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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Fabulous four-timer for Mullins as O'moore scores

Wed 24th Jan 2024, 15:41

O'moore Park and Paul Townend O'moore Park and Paul Townend
© Photo Healy Racing

O'moore Park quickened away impressively on the run to the last to make it a four-timer for Willie Mullins at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Paul Townend, completing a treble for himself, was in the plate on the 8/11 shot and made all the running in the Treo Eile Maiden Hurdle, run over just shy of two-and-a-half miles.

The Walk In The Park gelding was asked for an effort before the final flight and soon asserted, galloping on strongly on the run-in to score by nine lengths from Lucky Lyreen

O'moore Park had finished third on his return from an absence here last month, over two-miles-seven.

Townend said:- “He benefitted from the run the last day which knocked the freshness out of him and brought him on.

“He’s a chaser — he’s no respect for a hurdle when he meets one wrong.

“On that ground to pick up like he did when I gave him a squeeze at the back of the last was nice. He’s progressing away and is going to be a chaser.

“I think he can go further.”

Betfair and Paddy Power made the winner a 33/1 shot (from 66/1) for the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle.

(Quotes by Alan Magee)

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.