Carrigmoornaspruce (left) and Declan Queally© Photo Healy Racing
Carrigmoornaspruce confirmed the promise of her debut second at the Listowel Festival when going one better in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race at Naas.
The 5/2 chance, trained and ridden by Declan Queally, made headway from off the pace in the straight and quickened up nicely inside the final furlong to beat Galileo Springs by two and a half lengths.
The 8/11 favourite Lau And Shaz travelled smoothly to challenge over two furlongs out but couldn’t find any extra inside the final 150 yards finishing a further half a length away in third.
Queally said, “I was cursing myself when I seen Dec (Lavery, on the favourite) following the leader as there was no real middle pace in the race.
“I was trapped back further than I wanted to be, and I said I'd just have to sit and suffer and see how it goes.
“I just made my ground slowly and got a small little slit turning in. I was a long way off the pace still but to be fair to her she got me out of a hole.
“I was too far back but she's obviously a good filly. She's owned by two gentleman, Micky Veale and Tom McCarthy so it's mighty for them.”
Quotes by Gary Carson
