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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Wailing springs surprise for the Clearys

Wed 11th Apr 2018, 19:22

Nightly Wailing and Rory Cleary Nightly Wailing and Rory Cleary
© Photo Healy Racing

Father and son team Tom and Rory Cleary teamed up as Nightly Wailing sprang a 25/1 shock in the two-mile handicap at Dundalk.

The Vocalised colt was fourth on his first outing at the course in December having been well held in testing conditions previously.

He travelled strongly into contention turning for home today and was driven into the lead over a furlong from home.

English raider Hediddodinthe the 10/3 favourite, chased him home in the closing stages but could only get within a length.

Tom Cleary said:- “I was giving him a bit of a squeak as he ran okay on his first run up here over a mile and a half.

“We gave him some time off and said we’d up him in trip. I wasn’t sure coming here tonight whether he’d need the run or not, and hopefully we’ll have some fun with him over the summer months.

“The plan all along was to pop him over a hurdle. He’s still a colt but is behaving himself and while he is we’ll leave him that way.”

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

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.