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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Well backed Beat scores in style

Fri 15th Mar 2013, 18:12

Raise The Beat and Billy Lee Raise The Beat and Billy Lee
© Photo Healy Racing

The well-backed Raise The Beat ran out an easy winner of the opening two-mile maiden at Dundalk this evening.

Billy Lee gave the even-money favourite (2/1 this morning) a confident ride as he posted a cosy six-and-a-half length success. Diamondgeezer Luke took them along as Lee settled his mount in third. He made a move to track the front-runner turning for home.

Colm Murphy 's charge cruised into the lead a furlong-and-a-half from home and only needed to be shaken up inside the final furlong to settle matters.

Noah Webster who had raced second for most of the way but was relegated to third turning-in, stayed on for the runner-up spot without looking a danger. Diamondgeezer Luke was third.

The winner had finished runner-up over course and distance last month when proving no match for the classy Pique Sous.

“He deserved that after the last day,” said Murphy.

“We'll probably put him away now for a bit of good ground. He can mix it between jumps and Flat during the summer.

“He's a horse that's had a few issues. He broke a bone in his back at Cork when he fell (last August).”

The horse is owned by the Winning Ways Enigma Syndicate and Murphy added:- “They've had a bit of luck before with Kimberlite King.”

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)

1st
1/1Fav
Tote €2.30 €1.02
2nd
6.5L
16/1
€3.60
3rd
2.25L
9/1
€3.40
4th
3L
2/1
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.