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Gary Carson
Plan works to perfection on Luke
Laid Back Luke and Robbie Colgan
© Photo Healy Racing
The Sheila Lavery-trained Laid Back Luke made all to run out a cosy winner of the concluding race at Gowran Park this afternoon.
Robbie Colgan elected to stay on the rail in the one-mile six-furlong handicap and it reaped rewards on the 14/1 shot.
There were plenty in with chances turning for home with the most of the runners staying wide. Laid Back Luke asserted in good style inside the final furlong for an eight-and-a-half length success.
The winner had been third in a maiden at the track last month having won over fences on his previous start back in January.
Lavery said:- "Robbie does all the work and has done a fantastic job with the horse. He had an injury last year and that's why he was off for a while and why he's running on the Flat.
"We'll start to look at some jump races now and plan a course of action. He can run on the Flat because he's got gears.
"He's a very quirky horse and even getting Robbie up in the parade ring is hard. He does his own thing and even at home we just let him go off. By riding up the rail nobody was taking him on, and that was Robbie's plan."
(Quotes by Alan Magee)