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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Ocean gains deserved group win in Meld Stakes

Thu 14th Jul 2022, 19:41

Boundless Ocean and Kevin Manning beat Bear StoryBoundless Ocean and Kevin Manning beat Bear Story
© Photo Healy Racing

Boundless Ocean came good in stakes company when running on a convincing winner of the Group 3 Meld Stakes at Leopardstown this evening.

Jim Bolger 's charge had been unlucky on a few occasions in group races but it proved plain sailing this time for the 15/8 favourite.

The son of Teofilo took a keen hold under Kevin Manning in the early stages of the nine-furlong contest but picked up well to lead a furlong from home.

He galloped on strongly in the closing stages to post a three-and-a-quarter length win over front-runner Bear Story

“He's been an unlucky horse, several times. He's good at that trip, or a mile-and-a-quarter, so we'll probably keep him to that,” said Bolger.

“We've no plans at the moment but he'll probably step up to a mile-and-a-quarter.

“We could probably go back in trip but then we'd be looking for more pace which you don't always get. He was keen today but he doesn't do himself any harm.

“He's an improver, he's getting stronger all the time.”

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.