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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Kennedy continues domination with Glory

Sun 10th Dec 2023, 15:43

 Search For Glory and Jack Kennedy Search For Glory and Jack Kennedy
© Photo Healy Racing

Jack Kennedy continued his domination at Cork this afternoon as Search For Glory claimed the Singletons Supervalu Stayers Novice Hurdle in fine style.

It was a quick treble on the card for the red-hot jockey and doubles for trainer Gordon Elliott and owners Gigginstown. What Path cut out the running in the three-miler and was joined by Mahon's Way four from home. That pair gave way three from home though as Solitary Man and Search For Glory came to dispute.

The latter gained the advantage going to the penultimate flight and asserted before the last. He got tight to the final flight but galloped on strongly to record a cosy three-length win.

Search For Glory, sent off 7/4 favourite, had been third to stablemate Croke Park over half a mile shorter in another Grade 3, the Monksfield Novice Hurdle, at Navan last time.

Kennedy said:- "He stays well, jumped and travelled great and is a progressive horse. He is a staying horse and hopefully he keeps going the right way now."

Both Paddy Power and Betfair introduced the winner at 20/1 for the Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham in March.

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

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.