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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Express finishes off well to land fillies handicap

Sat 21st Aug 2021, 19:30

Pineapple Express and Andrew Slattery (mauve with green spots)Pineapple Express and Andrew Slattery (mauve with green spots)
© Photo Healy Racing

Pineapple Express notched her fourth win of the season when running out a game winner of the fillies handicap at the Curragh.

The Andy Slattery-trained filly had been slightly unlucky on her last outing, when finishing fifth at Galway.

She was produced to challenge a furlong out today, by the trainer's son and namesake, and got to the front in the closing stages of the final furlong. Pachmena finished off well in the mile-and-a-half contest but could only get within half a length of the 16/1 winner.

“Juice in the ground, that's the secret to her. I can't say I was happy with the handicapper putting her up 30lb but it turns out he was right,” said Slattery senior.

“She's a different mare on this ground. We were going to go on Champions Weekend but when the rain came we said we'd come today.

“We'll see what the handicapper does now, whether we are going for another handicap or maybe try a little listed race somewhere.

“The listed race in Galway (Oyster Stakes on September 7th) might be the ideal race on soft ground.

“She ran a great race in Galway last time when the ground beat her.”

1st
16/1
Tote €16.00 €4.90
2nd
0.5L
12/1
€3.20
3rd
nk
9/2
€1.70
4th
2.25L
6/1
bf
2.25L
18/5Fav
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.