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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Kennedy gets King home

Thu 14th Apr 2016, 17:33

King Blue & Jack Kennedy (nearest) tackle The Shepherd King King Blue & Jack Kennedy (nearest) tackle The Shepherd King
© Photo Healy Racing

King Blue recovered from a mistake at the last to get up close home and snatch the spoils in the Follow Limerick on Facebook Handicap Chase.

Jack Kennedy gave the 13/8 favorite a patient ride as he was held up in the early stages of the 2m1f contest.

He made good headway to press front-runner The Shepherd King two from home and looked poised to pounce when hitting the final fence.

The Ross O'Sullivan-trained gelding rallied well on the run-in to get up close home for a half-length victory. Ibetellingyoualie also finished well in third, a further head back.

The winner had been runner-up on his last two outings, most recently when going down by a neck to Mtada Supreme at Clonmel a fortnight ago.

"After he was second at Clonmel the last day, Jack said to drop him back in trip and the downhill finish also helped today,” said O'Sullivan.

"It's great to win another race with him and hopefully there'll be another race for him before the ground dries up."

(Quotes by Thomas 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.