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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Keane times it well as Dream gains overdue win

Fri 8th Feb 2019, 20:51

Chaparral Dream and Colin Keane Chaparral Dream and Colin Keane
© Photo Healy Racing

Colin Keane timed things well as Chaparral Dream wore down front-runner Yarraman inside the final furlong in the second division of the mile-and-a-half handicap at Dundalk.

Yarraman was given a positive ride and kicked clear turning for home, under Conor Hoban.

He started to come back going to the furlong pole, however, and 2/1 favourite Chaparral Dream swept past inside the final furlong to post a four-and-a-quarter length victory.

Ado McGuinness' charge had been knocking on the door for a while and was gaining a deserved first success.

The winning trainer said:- “It was about time. He’s been favourite a good few times so I think he owes the punters one!

“We gave him a break and ran him in Wolverhampton last week where he stayed on well over a shorter trip.

“The plan was to sit mid-division tonight but he dropped him out as they went so fast.

“He is a nice horse and will go hurdling. Dan (Daly, owner) has been lucky and hopefully he’ll progress from here.”

(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.