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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Halsafari continues progression for the Bowes

Sun 17th Mar 2019, 14:33

Halsafari gets to the front as Lucky Icon blundersHalsafari gets to the front as Lucky Icon blunders
© Photo Healy Racing

Halsafari stayed on best to land the spoils for the Bowe family in the opening rated novice hurdle at Limerick this afternoon.

The son of Solerina was sent to post a 3/1 shot in the two-mile-three contest and travelled sweetly into the straight under Brian Hayes.

He asked the Doyen gelding to hit the front going to the second last. A good jump at the final flight gave him the advantage as Lucky Icon blundered and he ran on well to secure a a length-and-a-quarter win over Getaday

The winning rider said:- "He is progressing and keeps winning. I was delighted with him and he seemed to handle the ground which we didn't know beforehand whether he would or not.

"He is very clean in his wind and he handled the ground well. Michael just brings them along slowly and is brilliant at what he does."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

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.