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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Hostile too hot to handle

Fri 1st Jul 2016, 20:47

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© Photo Healy Racing

Hostile Fire powered clear in the closing stages to take the concluding amateur event at Bellewstown in good style under Nina Carberry.

Gordon Elliott 's charge cut out the early running in the mile-and-a-half event before Zero Euro took over at halfway.

7/4 favourite Hostile Fire reclaimed his lead over a furlong from home and kept on strongly in the closing stages to record a seven-length win.

The winner had finished runner-up over fences on his last start when travelling over to Perth.

Nina Carberry said:- "He was a bit fresh early and I didn't really want to make it. He's done it well and is probably a class above them on that ground."

(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.