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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Bengal lunges late to give Lee treble

Wed 13th Apr 2022, 19:09

Bay Of Bengal (nearest) beats True ArtistBay Of Bengal (nearest) beats True Artist
© Photo Healy Racing

Bay Of Bengal lunged late to get up at the post in the first division of the four-year-old plus maiden at Gowran.

The Willie McCreery-trained filly went to post an 8/1 shot on her belated debut in the extended nine furlong contest. True Artist looked to have done enough from the front when leading by a couple of lengths passing the furlong pole but was chased down close home.

Billy Lee, recording his third success on the card, got a good tune from the daughter of New Bay in the closing stages as she pipped the front-runner for a short-head victory.

The winner is a half-sister to Group 3 winner Nargys.

McCreery said:- “She’s a very straight-forward and honest filly. Billy thought the little bit of an ease in the ground helped her.

“Billy said that Shane (Foley, on True Artist) robbed two lengths on him and he wasn’t going to kill her first time out to get there. She kept trying and trying.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

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.