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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

De Bromhead strikes again on Flat with Perles

Tue 11th Apr 2017, 17:36

Pecheurs De PerlesPecheurs De Perles
© Photo Healy Racing

Pecheurs De Perles stuck on well in the closing stages to get off the mark in the median auction maiden at Tipperary.

The Henry de Bromhead-trained gelding was produced to lead two furlongs from home by Wayne Lordan in the seven-furlong contest.

The easy to back 6/1 shot (4/1 this morning) galloped on strongly in the closing stages to score from Kendawar.

5/4 favourite Tommy Hallinan came to challenge two furlongs out but couldn't find more in the closing stages, finishing third.

The winner had been runner-up in a Cork maiden nine days ago.

"Wayne thought the slightly better ground helped him today - he thought he got stuck a bit in Cork but I'm delighted with him,” said de Bromhead.

"He should get a mile, if not a bit further. He's a grand big scopey horse and we'll see what we'll do next.

"I'm new to this (flat racing) and we have three three year olds and a few two year olds. We'll give it a go and it's interesting."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

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.