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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Lumiere lights up Curragh opener

Sat 21st Aug 2021, 16:51

Eclat De Lumiere and Colin Keane (white sleeves) get the verdictEclat De Lumiere and Colin Keane (white sleeves) get the verdict
© Photo Healy Racing

Eclat De Lumiere looked a filly with a bright future when scoring on her debut in the opening Irish Stallions Farms EBF Maiden at the Curragh this afternoon.

The Dermot Weld-trained filly went to post a 7/2 shot in the seven-furlong contest and travelled noticably well throughout.

Colin Keane asked her to go about her job a furlong from home and she got to the front in the final 100 yards, holding Benitoite late on to secure a half length win in the Moyglare colours.

The daughter of Sea The Stars is a half-sister to Hong Kong Vase winner Dominant and Group 2 winning sire Es Que Love.

“She's a lovely filly. She had been working nicely, she's still a very big immature filly so whether I run her again this year or not is debatable,” said Weld.

“The ground was probably a shade softer than ideal for her, Colin just thought she has plenty of pace.

“If I run her once more again it will be in a stakes race and that will be it, I'll discuss it with her owner Eva Maria Haefner. There is the CL Weld Park Stakes. I wouldn't the ground too soft as she's a very good actioned filly.

“She's a lovely filly for next year. She had the race won from a fair bit out today and is a lovely filly in the making.”

1st
7/2
Tote €4.90 €1.50
2nd
0.5L
16/5Fav
€2.00
3rd
0.75L
7/1
€2.90
4th
0.5L
12/1
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.