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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Shabra celebrating in last chance saloon

Fri 12th Jan 2024, 15:12

Simply Shabra and Conor Brassil (black cap with white spots) are prominent early on Simply Shabra and Conor Brassil (black cap with white spots) are prominent early on
© Photo Healy Racing

Simply Shabra skipped clear after the last to run out a convincing winner of the two-mile handicap hurdle at Naas for trainer Anthony McCann.

The Mountain High gelding disputed early with Monoxide and the 11/1 shot took the lead before halfway.

Conor Brassil 's mount had a few lengths on the field running to the last and picked up well at the back of the flight to record a two-and-a-half length win over 11/4 favourite Quornofamonday

McCann said:- “It was near enough one of his last chances. He showed well in maidens as a younger horse but wasn’t showing it in his last couple of runs and Rita (Shah, owner) said we’ll give him one more go.

“Conor said the last day he took a blow three out in Down Royal. He said give me one more crack on him and I’ll get him across the line and we put a set of blinkers on him.

“Conor gave him a great ride and I’m very happy with him.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
11/1
Tote €14.40 €3.30
2nd
2.5L
11/4Fav
€1.50
3rd
6L
20/1
€4.40
4th
0.75L
8/1
€2.30
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.