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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Rickrack gets off mark in style

Sat 14th Oct 2017, 16:49

Rickrack and Colm O'DonoghueRickrack and Colm O'Donoghue
© Photo Healy Racing

Rickrack opened her account in good style when powering clear in the closing stages of the fillies handicap at Cork.

Jessica Harrington 's charge had been placed in three of her four previous starts since joining the yard and went to post the 3/1 favourite today.

Colm O'Donoghue tracked the leader Upgrade before sending his mount to the front over two furlongs from home.

The daughter of Teofilo ran on strongly inside the final furlong to post a four-and-three-quarter length winning margin over Gentil J

O'Donoghue said afterwards:- "She is very consistent and only really started off in Galway (festival) but Mrs Harrington has always liked her and said to keep her in training next year.

"She has a lot of pace and was a bit gassy running over 1m2f but she relaxed very well today and we went a nice even pace. She quickened up well and it was a good pot too."

(Quotes by Tom Weekes)

1st
3/1Fav
Tote €3.60 €1.50
2nd
4.75L
12/1
€3.40
3rd
0.5L
20/1
€4.00
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.