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Indo set for chase debut at Gowran

Gary Carson

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Published at Nov 14, 2019, 7:56

Minella Indo
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Last season's Albert Bartlett winner Minella Indo is set to make his chasing debut at Gowran Park on Saturday week.

The Henry de Bromhead-trained gelding sprang a 50/1 shock in the Grade 1 contest at Cheltenham last season.

He showed that was no fluke however when landing a Grade 1 double in the three-mile novice contest at Punchestown.

The Beat Hollow gelding gained his first success over hurdles at the Cheltenham festival and de Bromhead is expecting improvement from his first outing this season:-

“He's in really good form and worked well the other day.

“I have the beginners chase at Gowran on Saturday week in mind for him.

“Bear in mind that he didn't win until Cheltenham last year. He still looks like a hunter and he's a tough man to get fit but he's schooling well and in good form.”

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.

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