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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Bee prevails in thrilling finish

Sat 14th May 2022, 15:29

Junior Bee and Jordan Gainford (far) beat Tullypole Annie Junior Bee and Jordan Gainford (far) beat Tullypole Annie
© Photo Healy Racing

Junior Bee gained a deserved success when just prevailing in a photo finish to claim the BoyleSports Handicap Hurdle at Wexford.

The Mark Molloy-trained mare was sent to post 13/8 favourite in the two-mile-one contest having been placed on her previous three outings.

Jordan Gainford sent his mount to the front four from home but she was joined going to the second last by Tullypole Annie

The two mares settled down to battle it out from there and Junior Bee just had her head down at the right time to record a short-head victory at the line.

“She's a mare that is settling with racing, she's always been very keen, and it's nice to see her get her head in front. She deserved that,” said Molloy.

“She keeps coming out of her races well and it's all about learning about racing, some of them get there sooner than others.

“We might give a little chance after that and I'm looking forward to her going over fences.”

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.