Gear Up completes Gowran treble for O'Brien

Gear Up capped a fine afternoon for trainer Joseph O'Brien when winning the Thomastown Race at Gowran Park.

Following on from the earlier successes of Zoinnocent and Night Of Romance the Teme Valley Racing owned colt made it a 39/1 treble on the card.

Jake Coen was entrusted with the ride on the even money favourite who was a Group 1 winner for Mark Johnston as a juvenile.

Coen soon had him towards the head of affairs, gradually increasing the tempo from the two furlong pole. He soon had his opponents hard at work in behind and quickly settled the issue. Tazaral stayed on well to get up for second, with Start Line back in third.

Brendan Powell said, “The horse deserves it more than anything. I thought he gave him a lovely ride from the front.

“It took him a while to get to the front and once he got there he eased it up on the bend and then kept quickening. He threw his stick away but he didn’t need it in the end.

“Hopefully that will do the horse’s confidence the world of good. He had a tough enough time as a two and a three-year-old. Hopefully he may go onto something even better over further.”