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Curly signs off for season in style

Curly Girl and Mark Gallagher Curly Girl and Mark Gallagher
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Curly Girl signed off for the year when springing a 33/1 shock in the seven-furlong handicap at Leopardstown.

The John Feane-trained filly had disappointed when tried on the all-weather over in Newcastle earlier in the month but bounced back to form today.

Mark Gallagher got a split inside the final furlong and got his mount's head in front close home for a length victory over Krispen

“She won that well and I'm delighted with her,” said Feane.

“She had a light weight, they went quick and we said we'd try and ride her different.

“She doesn't like the all-weather. She ran twice on it, she ran over in Newcastle and was third in Dundalk. She ran okay at Dundalk under a penalty, I ran her back too quick, so we freshened her up.

“This was the last race for her this year so I was delighted she won and it's a good pot to win.

“Mark gave her a good ride as well, down the inside.”

1st
33/1
Tote €44.60 €7.70
2nd
1L
7/1
€2.50
3rd
0.5L
4/1Fav
€1.70
4th
2.5L
7/1
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.