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Carroll 'steals the day' on Fit For Function

Published at Jun 23, 2016, 20:52

Fit For Function and Gary Carroll
© Photo Healy Racing

Trainer Joe Murphy registered his fifth winner of the month when well backed Fit For Function landed the Racecourse Of The Year Handicap at Leopardstown today, under a canny front-running ride from Gary Carroll.

Carroll and Fit For Function kicked for home turning0in and in the end Carroll preserved enough to enable the gelding record a three parts of a length win over Blairmayne

Afterwards Murphy stated “Gary's enterprising ride stole the day as I thought the favourite (Balirmayne) was a certainty.

“He's a very hard horse to get fit but I don't think he'll have any problem getting seven (furlongs).

"I think he would be an ideal horse for Galway but it depends what the handicapper does with him."

By Tom Weekes, quotes from Gary Carson

Racecourse Of The Year H'cap €14,000.00 6f

1st

Fit For Function (GB) (2)

8/1

Tote €11.30 €2.60

2nd

0.75L

Blairmayne (IRE) (5)

2/1Fav

€1.30

3rd

1.5L

Flowerhill Nova (IRE) (8)

11/2

€1.80

4th

2L

Hasselnott (GB) (4)

16/1

4th

Dht

Jowana (IRE) (6)

6/1

Ireland Jockeys Trainers Gary Carroll Joseph Murphy

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