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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Troop marches to easy win

Wed 19th Apr 2023, 19:49

Brave Troop and Luke McAteer lead them homeBrave Troop and Luke McAteer lead them home
© Photo Healy Racing

Brave Troop streaked clear in the closing stages to run out an easy winner of the Thomastown Handicap at Gowran Park.

The Barry Fitzgerald-trained gelding had struck at Navan late last month and went to post 5/2 favourite to repeat the dose under Luke McAteer.

Having tracked the leaders in the seven furlong heat the Pride Of Dubai gelding hit the front over a furlong from home and soon settled matters.

He could afford to ease up near the line to record a six-length win over James Henry The winner had scored over ten furlongs last time and Fitzgerald said:-

“Coming here I thought seven might be a bit sharp for him but he coped with it well. He’s a fresh horse at the moment and is doing things right.

“He’s improving all the time and a cut in the ground is a help. We’ll see what the handicapper does and decide where we go with him then.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

1st
5/2Fav
Tote €3.50 €1.10
2nd
6L
28/1
€9.50
3rd
1.75L
14/1
€4.90
4th
2.25L
11/4
€1.90
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.