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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Famous comes good on better ground

Thu 7th Apr 2022, 15:29

Name Me Famous and Richie Deegan lead over the lastName Me Famous and Richie Deegan lead over the last
© Photo Healy Racing

A fine leap at the last sealed things for Name Me Famous as he sprang a 22/1 shock in the MJ Finnegan's Handicap Hurdle at Limerick.

The Eoin McCarthy-trained gelding had pulled up over fences on heavy ground at Clonmel early last month and left that run well behind.

Richie Deegan had his mount prominent throughout in the two-miler but there were four in a line going to the second last flight.

The Famous Name gelding jumped into a narrow lead at the last and kept on well on the run-in to record a three-parts-of-a-length win over Sequoiaspirit

"He always showed ability at home and the change in ground probably helped,” said McCarthy.

"He looks like a big winter horse but I'd say he gets away on better ground and cheek-pieces and tongue-tie were a big help. He was catching his wind on sticky ground when pulling up over fences the last day.

"We'll see what the handicapper does and he'll keep going for the summer."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

1st
22/1
Tote €28.20 €5.10
2nd
0.75L
11/2
€1.90
3rd
3L
7/1
€2.00
4th
0.5L
11/2
€1.40
bf
0.75L
5/1Fav
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.