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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Dreams gets deserved Listed win

Wed 10th Oct 2018, 15:22

Ship Of Dreams and Wayne Lordan Ship Of Dreams and Wayne Lordan
© Photo Healy Racing

Ship Of Dreams gained a deserved victory in Listed company with a fine front-running performance, under Wayne Lordan, in the Navigation Stakes at Cork this afternoon.

The Joseph O'Brien-trained, Qatar Racing-owned, filly was sent straight into the lead in the mile contest and was asked to stretch her field passing the two pole.

The 15/8 favourite kept on strongly inside the final furlong, as North Face gave chase, to record a two-and-a-quarter length success.

Ship Of Dreams, a daughter of Lope De Vega, had previously been placed in two Listed contests and two Group 3 events.

"It is nice to get her head in front. She stays well and the plan was to make the running and it's a nice track to do that on,” said Lordan.

"She is very game and has been unlucky and been on the wrong side of a few photo finishes but today worked out nicely."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

1st
15/8Fav
Tote €2.00 €1.20
2nd
2.25L
2/1
€1.02
3rd
0.75L
12/1
€2.70
4th
nk
7/2
4th
Dht
25/1
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.