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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

No ring rust for Rolly

Wed 13th Feb 2013, 14:49

Rolly Baby and Ruby WalshRolly Baby and Ruby Walsh
© Photo Healy Racing

Rolly Baby showed no signs of ring-rust as he made a winning reappearance from an 825-day absence when running out an easy winner of the geldings maiden hurdle at Thurles.

Ruby Walsh tracked the leaders on the 5/2 favourite (from 3/1) before cruising into the lead after the second last. Follow The Sign tried hard to stay with the market leader but was always fighting a losing battle.

The Willie Mullins-trained gelding scooted clear before the last and was kept going on the run-in to post a comprehensive 10-length success.

The winner had finished runner-up on his sole previous start in a Clonmel bumper in November 2010.

Mullins wasn't in the winners' enclosure to greet the gelding.

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.