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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Only off the mark at third attempt

Thu 11th Aug 2022, 18:36

Only and Wayne Lordan win for trainer Aidan O Brien Only and Wayne Lordan win for trainer Aidan O Brien
© Photo Healy Racing

Only was made to work to justify her short price in the Horseraces S.A. Of Greece Maiden at Leopardstown this evening.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained filly had been runner-up on both previous outings and went to post a 1/3 shot in the mile contest to open her account,

Wayne Lordan was soon prominent on the daughter of Deep Impact and she was in front after a couple of furlongs.

The hotpot was asked for an effort passing the two pole and found plenty in the closing stages, galloping on to record a length-and-three-quarters win over the fast finishing Gambe Veloci

“She had two lovely runs before today and had a little break since her last run,” said stable representative Chris Armstrong.

“She's a lovely big tall filly with plenty of scope. She''ll probably step up in trip and step up in class.

“It's great to get the win for her and know we'll look to try and get black-type for her next.

“She's in the Blandford on Champion Weekend and that could be an option, we'll see how she comes out of it.”

It was a double on the card for O'Brien and Lordan following the earlier victory of Maybe Just Maybe in the opener.

1st
1/3Fav
Tote €1.40 €1.10
2nd
1.75L
5/1
€1.50
3rd
0.75L
22/1
€3.50
4th
1.75L
6/1
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.