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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Rose blooms for O'Callaghan and American visitors

Thu 13th Sep 2018, 15:40

Quinns Red Rose Quinns Red Rose
© Photo Healy Racing

Quinns Red Rose bounced back to form to open her account in the mile maiden at Listowel this afternoon.

Michael O'Callaghan 's charge produced a disappointing show at Ballinrobe last month and the trainer revealed that she 'burst' on that occasion.

She was sent off a well backed 7/2 shot (from 6/1 in morning) today and bagged the lead from her low draw.

Leigh Roche sent her for home a furlong-and-a-half from home and she kept on gamely to record a neck win as Bright Eyed flashed home to press her close home.

Michael O’Callaghan, “She was second to Astronomer in Galway and he’s franked the form a lot since.

“Leigh said the ground wasn’t ideal but she got away with it. He gave her the right sort of ride and got a few lengths out of them turning in. He said she was just idling up the straight.

“I’m delighted to train a winner for the lads (Sapphire Bravo Syndicate) because there is a number of them over from America just for this. They didn’t come over for Galway but came over for Listowel.

“She’ll have another few runs before the year is out. She burst in Ballinrobe the last day.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
7/2
Tote €4.90 €2.20
2nd
nk
12/1
€2.60
3rd
1L
33/1
€8.20
4th
hd
5/2JFav
bf
1.25L
5/2JFav
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.