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Alan Magee
Foley's veteran is simply Playing with rivals
Kevin Sexton tells Tom Foley how easy it was afterwards
© Photo Healy Racing
Playing returned to form with a smooth success at the Limerick Christmas meeting, and the Tom Foley-trained veteran followed up with an even more emphatic success in the McCarthy Insurance Group Handicap Chase.
Kevin Sexton’s mount went on early in the straight, and the 9/2 favourite soon took control for a facile success.
The quite lightly-raced eleven-year-old simply toyed with his rivals, coming home nine lengths clear of Prince Of Milan with Paco Jack another five and a half lengths away in third.
Foley said, “The owner sent him to France but he didn’t come back in a good way. He’d leg and back problems and it took a long time to get him back right. I’m delighted that he’s won again.
“He’ll probably go up for that and we might try him in a decent race next time off a lower weight.”
Additional reporting by Thomas Weekes