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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Bearberry gets up late to score for Harrington & Foley

Fri 26th Jun 2020, 17:33

Bearberry and Shane Foley get up to winBearberry and Shane Foley get up to win
© Photo Healy Racing

Bearberry lunged late to get up on the line and continue the flying form of Jessica Harrington and Shane Foley, at the Curragh this afternoon.

The Kodiac filly went off the 4/1 favourite for the mile fillies maiden after a good run to finish second on her reappearance at Leopardstown 12 days ago.

She found herself on the back foot today, however, rearing as the stalls opened and Foley had to settle towards the rear.

Launching a challenge down the outer she really started to motor in the closing stages and just pipped Feminism on the line to record a head victory.

“She had a great run at Leopardstown and she came on a ton from that,” said Kate Harrington.

“I was a bit worried about her when we were saddling her as she was a bit fractious and when she went out on the track she was humping her back a bit. She showed it coming out of the stalls.

“There is plenty of improvement in her and I'd say we'll look for a nice winners of one. We'll try and nick a bit of black-type, it would be nice for the owner/breeders.

“She probably wants to go up in trip as well as she just got there on the line.”

1st
4/1Fav
Tote €4.00 €1.70
2nd
hd
5/1
€2.30
3rd
0.5L
15/2
€3.10
4th
0.5L
12/1
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.