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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Flag flies high in finale

Wed 4th Oct 2017, 17:36

Flag Of Honour and Seamie Heffernan Flag Of Honour and Seamie Heffernan
© Photo Healy Racing

The market spoke loudly for Flag Of Honour in the concluding seven furlong maiden at Naas and he duly did the business in good style.

The Galileo colt had finished ninth on his debut over course and distance ten days ago and showed considerable improvement.

Backed from 2/1 this morning into 4/6 favourite the Ballydoyle colt was produced to lead over a furlong from home by Seamie Heffernan.

He soon settled matters and went on to post a cosy four-and-a-half length victory over Dermot Weld's newcomer Jewel Maker

Heffernan said:- "He was very green here last week. I couldn't believe he was so short but he's won like a favourite should win. He's a little bit nervy but he has an engine."

(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.