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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Gosford strikes late in nursery

Fri 6th Oct 2023, 18:53

King Of Gosford and Billy Lee (nearest) win from Courageous Strike (yellow) and Cuban ConfusionKing Of Gosford and Billy Lee (nearest) win from Courageous Strike (yellow) and Cuban Confusion
© Photo Healy Racing

King Of Gosford came with a well-timed surge to land the spoils in the seven-furlong nursery at Dundalk for Andy Oliver.

The Zoustar gelding went to post a well backed 5/2 favourite and finished off best under Billy Lee.

He grabbed Courageous Strike close home to record a neck victory in the colours of Trevor Dalzell.

“We were a bit disappointed at the Curragh (finished seventh) but we just thought it was ground,” said Oliver.

“He's a genuine fast ground horse and is a lovely moving horse so we just saved him for here.

“It looks like he wanted every yard of that and I think he wasn't doing an awful lot either. Hopefully that means there is a bit more in the tank and we'll look for something else up here.

“He got a nice clean run and it looks like he'll get the mile. I think he has toe enough for seven though and Billy said that too.”

1st
5/2Fav
Tote €3.50 €1.50
2nd
nk
10/1
€3.40
3rd
0.75L
11/2
€1.90
4th
1.25L
7/1
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.