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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Wood sees off Oscar to open chasing account

Tue 19th Nov 2013, 15:00

Speckled Wood and Mark Walsh clear the 5th fence Speckled Wood and Mark Walsh clear the 5th fence
© Photo Healy Racing

Speckled Wood got off the mark over fences when running out a game winner of the mares beginners chase at Wexford.

Christy Roche's charge, a daughter of High Chaparral and top racemare Like-A-Butterfly, had been unfortunate when brought down last time at Clonmel but avoided any drama today.

Mark Walsh sent the 2/1 favourite to the front four home but she was strongly pressed by Leish Oscar going to the final fence.

There was nothing between the pair on the run-in but Speckled Wood found more close home for a half length success.

“That was grand and she jumped away grand,”said Frank Berry, racing manager to owner JP McManus.

“She's a great little jumper and it's nice to get that out of the way after she was a bit unfortunate at Clonmel.

“I'd say she'll go handicapping now.”

(Additional reporting by Donal Murphy)

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.