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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Murphy gets good tune from Danegeld

Thu 24th Feb 2022, 17:15

Danegeld and Rochelle MurphyDanegeld and Rochelle Murphy
© Photo Healy Racing

Danegeld powered clear in the closing stages to run out a convincing winner of the Red Mills Ladies Handicap Hurdle at Thurles.

Rochelle Murphy gave the 14/1 shot a well judged ride, producing her mount to lead before the final flight in the two-miler.

The John Morrison-trained ten-year-old soon asserted and went away on the run-in to record a 10-length win over Tohellortoconnacht

Danegeld was recording a third career success and his second over hurdles. The Danehill Dancer gelding had been well held at Clonmel last week having been second at Limerick on his previous outing.

The winning rider said:- "He was a bit disappointing on his last performance in Clonmel but did it very well today. They thought he was a small bit flat but it might have put him right for today and he stayed going and loved the ground.

"We jumped off at a good gallop, we steadied it up midway and wherever he was happy I was happy.

"That's my third winner, I'm based in Wexford with Daryl Deacon and we're busy away with plenty horses riding out.

"I started off as a professional but changed back amateur to ride a couple of my own in point to points - I'll stay at the point to points as that's where I'm happiest."

(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.