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Pre-race antics prove misleading for Slattery's Fallacy

Fallacy pictured catching crows at Gowran Fallacy pictured catching crows at Gowran
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Unruly in the preliminaries and reluctant to load, Fallacy (3/1) was good when it mattered as he made all to rout his four rivals in Gowran Park's apprentice handicap over nine and a-half furlongs.

Sam Coen 's mount, a son of Breeders' Cup Classic winner Blame, was ridden clear early in the straight and slammed Rapide Vega by 12 lengths.

It was a quick double for winning trainer Andy Slattery who said "I think he is a real nice horse. We told Basil (Holian, owner) he was a good horse and I'm glad it worked out. 

"He is a stayer; he'll stay two miles, I'd say. 

"Basil likes jumping, so I'd say that's probably what he'll end up doing. He is so big for stalls, he is 16'3. 

"He is a real quiet horse at home but he just acted up a bit today at the races. 

"He is in the Ulster Harp Derby actually and that's an engagement that we might take up. He only has seven stone-nine (pounds) at the moment. We'll get 7lb I suppose. If we got near the handicap proper, we might go."

Additional reporting by John O'Riordan

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.