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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

O'Brien brothers complete treble with Rockfish

Tue 29th May 2018, 19:36

Donnacha and Joseph O'BrienDonnacha and Joseph O'Brien
© Photo Healy Racing

Donnacha and Joseph O'Brien teamed up for a treble at Gowran Park tonight when Rockfish claimed the nine-furlong handicap.

The 5/2 favourite was produced to challenge front-runner Just Sherry on the outer a furlong-and-a-half from home.

He got on top inside the final furlong to record a hard-fought half-length win over that rival.

The winner was following up his success at Cork 11 days ago and was recording his third career victory having also scored at Dundalk last month.

“He got 9lb the last day but he's competitive in that grade,” said Joseph O'Brien.

“He's a grand horse and he's after winning his few races. Any horse that wins three races is good.

“He's going to go juvenile hurdling eventually. He might get a bit further as he got to the line well.”

1st
5/2Fav
Tote €3.00 €1.50
2nd
0.5L
10/1
€4.00
3rd
2L
6/1
€1.90
4th
1.75L
22/1
€6.40
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.