have to go for a maiden hurdle with her now, we’ll give her a little bit of a break. “I’d say she’ll go on any ground. She has a bit of size to her and she’s a well-bred filly. Hopefully she can improve again. “Hopefully we can get her name in the paper somewhere on a big day.” Quotes from Gary Carson
